Handbook for Light Artillery

by A. B. Dyer

CAISSON, WEIGHTS AND EQUIPMENT.

No.	Article.	Weight.		Total.
		Lbs.	Oz.	Lbs.	Oz.
1	Caisson complete, with brakes and neck-yoke			2216	8
2	Axes, handled	10
2	Pickaxes, handled	15
2	Shovels, long-handled	8
2	Spades, short-handled	10
4	Paulins	109	8
2	Water-buckets	3	4
2	Lanterns with Cranston attachment	5	8
1	Prolonge (section of picket-rope)	15	8
2	Cushions	37	8
1	Grease-can and spatula	5	8
				219	12
126	Projectiles (13½ lbs. each)	1701
132	Cartridges (3.5 lbs. each)	462
132	Cartridge-bags	8	4
				2171	4
	Total weight			4607	8
	Weight per horse with above equipment			768
	For horse-artillery deduct 1 chest, filled			909	8
	For horse-artillery total weight			3698
	For horse-artillery weight per horse			616	5
	For 3.6 ammunition:
108	Projectiles (under the supposition that each chest will contain 36 rounds	2160
114	Cartridges	477	6
114	Cartridge-bags	7	2
				2644	8
	Total weight			5080	12
	Weight per horse			846	12
	The weight per horse is increased:
	By adding 1 spare handspike 0.92 lbs.
	By adding 1 spare pole 4.75 "
	By adding 1 spare wheel 33.66 "

COMBINED BATTERY-WAGON AND FORGE.

Fig. 65.

Weight empty, including limber	2081 lbs.
Weight complete	2731 "

This consists of one limber complete, same as gun-carriage limber except that the primer-and obturator-boxes are omitted, and the packing of the chest is adapted to securing the smith's tools and the forge instead of ammunition, and one metal body with Archibald wheels and tubular steel axle, same as for caisson except that the attachments for implements are omitted, while attachments are provided for anvil and sledge in front of the wooden body on the middle rail. The vise is mounted on the front end of the middle rail, and the attachment for the lunette-prop is under and continuous with the attachment for the sledge. The body (the entire top of which is covered with canvas) has three compartments. Two lids (one opening upward on either side and forming part of the top) open into one containing grindstone and stand-closets packed with stores and spare parts for the repair of the battery; and lids at the front end, opening into the other two, which contain chests of saddler's, carpenter's, and wheelwright's tools, all of which are so arranged that any one can be taken out without disturbing the others. A folding forage-rack in rear and a rail around the top provide space for carrying forage. The brake is the lever road-brake.

Fig. 65a.

NOMENCLATURE.

1. Lunette-prop
2. Lunette
3. Vise
4. Middle rail
5. Sledge
6. Attachment for sledge and lunette-prop
7. Anvil
8. Anvil key
9. Anvil-key nut
10. Anvil-key chain
11. Brake-chain
12. Brake-shoe
13. Brake-lever
14. Side rail
15. Wagon body
16. Brake eye-strap
17. Lid
18. Middle rail
19. Wagon-body rail
20. Rack
21. Rack-chain

CARPENTER'S AND WHEELWRIGHT'S CHEST CONTAINS:

• 1 brace with twelve assorted bits
• 1 12-in. drawing-knife
• 1 20-in. hand-saw
• 1 26-in. rip-saw
• 1 hand-axe
• 1 claw-hammer
• 4 framing-chisels (¾, 1, 1¼, 2 in.)
• 3 framing-gouges (½, 1, 1½ in.)
• 1 12-in. screw-wrench
• 1 jack-plane
• 1 smoothing-plane
• 1 spoke-shave
• 1 2-foot rule
• 10 assorted brads and awls, contained in handle
• 1 trying-square
• 1 Chesterman-Sheffield linen tape-line
• 1 scribing-awl
• 12 assorted saw-files (4 and 6 in.)
• 1 10-in. wood-rasp
• 1 10-in. wood-file
• 1 oiler.
• 1 8-in. oil-stone
• 1 gauge
• 1 10-in. compass
• 1 table-vise
• 1 pincers
• 1 wooden mallet
• 6 auger-bits (¼, ½, ¾, 1, 1½ in.)
• 1 patent auger-handle
• 3 file-handles, iron (4-in. flat, 4-in. round, and 5 in.)
• 2 small canvas bags for small stores

Weight of chest empty	55	lbs.
Weight of contents, as above	47½	"
Total	102½	"

THE SADDLER'S CHEST CONTAINS:

• 1 round knife
• 1 shoe-knife
• 1 draw-gauge
• 6 assorted stitching-awls, handled
• 1 rivet-set, 2 holes
• 1 revolving punch (4 tubes, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7)
• 1 claw-tool
• 1 6-in. compass
• 1 creaser, wood
• 1 cutting-nippers
• 1 riveting-hammer
• 1 edge-tool, No. 2
• 1 rule, 2-foot, wood
• 1 oil-stone
• 1 pliers, large
• 1 driving-punch, No. 5
• 1 stitching-horse, complete
• 2 small canvas bags for small stores

Weight of chest empty	50	lbs.
Weight of contents, as above	29	" 8 oz.
Total	79	" 8 oz.

THE FORGE-CHEST CONTAINS:

• 1 portable "Empire" forge complete, modified for army use
• 1 hand-hammer, handled
• 1 riveting-hammer
• 1 smith's tongs (11 in.)
• 1 tongs for ¼-in. iron
• 1 tongs for ½-in. iron
• 1 chisel for hot iron, handled
• 1 chisel for cold iron, handled
• 1 fore-punch and creaser, handled
• 1 hand cold-chisel
• 1 12-in. flat bastard-file
• 1 round hand-punch
• 1 hardy
• 1 12-in. screw-wrench
• 1 2-foot rule, wood
• 1 square, steel
• 1 oiler
• 1 6-in. iron file-handle
• 1 small wrench for portable forge
• 1 fire-rake
• 1 fire-shovel.
• 2 small canvas bags for nails and small stores
• 2 smith's leather aprons
• 1 sole-leather shoeing-box and the following farrier's tools, viz.:
• 1 shoeing-hammer
• 1 pritchel
• 1 16-in. shoeing-rasp
• 2 shoeing-knives
• 1 toe-knife
• 1 shoeing-pincers
• 1 clinching-iron
• 1 nail-punch

Weight of chest empty	150½	lbs.
Weight of contents, as above
Forge complete	61½	"
Tools, etc.	39½	"
Total	251	"

STOWING OF IMPLEMENTS, ETC.

In Limber-chest.—Middle compartment contains portable forge, forge-implements, and part of the tools and shoe-box.

Right-hand compartment contains horseshoes.

Left-hand compartment contains remaining tools and small stores, such as horseshoe-nails, small bolts, nuts, etc., to carry which two small canvas bags are provided. Limber-chest is locked, and key carried by blacksmith.

The Coal is carried in the large canvas bag, capacity 3 bushels, on the foot-boards, lashed to the chest-handles by stout cords permanently attached to the bag, one of them being the cord by which the mouth of the bag is drawn together and secured. When empty, the bag is carried inside the chest.

Further description regarding the stowing of the body part is unnecessary.