Organization of Light Batteries.—A battery is maintained on one of the following footings: 1, for instruction; 2, for war.
| Field-battery. | Instruction. | War. | |||||
| 6 Guns, 4 Caissons. | 6 Guns, 9 Caissons. | ||||||
| Officers. | Men. | Horses. | Officers. | Men. | Horses. | ||
| Captain | 1 | 1 | Commanding the platoons and caissons. | ||||
| Lieutenants | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Staff-sergeants | 2a | 2 | 3b | 3 | a. First sergeant, stable and veterinary sergeant. | ||
| Sergeants | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Corporals | 9c | 3 | 15d | 9 | b. First sergeant, quartermaster and stable and veterinary sergeants. | ||
| Artificers | 4e | 5f | 5 | ||||
| Trumpeters | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | c. Six gunners and three caisson corporals. | ||
| Guidon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Wagoner | 1 | 4 | d. Six gunners and nine caisson corporals. | ||||
| Drivers | 24 | 48 | 48 | 96 | |||
| Cannoneers | 36 | 84 | e. Two blacksmiths, one saddler, one machinist. | ||||
| Supernumerary drivers | 8 | ||||||
| Spare horses | 4 | 16 | f. Three blacksmiths, one saddler, one machinist | ||||
| Range-finders. | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 4 | 84 | 66 | 5 | 175 | 144 | |
The machinist should be conversant with the construction and mechanism of the gun, and competent to make the ordinary repairs it may require.
The men should be intelligent, active, and muscular, and not less than five feet five inches, nor more than six feet, in height; very large men are specially undesirable. The great majority should be men accustomed to horses; a suitable proportion must be mechanics.
If a public horse be allowed to each subaltern, the number of horses in the above table will be proportionately increased.
The battery-wagon and forge and the artillery-wagon, when not horsed, must be kept with the battery and equipped with the proper tools and stores.
When a battery on the instruction footing is ordered to march, it must be supplied with additional horses necessary to horse all the carriages.
In horse-batteries, in addition to the number of horses above described, ten saddle-horses (including one spare horse) are required for each gun detachment.