25th October, 1813.
W. CONGREVE.
Note.—All the cases of service referred to in the above instructions, will be found particularly detailed in the following plates.
CONSTITUTION AND STRENGTH OF A TROOP OF ROCKET HORSE ARTILLERY.
A Troop is proposed to consist of three divisions.
Each division to be divided into two sub-divisions.
Each sub-division to consist of five sections of three men each, and two drivers leading four ammunition horses, each mounted man carrying into action four rounds of 12-pounder Rocket ammunition, and each ammunition horse eighteen rounds; thus:
Each section carries 12 rounds of ammunition into action, and one bouche a feù, and, consequently, each sub-division will have five bouches a feù, and 140 rounds of ammunition: so that the whole troop, consisting of six of those sub-divisions, will amount to 102 mounted men, and 24 ammunition horses, and will take into action, without any wheel carriage, 30 bouches a feù, and 840 rounds of ammunition.
It is, however, further proposed to attach to each division two Rocket cars, one heavy and one light, the first carrying four men with 40 rounds of 24-pounder Rockets, armed with cohorn shells, the latter carrying two men, and 60 rounds of 12-pounder ammunition. Each of these cars is capable of discharging two Rockets in a volley.