Filling Projectiles.—The bursting-charge should be weighed and carefully placed in shell through copper funnel, the nose of which should pass below the end of the screw-thread. Then carefully wipe the thread of both fuze and fuze-hole before inserting the fuze.
GUARD ORDERS.
Battery-guards.—A light battery serving with other troops will furnish its own park and stable guards, police, etc. Both officers and men will be exempt from other details, and the men will not be detailed for extra duty in the staff departments, nor for duty interfering with battery duties, if it can be avoided.
A light battery serving with other troops will furnish its own stable and park guard, which will be under the exclusive control of the battery commander.
Battery Stable and Park Guard.—The pieces, caissons, etc., with their ammunition and stores, as well as the horses, harness, and forage are under the charge of a stable and park guard, consisting of two non-commissioned officers and as many privates as may be necessary.
This guard will be mounted separately for each battery, and will be under the exclusive control of the battery commander.
A lieutenant of the battery is detailed daily, or for such period as the battery commander may direct, as battery officer of the day; the stable and park guard is under his immediate orders and those of the battery commander.
It is the duty of this guard to enforce the special regulations in regard to the stables, horses, and park.
The tour continues for 24 hours, or until properly relieved by a new guard.