4. How many pieces are allotted to a field-battery?
Four guns and two howitzers.
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5. Are all field batteries alike?
No; field batteries accompanying infantry are composed of the heavier, and those accompanying cavalry of the lighter pieces, the first manned by foot-artillery, and the latter by horse-artillery.
6. In what respect does a battery of horse-artillery differ from one of foot-artillery?
The main difference consists in the cannoneers in a battery of horse-artillery being mounted; in rapid evolutions of foot-artillery they are conveyed on the carriages.
7. What is the composition of a field-battery on the war establishment?
| KIND OF BATTERY. | 12-PR. | 6-PR. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guns. |  | 12-pdrs., mounted, | 4 | |||
| 6-pdrs.,“ | 4 | |||||
| Howitzers. | | 24-pdrs., mounted, | 2 | |||
| 12-pdrs.,“ | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Caissons. | | For guns, | 8 | 4 | ||
| For howitzers, | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Traveling Forges, | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Battery Wagon, | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Whole No. of carriages with a battery, | 20 | 14 | ||||
| Ammun- ition. |  | For 4 guns, |  | Shot, | 560 | 560 | ||
| Spher. case, | 224 | 80 | ||||||
| Canisters, | 112 | 160 | 896 | 800 | ||||
| For 2 howitzers, | | Shells, | 168 | 120 | ||||
| Spher. case, | 112 | 160 | ||||||
| Canisters, | 42 | 32 | 322 | 312 | ||||
| Total No. rounds with a battery, | 1218 | 1112 | ||||||