FIELD BATTERY EXERCISE.* STANDING DRILL. Section 1. Telling off the Detachments.† Section 2. Posts of the Detachment. Art. 1.-In Action. No. 1. At the handspike. Nos. 2, 3. Outside the wheels: with Howitzers rather in rear of the muzzle; with Guns in line with the front of the wheels. Nos. 4, 5. In line with the breech. No. 6. Five yards in rear of the left wheel. No. 7. In rear of the Limber. No. 8. Ten yards in rear of No. 6. No. 9. Four yards in rear of the Limber. Art. 2.-In Order of March. No. 1. On the off side at the wheel horses' heads. Nos. 2, 3. In line with the muzzle. Nos. 4, 5. In line with the breech. Nos. 6, 7. In line with the axletree of the Limber. Nos. 8, 9. In line with the splinter bar. Art. 3.-In Front. In line, ten yards in front of the leading horses. Art. 4.-In Rear. In line, two yards in rear of the muzzle of the Gun. Art. 5.-In line with the gun axletree, one yard to the right, or left of the wheel. Art. 6.-Mounted. No. 1. On the right. No. 4. On the left. On the Gun limber. On the Waggon limber. * Extracted from "Instructions and Regulations for Field Battery Exercise and Movements" for the Royal Regiment of Artillery: the Sections, &c., being similarly numbered. Commander's Words are printed in Directions, &c. SMALL CAPITALS. + The Sections, of which merely the heads are given, consist chiefly of details too long for the limited size of the Manual, and they are therefore necessarily omitted. No. 3. On the right. No. 2. On the left. No. 7. On the right. } On the front of the Waggon body. On the rear of the Waggon body. When there are 9 men, No. 9 between Nos. 5, and 4. Section 4. Detail of Duties in the service of Ordnance. No. 1 Commands, and lays the Gun. No. 2 Sponges. No. 3 Loads, and serves ammunition. No. 4 Serves the vent, and primes. After the discharge he clears No. 5 Fires.* No. 6 Serves ammunition. No. 7 Attends the Limber, and serves ammunition to No. 8. * When Guns are in action, and "CEASE FIRING" is given, all Guns then loaded are to be fired off, and on no account is a Gun to be limbered up, or to move whilst loaded. Sub-divisions 6 horses to each gun. 4 to each waggon. 15 yards 19 177 200 87 110 A Gun, or Waggon, with 4 Horses covers 11 yards of ground, from front to rear. For every additional pair of Horses 4 yards should be added. A Battery of 6 Guns, when limbered up at full intervals, without spare carriages, occupies from Right to left . . . 95 yards | Front to rear. .. 34 yards. On each flank, 22 additional yards should be allowed. A battery of 6 Guns, when unlimbered for Action, at full intervals, occupies from Right to left. 95 yards | Front to rear. The space required for reversing a Gun with 6 horses is 12 yards, and for a Waggon about 8 yards. NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF A FIELD GUN CARRIAGE. |