Handbook for Light Artillery

by A. B. Dyer

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.