CHAPTER XIV.
Battery Books and Records. Rolls, Reports, and Returns. The Ration. Salt and Vinegar for Public Animals. The Travel-ration. Present Organization of U. S. Light Field-battery. Cost of a Battery of Four 3.2-inch Guns, in Detail. Price-list of Artillery-harness. Price-list of Harness for 1.65-inch Mountain-gun. Price-list of Artillery Accoutrements, etc. Price-list of Horse Equipments. Price-list of Stencil and Marking Outfits. Supply Table of Ordnance Stores for a Battery of Light Artillery for Six Months. Allowance of Ammunition for Target Practice. Standard Supply Table of Veterinary Medicines. Tableware and Kitchen Utensils. Allowance of Clothing, Equipage, Fuel, Lights, etc. Weights of Certain Articles of Clothing and Equipage. Pay Table of Enlisted Men. Summary Court, and List of Punishments. U. S. Signal and Telegraph Code. Penetration of Projectiles. Cover for Field-artillery. Treatment of Sick Men. Tables of Weights, Measures, etc. Tables for Converting Customary and Metric Weights and Measures. Salutes. Camp Furniture and Mess Outfits for Officers.
BATTERY BOOKS AND RECORDS.
Sick report book; company clothing book; morning report book; guard report book; descriptive and deposit book—all obtained from adjutant-general. Order book; letters received book; index to letters received; letters sent book; index to letters sent; descriptive book of public animals—all obtained from quartermaster-general. Artillery practice report book—from chief of ordnance. Battery council book; roster book.
ROLLS, REPORTS, AND RETURNS.
| Designation. | To Whom Sent. | When Made. | When Sent. | By Whom. |
| Muster roll[12] of battery. | Adjt. Gen. | Every month | Within 3 days | Mustering officer |
| Inventory of effects of deceased soldiers. | " " | Immediately | Immediately | Battery com'dr |
| Final statements of deceased soldiers. | " " | " | " | " |
| Certificates of disability (in duplicate). | " " | " | " | Post com'dr |
| Return of Ord. and Ord. stores. | Chief of Ordnance | End of month | Within 20 days | Battery com'dr |
| Return of battery | Regtl. adjutant | " | Within 3 days | " |
| Transcript of orders making temporary appointments of or reducing N. C. officers at posts not regtl. headqrs. | " | Immediately | Immediately | " |
| Abstract of battery fund. | " | End of quarter | Next day | " |
| Morning report | Post adjt. | Every morning | Before 8 A.M. | " |
| Monthly return of battery (to be returned for file). | " " | End of every month | First of subsequent month | |
| Return of battery fund (with council book). | " " | End of every quarter | " " " | " |
| Req. for fuel, forage, and straw. | " " | End of every month | End of every month | " |
| Req. for salt and vinegar. | " " | " " " | " " " | " |
| Ration return | " " | On days designated by C.O. | " | |
| Estimate of C. and E., 6 months' supply. | " " | Jan. 1, Apl. 1, July 1, Oct. 1. | ||
| Req. for stationery. | " " | End of every quarter | First of subsequent month | " |