The artillerist's manual and British soldier's compendium

by F. A. Griffiths

Detail of a 9-Pounder Field Battery, Royal Artillery, for Active Service with the Army in the East.

Key:
A = Number of Carriages.
C = Gunners.
D = Drivers.
E = Riding.
F = Draught.
G = Total.

H = Sets of Appointments.
I = Officers.
J = N. C. Officers.
L = Harness Sets Double.
M = Lead.
N = Wheel.

	Equipment.	Men.			Horses.			H		L
A		C and D		G	E	F	G	I	J	M	N
4	9-Pounder Guns	40	16	56	.	32	32	.	.	12	4
2	24-Pounder Howitzers	20	8	28	.	16	16	.	.	6	2
6	Gun Ammunition Waggons	12	18	30	.	36	36	.	.	12	6		{ Captain	1
5	Howitzer Ammunition	10	15	25	.	30	30	.	.	10	5	Officers.	{ Second Captain	1
	Waggons												{ Lieutenants	3
1	Store Limber Waggon	.	3	3	.	6	6	.	.	2	1		{ Assist.-Surgeon	1
1	Spare Gun Carriage	.	3	3	.	6	6	.	.	2	1
1	Forge	.	3	3	.	6	6	.	.	2	1		{ Staff-Serjeants	2
1	Rocket Carriage	.	4	4	.	8	8	.	.	3	1	Non-Comm-	{ Serjeants	8
1	Store Cart	.	1	1	.	2	2	.	.	.	1	issioned	{ Corporals	5
1	Medicine Cart	.	1	1	.	2	2	.	.	.	1	Officers	{ Bombardiers	7
2	Light Forage Waggons	.	4	4	.	8	8	.	.	2	2	and Men.	{ Gunners }	200
3	Water Carts	.	3	3	.	6	6	.	.	.	3		{ Drivers }
.	For Staff-Serjeants	.	.	.	14	.	14	.	14	.	.		{ Trumpeters	2
	and mounted Non-Com.
	Officers												{ Farrier	1
	For Trumpeters	.	.	.	2	.	2	.	2	.	.		{ Shoeing-smiths	6
	For Farrier	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	1	.	.	Artificers.	{ Collar-makers	3
	For Shoeing-smiths	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	1	.	.		{ Wheelers	2
.	Spare Men, Officers’	15	24	39	2	20	22	.	1	3	3
	Servants and Bâtmen,												Total	242
	&c., and Spare Horses
.	Officers’ Horses	.	.	.	6	.	6	6	.	.	.
.	Bât Horses	.	.	.	.	6	6	.	.	.	.
28	Total Carriages. Total	97	103	200	26	184	210	6	19	54	31

9-Pounder Field Battery, Royal Artillery.—Detail of the RIGHT Division.

Key:
A = Number of Carriages.
B = N. C. Officers and
Artificers.
C = Gunners.
D = Drivers.
E = Riding.
F = Draught.

H = Sets of Appointments.
I = Officers.
J = N. C. Officers.
L = Harness Sets Double.
M = Lead.
N = Wheel.

		No. 1 Sub-division.
	Equipment.		Men.		Horses.		H		L
A		B	C	D	E	F	I	J	N	M
2	9-Pounder Gun	.	10	4	.	8	.	.	1	3
3	Gun Amm. Wag.	.	2	3	.	6	.	.	1	2
1	Forge	.	.	3	.	6	.	.	1	2
1	Forage Waggon	.	.	2	.	4	.	.	1	1
1	Store Cart	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1	Water Cart	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	Staff Serjeants	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	Serjeants	1	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.
.	Corporals	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	Bombardiers	2	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.
.	Trumpeters	1	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.
.	Farriers	1	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.
.	Shoeing-smiths	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	Collar-maker	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
.	For Officers	.	.	.	1	1	1	.	.	.
.	Spare	.	4	4	.	4	.	.	1	.
9	Total.	6	16	16	5	29	1	4	5	8