The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley.

  • Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Date:
1886
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Credit: The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    40] sword-bavonet rifle and sling and bandolier holding 50 rds. of ammtn., haversadc ancl'rifle complete.5 (When not likely to be carried in the Namaqua bucket ) He wore helmet and g p gg ^ frock shirt, cord pantaloons, braces, socks, ankle boots,“ puttees. The Sulleetah was placed like ordinary saddle-bags over the saddle-tree : the man's blanket over that, and over it a leather saddle co\er. In the sulleetah were 1 shirt, 1 pr. of drawers, 1 pr. of pantaloons, gtengarry cap, 1 towel, soap, holdall with knife, fork and spoon polishing brush tin of grease, cavalry canteen, at least 50 rds. of ammtn., a d - ckS rations, viz., 3 tins Kopf soup. 3 lbs. tinned meat, 3 lbs. biscuit, and 3 days’ groceries and salt. On or attached to the saddle were skin, holding about 6 galls, of water, which was fastened on camel s back behinc the saddle ; leather w'ater-bottle holding about 2 quarts ; 3 days grain foi camel ; picketing gear consisting of iron picketmg-peg—the head-rope war always attached to the headstall; a knee-lashing for the camel a leathe. whip ; a wooden tripod to keep water-skin from the ground when bn vouacking ; 1 Torrens' kettle was carried by every 8th man. I\o gieat-coat. were carried • Artillery is divided in our army into horse, field, and garrison batteries The tactical unit is the battery, but for purposes of administration the corp divided into brigades, having generally 8 batteries in each. The men o. the R. A. and Fd. batts. are divided into gunners, drivers, and artificers There is a battery of H. A. to each cavy. brigd. ; the R. A. w_ith eacl army Divn. consists of 3 fd. batts., and the army corps artillery ot 3 batts of H. A. and 2 batts. of fd. artilly. The batty, consists of 6 pieces told oi into 3 divisions of 2 guns each, and into 6 sub-divisions of 1 gun each, li Austria and Russia the batty, consists of 8 pieces. Our artillery is nov being slowly re-armed, the very inferior R. M. L. 9-pr. being replaced by th' B L 12-pr. At present we have for the H. A. the old R. M. L. 9-pr., th' R. M. L. 13-pr., and the R. B. L. 12-pr. For the mountain artillery w» have the R. M. L. 7-pr. of 3 patterns, weighing 150, 200, and 400 lbs respectively ; the last pattern is in 2 pieces, which, when required for action are screwed together.