The organization is made on the same principles as those of the 1.65-inch mountain-battery.
The section, consisting of one piece, requires for its service and transport ten men and nine pack-animals. Of the men, gunner and Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 as cannoneers; 7, 8, 9, attend animals. The pack-animals are distributed as follows:
1 gun-mule.
1 carriage-mule.
1 wheel, shafts, and accessory mule.
6 ammunition-mules.
The proportion of each kind of ammunition carried will depend upon the nature of the campaign, but in general each ammunition-chest should contain five shrapnel, two common shell, and one canister, making a total allowance per gun:
60 shrapnel with combination fuzes.
24 common shell with percussion-fuzes.
12 canister.