If a waggon accompanies the battery, the officers’ horses’ forage will be carried in it; if not, the oats are to be divided between the sub-divisions, and the hay carried on the foot board in front of the body of the waggon.
In heavy marching order, when forage is not ordered to be carried.
Non-commissioned Officers, and Trumpeters.—The nose bags are rolled up and buckled to the near-ring of the saddle. Forage cord, currycomb and brush, mane-comb, picker, and sponge, are made fast to the off-ring.
DAILY RATION FOR ONE HORSE.
| Oats. | Hay or Grass. | Straw. | ||
| lb. | lb. | lb. | lb. | |
| In Quarters | 8 | 18 | .. | 6 |
| In Barracks | 10 | 12 or 36 | 8 | |
| A load of Hay, or Straw | 36 trusses. | |||
| A truss of Hay | 56 lb. | |||
| Ditto Straw | 36 lb. | |||
VETERINARY DIRECTIONS.[21]
MASSES.
The ordinary dose of every Mass is One ounce (Avoirdupois).