A military dictionary - William Duane

In the cavalry, a row or troop occupies in front as follows:

	Old Tents.		New Tents.
Tent	3	yards.	5	yards.
From the front pole of the tent to picket rope	3		3
For the horse	6		6
For the dung	2		2
	14	yards.	16	yards.

The breadth of a row in front, whether of infantry or cavalry, being multiplied by the number of rows, and the product subtracted from the whole extent of front for a battalion of infantry, or a squadron of cavalry, will leave the space for the streets, which are generally divided as follows:

For the infantry, 59¹⁄₂ feet each.

For the cavalry, 30 feet each between the tents.

For the cavalry, 46 feet each between the horses.

The following is the distribution of the depth of a camp of infantry or cavalry, when the ground permits.

Distribution of the Depth of a Camp.				Infantry.		Cavalry.
				Yards.		Yards.
From the quarter guard parade to the line of parade of battalion				62
From this first line of parade to the front of the	-	serjeant’s tents		16
From this first line of parade to the front of the	-	quarter master’s		—		24
N. B. These tents open to the front.
To the first picket of horses				—		5
Infant. for every tent in depth
Infant. old pattern, 9 feet
Infant. new pattern, 15 feet
Cavalry: for every horse, 3 feet
The soldiers tents for the infantry open tothe streets. The cavalry tents front to the horses heads.
Suppose infantry 12 tents deep, old pattern			-	36		60
Suppose cavalry, 60 horses, old pattern			-	36		60
From the last tent of infantry, or the last horse of the cavalry, to the front of the subalterns’ tents				15		12
These tents open to the rear.
To the front of the line of captains				15		15
These open to the front. The captains and subalterns in the rear of their troops or companies.
To the front of the field officers				10		15
Open to the front, opposite the outside street of the battalion.
To the colonel’s				10		10
Opens to the front, opposite the main street of the battalion.
To the staff officers				10		14
Open up the streets next the main street.
To the first row of batmen’s tents				10	-	15
The batmen’s tents front their horses.
To the first row of pickets for bat horses				2
To the second row of ditto				10
To the second row of batmen				2
To the front of the grand sutler’s tent				10
The grand sutler is in the rear of the colonel.
To the centre of the kitchens				15		20
The kitchens are 16 feet in diameter.
To the front of the petty sutlers				15		15
Directly in the rear of the kitchens: there are allowed 6 yards in front by 8 deep.
To the rear guard				15		15
Opens to the rear.
Total depth required—Yards				253		220

If the ground on which the camp is to be formed will not, from a swamp in the rear, or any other circumstance, admit of each troop or company being formed in one row perpendicular to the front, the distribution of the front of a battalion or squadron must be more contracted than the above, and laid out as follows: Find how many perpendicular rows will be required, by dividing the number of men in the battalion or squadron by the number the ground will admit of in one row; then the number of rows being multiplied by the breadth of one in front, will give that part of the front to be occupied by the rows: and the difference between it and the whole front allowed for the battalion or squadron, will be left for the streets; which, if the streets are to be equal, must be divided by their number, to find a breadth of each; or is otherwise easily divided into streets of unequal breadths. When two guns are attached to a battalion, they are posted on the right in the following order: from the right of battalion to the centre of the first gun, four yards—from this to the second gun, 6 yards.—The muzzles of the guns in a line with the serjeants’ tents.

The subaltern of artillery, if any, in a line with the subalterns of infantry. The rear of the gunner’s tents in a line with the rear of the battalion tents.