Should a battery be required to rank past, it wheels as before, until it arrives on the line of the Inspecting officer, when it halts.
The battery will rank past—March.
The battery advances in a column of route, the officers in front of the guns, the markers, staff-serjeants, and farrier in front of the waggons. The officers and drivers salute, as before. The spare carriages in rear of the divisions to which they belong: the second Captain in rear of the whole.
EQUIPMENT OF A BATTERY.
Sec. 32. Packing the Intrenching tools, Camp equipage, &c., &c.
1.—In equipping a battery for the march, the stores, intrenching tools, camp equipage, &c., are packed as follows:—
On gun limber.
Two carbines on the front of the boxes, barrels up.
Two fitting ropes on the foot board.
One swingletree between the foot board and the splinter bar.
One felling axe on the splinter bar, edge inwards.
One bill-hook under the foot board.
Two spades on the sides of the boxes, and fastened to the splinter bar.
One grease tin on the front of the axletree.
One pickaxe under the axletree.
One prolonge between the boxes, above the washer box.
Two water buckets on the back of the axletree.
Two corn sacks; two blankets folded (21 inches by 16), on the box
lids, the blankets uppermost.
On gun carriage.