Handbook for Light Artillery

by A. B. Dyer

EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING FOR MARCHES.

OFFICERS' CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT, ETC.

An officer's equipment usually consists of sabre, revolver, and ammunition, and a good binocular-glass. He should also be provided with a compass, watch, knife, and notebook and pencil. A small watch so fitted in a leather strap that it may be worn on the wrist is recommended as very convenient.

The clothing and bedding carried will depend on the climate and the character of the march. The following list contains about everything one requires:

• 1 water-bucket
• 1 dipper
• 1 quart cup, tin
• 1 washbasin, rubber
• 1 small looking-glass
• 1 lantern, with oil or candles for same
• 1 small oil-stove, fitted in box
• 1 oil-can
• 5 gals. oil
• 1 tin matchbox
• Box of matches
• 1 or 2 folding-chairs
• 1 folding-bed
• 1 folding-table
• 1 rubber blanket
• 1 small strip carpet
• 1 pillow
• Necessary bedding
• 1 pair trousers, extra
• 1 blouse, extra
• 1 pair shoes
• ½ doz. shoestrings
• 1 pair overshoes
• 1 pair slippers
• 1 pair gauntlets, extra
• 1 campaign hat
• 1 overcoat
• 1 rubber coat
• 2 pairs drawers, extra
• 2 undershirts, extra
• 2 flannel shirts
• 4 pairs socks
• 4 towels
• ½ doz. handkerchiefs
• 1 sponge, in oil-silk bag
• Packages of toilet-paper
• 1 portfolio, with pens, ink, paper, envelopes, and stamps
• 1 hold-all, containing comb, brush, clothes-brush, scissors, soap (in soapbox), toothbrush and tooth-powder, shaving materials
• 1 housewife, with needles, thread and buttons
• Pipe, tobacco, and fuzees
• 1 piece stout cord
• 1 tape-measure
• 1 pocket-map

In Cold Climate.

• 1 buffalo or felt-lined overcoat
• 1 fur cap
• 1 pair fur gloves
• 4 pairs woolen socks
• 1 pair felt boots
• 1 pair high arctic overshoes
• Extra bedding or sleeping-bag

Sticking-plaster, lint, safety-pins, tin of mustard-leaves, and a few simple remedies in case of dysentery, diarrhœa, constipation, etc.

If messing alone, 1 tin kettle, 1 frying-pan, 2 baking-pans (small), 1 wire gridiron, 1 corkscrew, salt-and pepper-boxes, 1 can-opener, 1 small meat-knife, 1 iron fork (long), 1 iron spoon (long), 1 small soup-ladle, 2 plates, 2 tin cups, 2 spoons, 2 teaspoons, 2 knives, 2 forks, tablecloths and napkins, and such stores as one may wish.

EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING FOR ENLISTED MEN.

Equipment for Each Enlisted Man.—One hunting-knife, one pistol, one holster, one pistol-cartridge belt (woven), one screwdriver, one canteen, one cup, one meat-ration can (knife, fork, and spoon), and for each cannoneer one haversack.