Lime-juice and rum, when authorized.
Vegetables: 8 oz. fresh, or 2 oz. dried, or 4 oz. preserved fruit.
The weight of a ration may be taken at 3 lb. net or 4 lb. gross, and that of the emergency ration is 6½ lb. net or 9½ lb. gross.
The preserved meat and biscuit are carried in 80-lb. wood cases, containing 60 rations of meat and 50 of biscuit. The cases furnish kindling for fires.
12 lb. corn per horse, or 15 lb. for heavy draught horses.
DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES
On the man or horse: 1 day’s ration and 1 day’s oats, less amount consumed overnight; 1 emergency ration.
In Regimental Transport: 1 day’s ration, less vegetables, and 1 day’s groceries extra; 1 day’s corn.
In T. and S. Columns: 1 day’s rations and corn.
In T. and S. Park: 3 days’ rations and corn.