Battery Books and Records. Rolls, Reports, and Returns. The Ration.
Salt and Vinegar for Public Animals. The Travel-ration. Present
Organization of U. S. Light Field-battery. Cost of a Battery of
Four 3.2-inch Guns, in Detail. Price-list of Artillery-harness.
Price-list of Harness for 1.65-inch Mountain-gun. Price-list of
Artillery Accoutrements, etc. Price-list of Horse Equipments.
Price-list of Stencil and Marking Outfits. Supply Table of Ordnance
Stores for a Battery of Light Artillery for Six Months. Allowance of
Ammunition for Target Practice. Standard Supply Table of Veterinary
Medicines. Tableware and Kitchen Utensils. Allowance of Clothing,
Equipage, Fuel, Lights, etc. Weights of Certain Articles of Clothing
and Equipage. Pay Table of Enlisted Men. Summary Court, and List
of Punishments. U. S. Signal and Telegraph Code. Penetration of
Projectiles. Cover for Field-artillery. Treatment of Sick Men.
Tables of Weights, Measures, etc. Tables for Converting Customary
and Metric Weights and Measures. Salutes. Camp Furniture and Mess
Outfits for Officers.
BATTERY BOOKS AND RECORDS.
Sick report book; company clothing book; morning report book;
guard report book; descriptive and deposit book--all obtained from
adjutant-general. Order book; letters received book; index to letters
received; letters sent book; index to letters sent; descriptive book
of public animals--all obtained from quartermaster-general. Artillery
practice report book--from chief of ordnance. Battery council book;
roster book.
ROLLS, REPORTS, AND RETURNS.
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Designation. | To Whom | When Made.|When Sent. |By Whom.
| Sent. | | |
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Muster roll[12] |Adjt. Gen.|Every month| Within 3 |Mustering
of battery. | | | days |officer
| | | |
Inventory of effects | " " |Immediately|Immediately|Battery
of deceased soldiers.| | | |com'dr
| | | |
Final statements of | " " | " | " | "
deceased soldiers. | | | |
| | | |
Certificates of | " " | " | " |Post
disability | | | |com'dr
(in duplicate). | | | |
| | | |
Return of Ord. |Chief of | End of | Within 20 |Battery
and Ord. stores. |Ordnance | month | days |com'dr
| | | |
Return of battery | Regtl. | " | " 3 | "
| adjutant | | |
| | | |
Transcript of orders | " |Immediately|Immediately| "
making temporary | | | |
appointments | | | |
of or reducing N. | | | |
C. officers at posts | | | |
not regtl. headqrs. | | | |
| | | |
Abstract of battery | " | End of | Next day | "
fund. | | quarter | |
| | | |
Morning report |Post adjt.| Every | Before | "
| | morning | 8 A.M. |
| | | |
Monthly return of | " " | End of | First of | "
battery (to be | |every month|subsequent |
returned for file). | | | month |
| | | |
Return of battery | " " | End of | " " | "
fund (with council | | every | |
book). | | quarter | |
| | | |
Req. for fuel, | " " | End of | End of | "
forage, and straw. | |every month|every month|
| | | |
Req. for salt and | " " | " " | " " | "
vinegar | | | |
| | | |
Ration return | " " | On days designated | "
| | by C.O. |
| | | |
Estimate of C. and | " " | Jan. 1, | |
E., 6 months' supply.| | Apl. 1, | |
| | July 1, | |
| | Oct. 1. | |
| | | |
Req. for stationery. | " " | End of | First of | "
| | every | subsequent|
| | quarter | month |
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THE RATION.
---------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------------+--------
Article. | 1 | 50 | 100 | 1000 |Bulk of
| Ration.|Rations.|Rations.| Rations. | 1000
| | | +-----+-------+Rations.
| | | | | |
| | | | Net.|Gross. |
---------------------+--------+--------+--------+-----+-------+--------
{Fresh beef, or other| oz. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs.| Lbs. |Barrels.
fresh meat |20 | 62½ | 125 | 1250| |
{Or salt beef |22 | 68¾ | 137½ | 1375| | 6.875
{Or salt pork |12 | 37½ | 75 | 750| 1219 | 3.75
{Or bacon |12 | 37½ | 75 | 750| 903 | 4.9
{Or dried fish[13] |14 | 43¾ | 87½ | 875| |
{Pickled or fresh | | | | | |
{ fish[13] |18 | 56¾ | 112½ | 1125| |
Potatoes |16 | 50 | 100 | 1000| | 4.66
{Or potatoes |12.8 | 40 | 80 | 800| |
{And onions | 3.2 | 10 | 20 | 200| |
| | | | | |
{Or potatoes |11.2 | 35 | 70 | 700| |
{And tomatoes | 4.8 | 15 | 30 | 300| |
{Or other fresh | | | | | |
{ vegetable | | | | | |
| | | | | |
{Sugar | 2.4 | 7½ | 15 | 150| | .62
{Or molasses | | | | | |
{Or syrup |.64 gill| 1 gal. | 2 | 20 | |
| | | gals. |gals.| |
Salt | .64 | 2 | 4 | 40 | | .16
Pepper | .04 | ⅛ | ¼ | 2½| |
{Flour |18 | 56¼ | 112½ | 1125| 1234 | 5.74
{Or soft bread |18 | 56¼ | 112½ | 1125| |
{Or hard bread |16 | 50 | 100 | 1000| 1229 |12
{Or corn-meal |20 | 62½ | 125 | 1250| |
| | | | | |
{Beans or peas | 2.4 | 7½ | 15 | 150| 177 | .7
{Or rice or hominy | 1.6 | 5 | 10 | 100| 115 | .46
| | | | | |
{Coffee, green | 1.6 | 5 | 10 | 100| 122 | .58
{Or coffee roasted | 1.28 | 4 | 8 | 80| 108 | .83
{Or tea | .32 | 1 | 2 | 20| 25 | .16
Soap | .648 | 2 | 4 | 40| 47 | .19
Candles (if no oil) | .24 | ¾ | 1½ | 15| 16.5| .89
Yeast-powder | | | | | |
(in the field) | .64 | 2 | 4 | 40| |
Vinegar | .04 qt.| ½ gal. | 1 gal. | 10 |107½ | .09
| | | |gals.| |
---------------------+--------+--------+--------+-----+-------+--------
SALT AND VINEGAR FOR PUBLIC ANIMALS.
--------+----------------------+----------------------
| Salt. | Vinegar.
No. of +---------+------------+----------------------
Animals.|Quantity |Quantity per| Quantity per Week.
|per Week.|Month, When |
| | Necessary. |
--------+---------+------------+-----+----+----+------
|Lbs.| Oz.| Lbs.| Oz. |Gals.|Qts.|Pts.|Gills.
1 | | 2 | | 12 | | | | .64
5 | | 10 | 3 | 12 | | | | 3.2
10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | | | 1 | 2.4
50 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 8 | 1 | -- | -- | --
100 | 12 | 8 | 75 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | --
--------+----+----+-----+------+-----+----+----+------
THE "TRAVEL-RATION."
Articles. Per 100 Rations.
Soft bread pounds 112½
or hard bread pounds 100
Beef, canned pounds 75
Baked beans, 1-pound cans number 33
or baked beans, 3-pound cans number 15
Coffee, roasted pounds 8
Sugar pounds 8
Canned tomatoes (after 4 consecutive
days of above) pounds 100
=Present Organization of Light Field-battery.=--1 captain, 2 first
lieutenants, 2 second lieutenants, 1 first sergeant, 6 sergeants, 4
corporals, 2 musicians, 2 artificers, 1 wagoner, 59 privates. Total
commissioned 5. Total enlisted 75.
=Special-duty Men Allowed in a Light Battery.=--1 N. C. O. to take
immediate charge of police, etc., of stable and picket-line, 1 clerk,
1 tailor, 1 cook, 1 assistant cook, when necessary (the head cook is
allowed 25 cents per day from company fund); 1 N. C. O. (detailed from
roster) to supervise rooms and gun-racks.
COST OF EQUIPMENT (EXCLUSIVE OF AMMUNITION) FOR A FOUR-GUN 3.2-INCH
FIELD-BATTERY, WITH COMBINED BATTERY-WAGON AND FORGE.
(Total Cost as herein indicated $17595.71.)
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| Price. | Amount.
+-----------+-----------
Articles. |Dolls.|Cts.|Dolls.|Cts.
-------------------------------------------+------+----+------+----
4 3.2-inch B. L. steel guns | 1022 | 00 | 4088 | 00
4 3.2-inch carriages and limbers | | | |
(cost of brake included) | 1316 | 74 | 5266 | 96
4 3.2-inch caissons and limbers | 721 | 50 | 2886 | 00
1 combined forge and battery wagon | 816 | 00 | 816 | 00
9 sets artillery-harness for 2 wheel-horses| 170 | 59 | 1535 | 31
9 sets artillery-harness for 2 lead-horses | 138 | 81 | 1249 | 29
| | | |
ON EACH CARRIAGE. | | | |
| | | |
1 pair bow-spring recoil-brakes | 62 | 50 | |
1 sponge and rammer, jointed, for bore | 6 | 00 | 6 | 00
2 short rammers and sponges, | | | |
combined, for chamber | 9 | 00 | 18 | 00
1 sponge-cover, bore-sponge | | 40 | | 40
2 sponge-covers, chamber-sponge | | 45 | | 90
1 prolonge (section of picket-rope) | 8 | 60 | 8 | 60
1 combination screw-driver } {| 1 | 28 | 1 | 28
1 gunners' gimlet } {| | 24 | | 24
1 gunners' reamer } {| | 50 | | 50
1 priming-wire } in trail-box {| | 10 | | 10
1 vent-punch } {| | 50 | | 50
1 front sight } {| 8 | 00 | 8 | 00
| | | |
WITH EACH CARRIAGE-LIMBER. | | | |
| | | |
1 breech-sight, bronze | 36 | 00 | 36 | 00
1 breech-sight pouch | 1 | 81 | 1 | 81
2 gunners' haversacks | 2 | 20 | 4 | 40
2 primer-pouches | 1 | 33 | 2 | 66
2 lanyards, new pattern | | 68 | 1 | 36
1 fuze-punch | | 50 | | 50
1 front-sight cover | | 67 | | 67
1 combined tompion and muzzle-cover | | 93 | | 93
1 breech-cover | 3 | 77 | 3 | 77
1 breech-strap | | 96 | | 96
1 sperm-oiler, rectangular, brass | | 50 | | 50
1 wheel-grease can | 2 | 09 | 2 | 09
1 wheel-grease can knife | | 75 | | 75
2 watering-buckets, canvas, folding | 1 | 45 | 2 | 90
1 tool-box | 1 | 36 | 1 | 36
1 screw-wrench, 12-inch | | 49 | | 49
1 iron nut-wrench, 12 inches long | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50
1 ¾-inch cold chisel, 8 inches long | | 25 | | 25
1 8-inch hand bastard file | | 08 | | 08
1 hand-hammer, 12¼-inch handle | | 70 | | 70
1 small steel punch | | 18 | | 18
1 neck-yoke | 8 | 00 | 8 | 00
1 doubletree | 7 | 55 | 7 | 55
2 singletrees | 2 | 32 | 4 | 64
2 paulins, 12 × 12 feet, dyed duck | 9 | 77 | 19 | 54
1 cushion, canvas and hair | 7 | 48 | 7 | 48
1 padlock for ammunition-chest | | 60 | | 60
| | | |
ON EACH CAISSON-BODY. | | | |
| | | |
1 manœuvring-handspike | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10
2 shovels, long-handled | | 50 | 1 | 00
2 spades, short-handled | | 80 | 1 | 60
2 pickaxes, handled | | 75 | 1 | 50
2 axes, handled | | 75 | 1 | 50
2 lanterns, with Cranston attachment | | 59 | 1 | 18
1 prolonge (section of picket-rope) | 8 | 60 | 8 | 60
1 spare pole | 26 | 16 | 6 | 16
1 spare wheel[14] | 2 | 00 | 22 | 00
2 paulins, 12 × 12 feet, dyed duck | 9 | 77 | 19 | 54
2 padlocks for ammunition-chest | | 60 | 1 | 20
2 cushions, canvas and hair | 7 | 48 | 14 | 96
| | | |
WITH EACH CAISSON-LIMBER. | | | |
| | | |
1 wheel-grease can | 2 | 09 | 2 | 09
1 wheel-grease can knife | | 75 | | 75
2 paulins, 12 × 12 feet, dyed duck | 9 | 77 | 19 | 54
1 neck-yoke | 8 | 00 | 8 | 00
1 doubletree | 7 | 55 | 7 | 55
2 singletrees | 2 | 32 | 4 | 64
2 watering-buckets, canvas, folding | 1 | 45 | 2 | 90
1 cushion, canvas and hair. | 7 | 48 | 7 | 48
1 padlock for ammunition-chest | | 60 | | 60
| | | |
ON LIMBER OF FORGE AND BATTERY-WAGON. | | | |
| | | |
1 neck-yoke | 8 | 00 | 8 | 00
1 doubletree | 7 | 55 | 7 | 55
2 singletrees | 2 | 32 | 4 | 64
2 paulins, 12 × 12 feet | 9 | 77 | 9 | 77
2 watering-buckets, canvas, folding | 1 | 45 | 1 | 45
1 wheel-grease can | 2 | 09 | 2 | 09
1 wheel-grease can knife | 2 | 75 | | 75
1 canvas coal-bag (3 bushels) | | 40 | 2 | 40
200 pounds horseshoes | |03-9/10|78 | 00
50 pounds horseshoe-nails | | 16 | 8 | 00
Blacksmith's tools (forge-chest): | | | |
1 forge, portable, Empire | | | |
(modified for army use) | 19 | 75 | 19 | 75
2 aprons, leather, smith's | 1 | 29 | 2 | 58
1 hammer, hand, handled | | 70 | | 70
1 hammer, riveting | | 30 | | 30
1 hammer, shoeing | | 25 | | 25
1 pair tongs for holding ¼-inch iron | | 75 | | 75
1 pair tongs for holding ½-inch iron | | 75 | | 75
1 pair tongs, smith's, 11-inch | | 84 | | 84
1 chisel, handled, for cutting hot iron | | 50 | | 50
1 chisel, handled, for cutting cold iron | | 50 | | 50
1 fore-punch and creaser (on one handle) | | 22 | | 22
1 chisel, hand, cold | | 25 | | 25
1 pritchel | | 08½| | 08½
| | | |
ON LIMBER OF FORGE AND BATTERY-WAGON. | | | |
| | | |
1 shoeing-rasp, 16-inch | | 42 | | 42
1 flat bastard file, 12-inch | | 16 | | 16
1 round punch, hand | | 07 | | 07
1 hardie | | 09 | | 09
1 screw-wrench, 12-inch | | 49 | | 49
2 shoeing-knives | | 25 | | 25
1 toe-knife | | 07 | | 07
1 shoeing-pincers | | 42 | | 42
1 clinching-iron | | 30 | | 30
1 nail-punch | | 06 | | 06
1 rule (2-foot), wood, 4-fold, | | | |
No. 72, Stanley | | 15 | | 15
1 square, steel | | 40 | | 40
1 oiler, brass | | 07 | | 07
1 shoeing-box, sole-leather | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50
1 file-handle, iron, 6-inch | | 30 | | 30
1 wrench, small, for forge | | 50 | | 50
1 fire-rake | | 14 | | 14
1 fire-shovel | | 28 | | 28
2 small canvas bags for nails and | | | |
small stores | | 62 | | 62
1 padlock (and key) | | 60 | | 60
| | | |
ON BODY OF FORGE AND BATTERY-WAGON. | | | |
| | | |
2 water-buckets, galvanized sheet-iron | 1 | 10 | 2 | 20
1 prolonge (section of picket-rope) | 8 | 60 | 8 | 60
2 lanterns, with Cranston attachment | | 59 | 1 | 18
1 oil-can, sperm (2¼ pints) | | 50 | | 50
1 oil-can, coal (3 gallons) | 3 | 20 | 3 | 20
1 grindstone, arbor, crank, and frame | | | |
(iron), complete | 16 | 25 | 16 | 25
1 lunette-prop | | 70 | | 70
2 jackscrews | 9 | 50 | 19 | 00
1 hammer, sledge, medium | | 90 | | 90
1 anvil (100 pounds) | 5 | 25 | 5 | 25
1 vise, forge | | 84 | | 84
2 padlocks (and keys) | | 60 | 1 | 20
Saddler's tools (chest): | | | |
1 saddler's tool-chest (handled) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15
1 knife, round | | 90 | | 90
1 knife, shoe | | 17 | | 17
1 draw-gauge | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10
6 awls, stitching, handled (assorted) | | 05½| | 33
1 rivet-set (two holes) | | 25 | | 25
1 revolving punch, four tubes, | | | |
Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 7 | | 55 | | 55
1 claw-tool | | 12 | | 12
1 compasses, 6-inch | | 12 | | 12
1 creaser, wood | | 17 | | 17
1 cutting-nippers, 10-inch | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50
1 hammer, riveting | | 30 | | 30
1 edge-tool, No. 2 | | 12½| | 12½
1 rule (2-foot), No. 18, 2-fold | | 15 | | 15
1 oil-stone | 2 | 70 | 2 | 70
1 pliers (large), 6-inch | | 25 | | 25
| | | |
ON BODY OF FORGE AND BATTERY-WAGON. | | | |
| | | |
1 driving-punch, No. 5 | | 09 | | 09
1 stitching-horse, complete | 3 | 67 | 3 | 67
2 small canvas bags for small stores | | 62 | 1 | 24
Carpenter's and wheelwright's | | | |
tools (chest): | | | |
1 carpenter's and wheelwright's | | | |
tool-chest, handled | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15
1 brace with 12 bits, assorted | 1 | 55 | 1 | 55
1 drawing-knife, 12-inch | | 50 | | 50
1 hand-saw, 20-inch | | 30 | | 30
1 rip-saw, 26-inch | | 85 | | 85
1 hand-axe, No. 7 | | 84 | | 84
1 hammer, claw | | 50 | | 50
4 chisels, framing--¾-inch, | | | |
1-inch, 1½-inch, 2-inch | | | 1 | 34
3 gouges, framing--½-inch, | | | |
1-inch, 1½-inch | | | 1 | 35
1 screw-wrench, 12-inch | | 49 | | 49
1 plane, jack | | 42 | | 42
1 plane, smoothing | | 40 | | 40
1 spoke-shave | | 18 | | 18
1 rule (2-foot), No. 72, 4-fold, Stanley | | 15 | | 15
10 brad-awls, assorted, with | | | |
(and contained in) handle | | | | 42
1 square, trying, 9-inch | | 22 | | 22
1 awl, scribing | | 08 | | 08
12 files, saw, assorted--4-inch and 6-inch | | | | 66
1 rasp, wood, 10-inch | | 32 | | 32
1 file, wood, 10-inch | | 12½| | 12½
1 oiler, brass | | 12 | | 12
1 oil-stone, 8-inch | 2 | 70 | 2 | 70
1 gauge | | 06 | | 06
1 compasses, 10-inch wing | | 25 | | 25
1 table-vise | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40
1 pincers, small | | 12½| | 12½
1 mallet, wood | 40 | | | 40
6 auger-bits--¼-inch, ½-inch, | | | |
¾-inch, 1-inch, 1¼-inch, 1½-inch | | | 1 | 43
2 screw-driver bits--½-inch and ¾-inch | | | | 15
1 patent auger-handle | | 18 | | 18
3 file-handles, iron--4-inch flat, | | | |
4-inch round, 5-inch | | | | 65
1 linen tape-line ("Chesterman" | | | |
Sheffield), 100 feet | 2 | 35 | 2 | 35
2 small canvas bags for small stores | | 62 | 1 | 24
--------------------------------------------+------+----+------+----
SUPPLIES, CLEANING MATERIAL, SPARE PARTS, ETC., CARRIED IN
BATTERY-WAGON BODY.
SUPPLIES.
2 sides leather, bridle (24 pounds).
1 side leather, harness (20 pounds).
2 pounds beeswax.
3 pounds black wax.
36 buckles.
2 papers tacks, copper.
3 papers tacks, iron.
2 pounds rivets and burrs, copper.
2 pounds thread, patent.
5 pounds thread, shoe.
5 needles, collar.
50 needles, saddler's, assorted.
4 thimbles.
10 pounds nails.
1 gross wood screws.
6 pieces sash-cord, braided (13½ pounds).
85 pounds bar iron, assorted,
40 pounds toe-steel.
250 pounds coal, bituminous.
3 gallons coal-oil.
50 pounds wheel-grease.
MATERIAL FOR CLEANING AND PRESERVATION.
4 gallons neat's-foot oil (2 cans).
2¼ pints sperm-oil.
20 pounds harness-soap.
10 pounds sponge.
4 quires sand-paper.
6 quires emery-cloth.
2 pounds rotten stone.
25 papers tripoli.
SPARE PARTS--GUN.
4 carrier latch-pins.
8 carrier latch-pin springs.
2 gas-check pads.
1 steel split ring.
4 vent-bushings, copper.
SPARE PARTS--CARRIAGE.
1 bow-spring brake.
2 singletrees.
1 doubletree.
1 neck-yoke.
4 pole-pads.
12 linch-pins.
8 linch-washers.
4 ammunition-chest bolts and nuts.
2 turnbuckles for ammunition-chests.
2 breech-strap eye-washers.
2 nuts for assembling-bolts for lazy-tongs.
2 springs for pole-prop at end of pole.
4 lid-props.
4 lid-prop plate pivots.
1 pintle-key and chain.
SPARE PARTS--HARNESS.
6 breast-straps.
6 bridles and bits, artillery, N. P.
4 collars steel.
9 girths, hair, artillery, N. P.
6 halters, artillery, N. P.
50 halter-straps.
4 martingales.
2 neck-yoke pads.
10 surcingles.
2 traces, lead, artillery, N. P.
2 traces, wheel, artillery, N. P.
STEEL COLLAR.
2 trace-plates.
4 draft-springs.
4 pad-hooks.
2 pad bolts and nuts.
2 nuts for pad-bolts.
2 buckle-latches.
6 buckle-springs.
6 bolts and nuts for top connection.
4 nuts for top-connection bolts.
6 bolts and nuts for bottom of collar.
4 nuts for bottom bolts.
6 bolts and nuts for extension.
4 nuts for extension-bolts.
6 bolts and nuts for trace-plate.
4 nuts for trace-plate bolts.
12 back-straps.
8 back-strap connections.
6 collar-pads, canvas.
TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS.
3 gunners' gimlets.
3 vent-punches.
3 priming-wires.
2 fuze-wrenches.
4 fuze-punches.
24 fuze-punch pins.
1 obturator spindle and wrench.
4 whips, artillery.
2 pickaxe-handles.
2 axe-helves.
4 short rammers and sponges, combined.
1 sponge and rammer, jointed.
2 sponge-heads and sponges for short rammers and sponges, combined.
1 rammer-head for short rammers and sponges, combined.
2 sponge-heads and sponges for jointed sponge and rammer.
1 rammer-head for jointed sponge and rammer.
PRICE-LIST OF ARTILLERY-HARNESS.
(NEW PATTERN.)
--------------------------------+-------------+-------------
| Wheel. | Lead.
+------+------+-------------
Components. | Near | Off | Near | Off
|Horse.|Horse.|Horse.|Horse.
--------------------------------+---+--+---+--+---+--+---+--
BREAST-STRAP. |$ |c.|$ |c.|$ |c.|$ |c.
| | | | | | | |
Strap | |85| |85| | | |
Double hooks, 2 @ $3.50 each | 7|00| 7 |00| | | |
Breast-strap complete | 7|85| 7 |85| | | |
| | | | | | | |
BREECHING. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Body | 3|98| 3|98| | | |
Side-straps, 2 @ 56c. each | 1|12| 1|12| | | |
Breeching complete | 5|10| 5|10| | | |
| | | | | | | |
BRIDLE. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Curb-bit, Shoemaker | 2|25| 2|25| 2|25| 2|25
Curb-strap | |34| |34| |34| |34
Cheek-pieces, 2 @ 28c. each | |56| |56| |56| |56
Crownpiece | |25| |25| |25| |25
Reins | 1|04| 1|04| 1|04| 1|04
Throat-lash | |15| |15| |15| |15
Brow-band | |28| |28| |28| |28
Brow-band ornaments, | | | | | | | |
2 @ 8c. each | |16| |16| |16| |16
Coupling-strap | | | |70| | | |70
Bridle complete | 5|03| 5|73| 5|08| 5|78
| | | | | | | |
HALTER. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Head-stall | 1|90| 1|90| 1|90| 1|90
Strap | |50| |50| |50| |50
Halter complete | 2|40| 2|40| 2|40| 2|40
Leg-guard | 3|22| | | | | |
Loin-strap | |55| |55| |55| |55
Trace-loops, 2 @ 32c. each | |64| |64| |64| |64
Martingale | 2|14| 2|14| | | |
| | | | | | | |
SADDLE. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Saddle-trees, leather-covered, | | | | | | | |
spring bar attached | 9|27| 9|27| 9|27| 9|27
Back-straps, 2 @ 83c. each | 1|66| 1|66| 1|66| 1|66
Cincha-straps, 2 @ 50c. each | 1|00| 1|00| 1|00| 1|00
Stirrups, brass, 2 @ $1.20 each | 2|40| 2|40| 2|40| 2|40
Stirrup straps and sweat-leather| | | | | | | |
attached, 2 @ $1.48 each | 2|96| 2|96| 2|96| 2|96
Rawhide thongs, 3 @ 5c. each | |15| |15| |15| |15
Lead rein roller and strap | | | |35| | | |35
Cantle-hook | 2|70| 2|70| | | |
Saddle complete | 20|14| 20|49| 17|44| 17|79
Saddle-cloth, hair | 4|50| 4|50| 4|50| 4|50
Saddle-cloth, duck | 2|12| 2|12| 2|12| 2|12
Saddle-bags | 5|17| 5|17| 5|17| 5|17
Hair girth | 1|20| 1|20| 1|20| 1|20
Traces, wheel, 2 @ $7.00 each | 14|00| 14|00| | | |
Traces, lead, 2 @ $8.95 each | | | | | 17|90| 17|90
Whip | 1|14| | | 1|14| |
Collar, steel locking | 9|00| 9|00| 9|00| 9|00
Crupper and hip-straps | 2|23| 2|23| 1|72| 1|72
Trace-loops, 2 @ 32c. each | | | | | |64| |64
Crupper and hip-straps complete| 2|23| 2|23| 2|36| 2|36
+---+--+---+--+---+--+---+----
Total | 87|00| 83|59| 69|45| 69|36
--------------------------------+---+--+---+--+---+--+---+----
Cost of one set of harness for 2 wheel-horses $170.59
Cost of one set of harness for 2 lead-horses 138.81
COST OF PACKING OUTFIT FOR HOTCHKISS MOUNTAIN-GUN (CAL. 1.65-INCH).
Pack-saddle for gun $44.16
Crupper 4.10
Belly-cincha 4.85
Saddle-cincha 3.89
Cargo-cincha 9.24
Wheel-straps .17
Hub-straps .40
Gun-pad 1.30
Lashing-rope .25
-------$68.36
Pack-saddle for carriage 41.44
Crupper 4.10
Belly-cincha 3.63
Saddle-cincha 3.89
Cargo-cincha 6.45
Trail-strap .14
Lashing-rope .25
------- 59.90
Pack-saddle for ammunition 48.94
Crupper 4.10
Belly-cincha 3.63
Saddle-cincha 3.89
Cargo-cincha 3.92
Lashing-rope .25
------- 64.73
HARNESS, ETC.
Bridles, 2 at $1.92 each 3.84
Breast-collars, 2 at $2.72 each 5.44
Martingales, 2 at 77 cents each 1.54
Breechings, 2 at $3.61 each 7.22
Traces, 2 pairs at $1.30 per pair 2.60
Pole-straps, 2 at 26 cents each .52
------ 21.16
Harness-sack 1.26
Neck-yoke .75
Neck-yoke brace .40
Neck-yoke brace-billet and chapes .12
------ 1.27
Pole $41.21
Splinter-bar $7.51
Trail-hooks for attachment of
splinter-bar 1.60
------ 9.11
Ammunition-boxes, 4 at $3.18 each 12.72
Cartridge-pack 2.54
------
Total 282.26
CLASS VI. OFFICERS' SABRES.
Sabre complete with scabbard $16.00
Scabbard 5.00
Chamois case .75
CLASS VI. SABRE AND KNIFE FOR ENLISTED MEN.
Sabre complete $5.00
Hunting-knife 1.10
CLASS VII. ARTILLERY ACCOUTREMENTS. ETC.
-----------------------------------------------------+-----------
| Price.
Components. +------+----
|Dolls.|Cts.
-----------------------------------------------------+------+----
Light-artillery sabre-belt, with slings, etc. $0.99 }| |
Light-artillery sabre-belt plate .18 }| |
Light-artillery sabre-belt complete | 1 | 17
| |
Light-artillery knapsack | 4 | 00
Pistol-cartridge pouch | | 60
Pistol-holster | | 79
Sabre-knot | | 55
Canteen | | 53
Canteen-strap with snap, short, for saddle | | 20
Canteen-strap for dismounted service | | 29
Haversack | | 88
Haversack-strap | | 56
Meat-can | | 28
Tin cup | | 15
Knife | | 07
Fork | | 05
Spoon | | 02½
| |
Snap-hook for canteen-strap | | 02
Snap-hook for sabre-sling | | 32
OFFICER'S BLACK LEATHER SWORD-BELT FOR FIELD SERVICE.
-------------------------------------------------------+------+----
| Price.
Components. +------+----
|Dolls.|Cts.
-------------------------------------------------------+------+----
Waist-belt | | 45
Sliding loops, leather, 2 at 2½ cents each | | 05
Belt-plate | | 35
Belt-plate hasp | | 08
Belt-slides, leather, with ovals, 2 at 9½ cents each | | 19
Long sling | | 15
Short sling | | 07
Belt-buckle | | 07
Sling-buttons, 2 at 9½ cents each | | 19
Short-sling button with hook | | 12
Snap-hooks for sword-slings, 2 at 55 cents each | 1 | 10
+------+----
Sword-belt complete | 2 | 82
-------------------------------------------------------+------+----
Note.--All the metallic parts of the officer's sword-belt are of brass,
gold-plated.
CLASS VII. HORSE EQUIPMENTS.
(See also ARTILLERY-HARNESS.)
SADDLE. (See _Artillery-harness_.)
Sabre-straps, 2 at 10½ cents each $0 21
Stirrups, wood (without hoods), 2 at 21 cents each 42
Stirrup-hoods, 2 at 57½ cents each 1 15
Stirrup-straps, 2 at 50 cents each 1 00
CURB-BRIDLE. (See _Artillery-harness_.)
WATERING-BRIDLE.
Watering-bit complete $0 73
Reins 50
------
Watering-bridle complete $1 23
Curry-comb $0 23
Double spring snap for lariats 14
Harness-sack for artillery-harness 3 15
Horse-brush 90
Horse-cover, cotton duck, with surcingle of the same
material attached 3 29
Lariat 86
Link, with snap 29
Mane-comb 08
Nose-bag 95
Picket-pin 34
Saddle-blanket, artillery 3 25
Saddle-cloth for officers of artillery 5 05
Brow-band, scarlet, officer's 49
Breast-straps, scarlet, officer's 2 55
Side-lines (or hopples) 1 20
Stirrup, with hood and socket for guidon attached 1 34
Sweat-leathers, each 55
Surcingle 91
Spurs, per pair 70
Spur-straps, per pair 20
SPURS FOR OFFICERS.
2 spurs, 60 cents each $1 20
2 spur-chains, 40 cents each 80
2 spur-straps, 6½ cents each 13
2 spur-strap buckles, 15¾ cents each 31½
1 packing-box, pasteboard 05½
----------
1 pair spurs $2 50
STENCIL OUTFIT.
1 stencil-plate of sheet brass, with coat of arms of
the service, number of regiment, and
letter of company $0 75
10 metal stencil-plates, numbers O to 9 16½
1 stencil-brush 15
1 box of black marking-paste 08
1 packing-box 16½
----------
Price of stencil outfit complete $1 31
MARKING OUTFIT.
1 stamp $1 06
1 stamp-holder 55
2 thumb-screws, at 4 cents each 08
1 company letter 05¼
19 figures and 1 blank, at 3 cents each 60
1 brass mallet 49
1 ink-pad 05¼
1 glass bottle, ground-glass stopper 10½
4 ounces indelible ink 09
1 inking-stick 02
1 packing box 43
----------
Price of marking outfit complete $3 53
In Class III. Artillery Implements and Equipments.
Lanterns, common $1 00
" dark 1 25
" globe 1 25
SUPPLY TABLE OF ORDNANCE STORES FOR SIX MONTHS OF A FOUR-GUN BATTERY OF
LIGHT ARTILLERY--3.2-INCH RIFLES.
Expendible stores are marked with a star (thus *), and must not be
dropped until actually used.
I. _Battery Equipment._
4 short rammers and sponges combined.
1 sponge and rammer, jointed.
2 sponge-hds.--chamber-sponge*
1 sponge-head--bore-sponge.*
2 rammer-heads--chamber.*
1 rammer-head--bore.*
8 sponges, woollen, chamber.*
4 sponges, woollen, bore.*
2 sponge-covers--bore-sponge.
3 sponge-covers--chamber-sponge.
6 watering-buckets, canvas, folding.
4 lanyards for friction-primers.
2 vent-punches.
2 gunner's reamers.
4 priming-wires.
1 fuze-wrench.
2 paulins (12 feet by 12 feet).
1 spare pole.*
1 neck-yoke.*
1 doubletree *
2 singletrees.*
5 keys and chains.*
6 washers, linch.*
2 pole-pads.*
2 pickaxe-handles.*
3 axe-helves.*
2 gas-check pads.
12 fuze-punch pins.
2 axes, hand.
2 shovels, long-handled.
6 files, hand, saw, assorted.
6 files, wood.
1 hammer, hand.
1 knife, shoe and saddler's.
2 rasps, wood, 10-inch.
1 nipper.
1 pair bow-spring recoil-brakes.
II. _Harness, etc._
6 bridles, artillery.
6 bridles, watering, cavalry pattern.
6 breast-straps.
9 girths, hair.
15 halters, N. P.
50 halter-straps.*
15 nose-bags.
20 saddle-blankets, red.
10 saddle-cloths, red.
10 surcingles.
2 traces, lead.*
2 traces, wheel.*
III. _Equipments, etc._
12 canteens and straps.
10 haversacks and straps.
6 spurs and straps.
6 sabre-belts and plates.
30 currycombs.
50 horse-brushes.
8 whips, artillery.
EXPENDIBLE SUPPLIES FOR SIX MONTHS.
I. _Materials for Cleaning and Preservation._
4 quires sand-paper.
5 quires crocus-cloth.
6 quires emery-cloth.
12 pounds putz pomade.
2 pounds rotten-stone.
50 papers tripoli.
20 pounds harness-soap.
10 pounds Castile soap.
5 pounds borax.
6 pounds cosmoline.
6 pounds harness-oil.
25 pounds cotton waste.
10 pounds sponge.
4 gallons neat's-foot oil.
2 gallons sperm-oil.
3 gallons asphalt varnish.
2 quarts blacking for leather.
II. _Paints, etc._
25 pounds paint, lead-colored.
25 pounds paint, black.
75 pounds paint, olive.
1½ pounds paint, first coat for 3.2-inch rifle.
1½ pounds paint, second coat for 3.2-inch rifle.
2 pounds lampblack.
2 pounds extract of logwood.
50 pounds wheel-grease.
4 gallons linseed-oil, boiled.
3 gallons spirits of turpentine.
3 pieces sash-cord.
6 brushes, paint.
4 sash-tools.
III. _Saddler's Materials._
150 pounds harness-leather.
3 sides bridle-leather.
2 sides rawhide.
1 pound beeswax.
2 pounds black wax.
3 pounds thread, shoe.
2½ pounds thread, linen, patent No. 35.
2 ounces bristles.
3 pounds rivets and burrs, copper.
3000 tacks, iron.
2000 tacks, copper (1000 of 12-ounce, 1000 of 20-ounce).
144 wood-screws, 1-inch, No. 8.
60 buckles (20, ½-inch; 20, ¾-inch; 20, 1-inch).
40 buckles, 1½-inch, girth.
15 buckles, iron, roller, l¼-inch.
60 saddle-nails, japanned.
20 awls, saddlers', assorted.
6 awl-handles.
50 needles, saddlers', assorted.
4 needles, collar.
ANNUAL ALLOWANCE OF AMMUNITION.
For each battery of artillery equipped as a battery of horse-artillery
or a light battery, and serving as such:
----------------+--------------------------+------------------------
Gun. | Maximum Charge. |No. of projectiles for
| |each gun of the command.
----------------+--------------------------+------------------------
3.2-inch rifle |3½ lbs. L. X. Q. powder | 25 standard projectiles
| |
Hotchkiss | |
revolving cannon| |100 standard projectiles.
| |
3.6-inch mortar{|For each battery: (_a_) Fifteen shells without
{|fuzes (shell ballasted); (_b_) five full charges,
{|16 ounces. Ten 8 ounce charges, comprising each
{|one 5-ounce and one 3-ounce charge bound together;
{|these can be used as 3-ounce, 5-ounce, 8-ounce,
{|or 11-ounce charges.
----------------+---------------------------------------------------
Each battery equipped as a battery of horse-artillery or a light
battery will be allowed for instruction, other than target practice, as
many blank cartridges and friction-primers as may be deemed necessary
by the battery commander and approved by the post commander.
For batteries armed with the Hotchkiss breech-loading mountain-gun
there will be allowed for the annual target practice twenty-five
standard projectiles for each gun of the command, or their equivalent
in money value if reloaded.
For each machine-gun of small-arm calibre there will be allowed for
the annual target practice two thousand ball cartridges, or their
equivalent in money value if reloaded.
Blank cartridges for salutes and for firing the morning and evening gun:
3.2-inch rifle, 2½ lbs. I. K. powder.
3-inch rifle, 1 lb. of either mortar, cannon, or I. K. powder.
6-pdr. bronze gun, 1 lb. of either mortar, cannon, or I. K. powder.
Light 12-pdr. bronze gun, 1¾ lbs. of either mortar, cannon, or I. K.
powder.
VETERINARY MEDICINES.
Veterinary medicines, instruments, and supplies for the treatment
of all public animals, and the authorized private horses of mounted
officers, are furnished by the Quartermaster's Department.
Requisitions and estimates for veterinary supplies will be made in
conformity with the standard supply table. Only the articles and
the quantities thereof that are actually needed will be placed on
the requisition. The quantity prescribed in the table is not to be
considered an allowance, but as a limit not to be exceeded without
special authority.
The standard supplies of veterinary medicines and dressings are under
charge of the quartermaster, to be issued by him to the different
commands at the post upon approved requisitions in such quantities
and of such articles as may be deemed requisite, in conformity with
the standard supply table. Battery commanders must deduct from the
allowance, in making requisition, the quantity of each article on hand
and available for issue.
Veterinary instruments and books remain in the custody of the post
quartermaster, and are loaned as needed.
The pannier, pocket-case, and saddle-bags are easily improvised, and
are omitted from the table.
For a greater or less number of animals than are provided for in the
table the proportions indicated will be observed in requisitions and
issues.
This table is ample and sufficiently varied for ordinary practice; but
in order to provide for the necessities of epidemics, and to indulge,
as far as practicable, individual preference and training, a special
requisition for articles not in the supply table, with an explanation
of the nature of the emergency or case rendering it necessary, may
be forwarded through the regular channels for the action of the
quartermaster-general.
STANDARD SUPPLY TABLE.
------------------------------------------+--------------------------
Articles. | Quantities.
------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------
MEDICINES FOR THREE MONTHS' SUPPLY-- |For 100 |For 200 |For 300
|Animals.|Animals.|Animals.
------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------
Acid, carbolic, crystallized oz.| 16 | 18 | 24
Aconite, tincture of the root oz.| 4 | 4 | 8
Alcohol gals.| 1 | 2 | 3
Aloes, Barbadoes oz.| 20 | 20 | 30
Ammonia, aromatic spirits of lbs.| 2 | 3 | 4
Ammonia, carbonate of lbs.| 1 | 1½ | 2
Ammonia, solution of gals.| 1 | 2 | 3
Belladonna, fluid extract of oz.| 4 | 6 | 8
Camphor lbs.| 1 | 1½ | 2
Cantharides (Spanish flies), powdered oz.| 2 | 3 | 4
Charcoal, powdered lbs.| 1 | 1½ | 2
Cosmoline, veterinary lbs.| 4 | 8 | 12
Ether, spirits of nitrous (sweet | | |
spirits of nitre) lbs.| 3 | 6 | 8
Ether, sulphuric lbs.| 2 | 3 | 4
Flaxseed-meal lbs.| 25 | 30 | 40
Ginger, powdered lbs.| 2 | 3 | 4
Gentian, powdered lbs.| 2 | 3 | 4
Glycerine oz.| 8 | 12 | 16
Iron, sulphate of desiccated oz.| 8 | 10 | 12
Lime, chloride of lbs.| 25 | 50 | 75
Lunar, caustic oz.| 1 | 1 | 2
Oil, linseed gals.| 2 | 3 | 4
Opium, tincture of lbs.| 3 | 4 | 6
Oil, olive gals.| 1 | 2 | 3
Pepper, Cayenne, ground lbs.| 1 | 1½ | 2
Potassa, nitrate of (saltpetre) lbs.| 3 | 4 | 6
Soap, Castile lbs.| 10 | 15 | 20
Soda, bicarbonate of lbs.| 4 | 8 | 12
Sulphur, washed lbs.| 2 | 3 | 4
Turpentine, oil of gals.| 2 | 3 | 4
Zinc, sulphate of oz.| 8 | 10 | 12
| | |
DRESSINGS FOR SIX MONTHS' SUPPLY. | | |
| | |
Bandages 2½ inches wide and 4 yards | | |
long, of heavy bed-ticking doz.| 2 | 3 | 4
Bandages 4 inches wide and 4 yards | | |
long of heavy red flannel doz.| 2 | 3 | 4
Oakum lbs.| 10 | 15 | 20
Silk for ligatures oz.| ¾ | ¾ | 1
Sponges, coarse lbs.| 1 | 1½ | 2
------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------
------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------
INSTRUMENTS FOR EACH POST-- |Of 100 |Of 200 |Of 300
|Animals.|Animals.|Animals.
------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------
Ball forceps no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Bistouries no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Catheters, gum, with stylet no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Corkscrews no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Drenching-horns, tin no.| 2 | 2 | 4
Fleams (3 blades) no.| 2 | 4 | 6
Funnels, tin no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Graduate glasses, 6-oz. no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Hobbles, casting no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Hones no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Lancets no.| 3 | 6 | 8
Measures, tin, sets no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Mortars and pestles, wedgewood, large no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Needles, surgeons' no.| 8 | 10 | 12
Needles, Seaton no.| 8 | 10 | 12
Probangs, celluloid, in two pieces no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Scales and weights, shop no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Scissors, curved no.| 2 | 4 | 6
Slings, suspending no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Spatulas no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Speculums, mouth no.| 1 | 2 | 3
Syringes, rubber, 2-oz. no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Syringes, rubber, 24-oz. no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Thermometers, clinical no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Tooth-rasps no.| 1 | 2 | 3
------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------
BOOKS FOR EACH OFFICER IN CHARGE OF-- | 100 | 200 | 300
|Animals.|Animals.|Animals.
------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------
Blank books, 2-quire, for record | | |
of cases no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Practical Horse-shoeing, Fleming no.| 1 | 2 | 2
The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser, Laws no.| 1 | 2 | 2
Or, Army Veterinary Manual, Holcombe no.| 1 | 2 | 2
------------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------
TABLEWARE AND KITCHEN UTENSILS ALLOWED A LIGHT BATTERY.
Dinner-plates 75}
Soup-plates 75}
Meat-plates 7}
Cups and saucers 75}
Water-pitchers 7}
Vegetable-dishes 38} Articles of china and glassware
Salt-cellars 14} upon which an allowance of
Pepper-boxes 14} 20 per cent per annum of total
Syrup-pitchers 14} value is made.
Bowls 75}
Pickle-dishes 9}
Sugar-bowls 14}
Gravy-boats 14}
Mustard-pots 14}
Tumblers 75}
Dippers 7
Soup-ladles 7
Skimmers 2
Dishpans 4
Basting-spoons 7
Tea-spoons 75
Table-spoons 75
Table-forks 75
Table-knives 75
Bread-knives 4
Butcher-knives 4
Chopping-bowls 4
Coffee-mills 1
Meat-saws 2
Scales and weights 1
Frying-pans 4
Meat-forks 7
Meat-choppers or meat-cutters 2
Carving-sets 2
Cleavers 1
Mustard-spoons 14
Flour-sieves 1
Can-openers 7
Graters 2
ALLOWANCE OF CLOTHING.
----------------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year. |
+----------+--------------+
Articles. | First. | |
+-----+----+-------+------+
|1st |2nd |Second.|Third.|
| 6 | 6 | | |
|mos. |mos.| | |
----------------------------------+-----+----+-------+------+
Helmets and trimmings complete No.| 1 |... | ... | 1 |
Forage-caps and trimmings No.| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Campaign hats No.| 1 |... | 1 | 1 |
Uniform coats No.| 1 |... | ... | 1 |
Trousers pairs| 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Canvas fatigue coats No.| 1 |... | 1 | 1 |
Canvas fatigue trousers pairs| 1 |... | 1 | 1 |
Linen collars No.| 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Dark blue flannel shirts No.| 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Knit undershirts No.| 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Drawers pairs| 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Boots for mounted troops pairs| 1 |... | 1 | ... |
Shoes for mounted troops pairs| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Barrack shoes pairs| 1 |... | 1 | 1 |
Stockings, woollen pairs| 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Stockings, cotton pairs| 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Blouses No.| 1 |... | 1 | 1 |
Overcoats No.| 1 |... | ... | ... |
Chevrons, cloth pairs| 2 |... | 1 | 1 |
Chevrons, gold lace pairs| 1 |... | ... | 1 |
Stripes for trousers pairs| 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Stable frock for mounted | | | | |
troops No.| 1 |... | ... | 1 |
Overalls for mounted troops pairs| 1 |... | 1 | 1 |
Blankets woollen No.| 1 |... | ... | 1 |
Berlin gloves for mounted | | | | |
troops pairs| 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Leather gauntlets pairs| 1 |... | 1 | ... |
Suspenders pairs| 1 |... | 1 | 1 |
Cork helmets in lieu of | | | | |
campaign hats[15] No.| 1 |... | ... | 1 |
Arctic overshoes[15] pairs| 1 |... | 1 | ... |
Woollen mittens[15] pairs| 2 |... | 2 | 2 |
Overcoats, fur or other | | | | |
suitable material[15] No.|1[16]| ...| ... | ... |
Fur caps[15] No.| 1 | ...| 1 | 1 |
Fur gauntlets[15] pairs.| 1 | ...| 1 | 1 |
----------------------------------+-----+----+-------+------+
[Part 2 of Table.]
----------------------------------+--------------+------
| Year. |
+--------------+
Articles. Year. | |Total
+-------+------+ for
|Fourth.|Fifth.| five
| | |years.
| | |
----------------------------------+-------+------+------
Helmets and trimmings complete No.| ... | ... | 2
Forage-caps and trimmings No.| 1 | 1 | 6
Campaign hats No.| 1 | 1 | 5
Uniform coats No.| ... | ... | 2
Trousers pairs| 2 | 1 | 10
Canvas fatigue coats No.| 1 | 1 | 5
Canvas fatigue trousers pairs| 1 | 1 | 5
Linen collars No.| 6 | 6 | 30
Dark blue flannel shirts No.| 2 | 2 | 11
Knit undershirts No.| 3 | 3 | 15
Drawers pairs| 3 | 3 | 15
Boots for mounted troops pairs| 1 | ... | 3
Shoes for mounted troops pairs| 1 | 1 | 7
Barrack shoes pairs| 1 | 1 | 5
Stockings, woollen pairs| 4 | 4 | 20
Stockings, cotton pairs| 6 | 6 | 30
Blouses No.| 1 | 1 | 5
Overcoats No.| ... | ... | 1
Chevrons, cloth pairs| 1 | 1 | 6
Chevrons, gold lace pairs| ... | ... | 2
Stripes for trousers pairs| 2 | 1 | 10
Stable frock for mounted | | |
troops No.| ... | ... | 2
Overalls for mounted troops pairs| 1 | 1 | 5
Blankets woollen No.| ... | ... | 2
Berlin gloves for mounted | | |
troops pairs| 4 | 4 | 20
Leather gauntlets pairs| 1 | ... | 3
Suspenders pairs| 1 | 1 | 5
Cork helmets in lieu of | | |
campaign hats[15] No.| ... | ... | 2
Arctic overshoes[15] pairs| ... | ... | 2
Woollen mittens[15] pairs| 2 | 2 | 10
Overcoats, fur or other | | |
suitable material[15] No.| ... | ... | ...
Fur caps[15] No.| 1 | 1 | 5
Fur gauntlets[15] pairs.| 1 | 1 | 5
----------------------------------+-------+------+------
ALLOWANCE OF EQUIPAGE.
IN CAMP OR GARRISON.
------------------------+---------------------+-----+---------+
| Tents. | | |
+-------+-----+-------+ | |
|Conical|Wall.|Common.|Axes.|Hatchets.|
| wall. | | | | |
------------------------+-------+-----+-------+-----+---------+
A general officer | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 |
Field and staff officer | | | | | |
above rank of captain | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 |
Other staff officers or | | | | | |
captains | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
Subalterns of companies,| | | | | |
to every two | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
To every 6 foot or | | | | | |
4 mounted men | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
To every 15 foot or | | | | | |
13 mounted men | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
To every 20 foot or | | | | | |
17 mounted men | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
------------------------+-------+-----+-------+-----+---------+
[Part 2 of Table.]
------------------------+-------+---------+--------+-----
| | | |
+ | | Camp- |Mess-
|Spades.|Pickaxes.|kettles.|pans.
| | | |
------------------------+-------+---------+--------+-----
A general officer | ... | ... | ... | ...
Field and staff officer | | | |
above rank of captain | ... | ... | ... | ...
Other staff officers or | | | |
captains | ... | ... | ... | ...
Subalterns of companies,| | | |
to every two | ... | ... | ... | ...
To every 6 foot or | | | |
4 mounted men | ... | ... | ... | ...
To every 15 foot or | | | |
13 mounted men | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5
To every 20 foot or | | | |
17 mounted men | ... | ... | ... | ...
------------------------+-------+---------+--------+-----
TENTS FOR THE SICK, THEIR ATTENDANTS, AND HOSPITAL SUPPLIES.
--------------------+-----------------
| Tents.
+---------+-------
|Hospital.|Common.
--------------------+---------+-------
For 1 company | 1 | 1
" 2 companies | 1 | 1
" 3 " | 2 | 1
" 4 " | 2 | 1
" 5 " | 3 | 1
" 6 " | 3 | 1
" 7 " | 3 | 1
" 8 " | 3 | 1
" 9 " | 4 | 1
" 10 " | 4 | 1
--------------------+---------+--------
CORN BROOMS AND SCRUBBING-BRUSHES.
To each battery, without regard to its numerical strength, 3 corn
brooms and 2 scrubbing-brushes per month.
BARRACK CHAIRS.
One for each non-commissioned officer.
One for every two enlisted men of all other grades.
ALLOWANCE OF STOVES, FUEL, LAMPS, OIL, OFFICE FURNITURE, AND STATIONERY
FOR A LIGHT BATTERY.
=Stoves.=--3 large stoves in each dormitory, 1 large stove in each
mess-room and day-room, 1 small stove for each of the two rooms
for non-commissioned officers, 1 small stove for the reading-room,
blacksmith-shop, carpenter-shop, saddle-shop, and guard-room each, and
one cooking-stove or range for the kitchen.
=Fuel= (monthly).--For each enlisted man 1/12 cord of wood from
May 1 to August 31, and 1 cord from Sept. 1 to April 30. Stations
between 36 and 43 degs. N. lat. ¼[17] increase; stations further
north ⅓ increase. For guards, not to exceed 3 cords from Sept. 1 to
April 30, with ¾ cord increase for stations between 36 and 43 degs.
N. lat.; and 1 cord for those further north.
=Lamps.=--One burner for every ten (10) men and every fraction
thereof, when fraction is five or more, of maximum strength of
organization, and lamps or lanterns, not exceeding 3 for each barracks,
for lighting interior passage-ways. Office, guard-house and first
sergeant each a lamp with single burner. Stables, number of lamps or
lanterns required, approved by department commander.
=Oil= (monthly).--Four ounces per burner for 1½-in. wicks and 2 ounces
for smaller wicks during each hour of authorized illumination. (1 gal.
for 26 hours for large burner, or 52 hours for small burner.)
=Office Furniture.=--To each desk, 1 ink-stand, 1 paper-folder, 1
ruler, 1 steel eraser, 1 piece of india-rubber, and 4 lead-pencils.
=Stationery= (quarterly).--Battery commander: 6 qrs. writing-paper, ¼
qr. envelope-paper, 10 sheets blotting-paper, 20 pens, 2 pen-holders,
1 pint black ink, 1 oz. red ink, ½ pint mucilage, 3 oz. sealing-wax, 1
piece office tape, 80 envelopes.
TABLE OF WEIGHTS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND EQUIPAGE.
Article. Lbs. Oz. Article. Lbs. Oz.
Overcoat 6 8 |Stockings, pair 4
Blouse 2 |Gauntlets, pair 7
Stable frock 1 4 |Boots, pair 4 8
Overalls 1 2 |Shoes, pair 2 6
|
Drawers 14½ |Leggins, pair 8
Trousers 2 6 |Blankets 5
D. B. F. shirt 1 4 |Poncho 2 8
Knit undershirt 1 |Rubber blankets 2 8
|
Mess-pan 1 10 |Spade 5
Camp-kettle 5 8 |Shovel, long 4 10
Axe and helve 6 4 |Shovel, short 5
Hatchet and helve 1 8 |Pickaxe and helve 7 12
TABLE OF MONTHLY PAY OF ENLISTED MEN.
------------------------------+-----+------+-----+------+------
Year of enlistment |First|Second|Third|Fourth|Fifth
|Year.| Year |Year.| Year.|Year.
------------------------------+-----+------+-----+------+------
RANK AND SERVICE. | | | | |
| | | | |
_Company._ | | | | |
| | | | |
Private--artillery, cavalry, |} | | | |
and infantry |} | | | |
Private (2d class)--engineers |} | | | |
and ordnance |}$13 | $13 | $14 | $15 | $16
Musician--engineers, |} | | | |
artillery, and infantry |} | | | |
Trumpeter--cavalry |} | | | |
Wagoner--artillery, cavalry, | | | | |
and infantry | 14 |} Not entitled to
Artificer--artillery and | |} additional
infantry | 15 |} pay.[18]
Private--hospital corps | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21
Corporal--artillery, cavalry, |} | | | |
and infantry |} 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18
Blacksmith, farrier, and |} | | | |
saddler--cavalry |} | | | |
Sergeant--artillery, cavalry, | | | | |
and infantry | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21[19]
Private (1st class)--engineers| | | | |
and ordnance | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
Corporal--engineers | | | | |
and ordnance | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23
First sergeant--artillery, | | | | |
cavalry, and infantry | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28[19]
Sergeant--engineers, ordnance,| | | | |
and signal corps | 34 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37
1st class sergeant--signal | | | | |
corps | 45 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48
| | | | |
_Regiment._ | | | | |
| | | | |
Chief trumpeter |} | | | |
Saddler sergeant--cavalry |} 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
Principal musician--artillery |} | | | |
and infantry |} | | | |
Chief musician--artillery, |} |} Not entitled to
cavalry, and infantry |} 60 |} additional pay.[18]
Sergeant-major--artillery, |} | | | |
cavalry, and infantry |} 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26
Q. M. sergeant--artillery, |} | | | |
cavalry, and infantry |} | | | |
Sergeant-major and Q. M. | | | | |
sergeant--engineers | 36 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39
Veterinary surgeon (senior) | 100 |} Not entitled to any
Veterinary surgeon (junior) | 75 |} additional pay.
| | | | |
_Post._ | | | | |
| | | | |
Ordnance sergeant |} | | | |
Commissary sergeant |} 34 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37
Post quartermaster-sergeant |} | | | |
Hospital steward | 45 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48
Acting hospital steward | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28
------------------------------+-----+------+-----+------+------
On re-enlisting after 5 years' service, $2.00 per month in addition to
pay received at time of discharge ($1.00 is retained), and for each 5
years' continuous service thereafter a further sum of $1.00 per month.
The pay of a man who has ever re-enlisted under the act of August 4,
1854, and comes into the service again, commences with pay for fifth
year.
A certificate of merit entitles a soldier to $2.00 per month additional
pay, commencing on the date of rendering "distinguished service," and
continuing through all subsequent service as an enlisted man.
Enlisted men (retired) are entitled to three fourths of the monthly
pay allowed by law to them in the grade they held when retired, with
commutation of clothing and rations.
SUMMARY COURT.
When charges are preferred against an enlisted man for offences
cognizable by inferior courts-martial, they will be laid before the
post commander, who, if he thinks that the accused should be tried,
will cause him to be brought before the summary court. Here he will
be arraigned and allowed to plead, according to the practice of
courts-martial. If an accused neither demands a removal of his case to
a regimental or garrison court-martial; nor, being a non-commissioned
officer above the rank of corporal, objects to trial by inferior
court-martial; nor objects to be tried by the officer second in rank on
the ground of his being the accuser; nor pleads guilty, witnesses will
be sworn and evidence received, the accused being permitted to testify
in his own behalf and make a statement; but the evidence and statement
will not be recorded. When the summary court shall have arrived at a
finding and judgment, the summary court record book, with the entries
therein made in accordance with the headings of its columns, will
be laid before the post commander for his action, which also will be
entered in the record book, dated and signed. When a case is heard by
the post commander, the proceedings will be recorded in the same book.
No other record of the proceedings will be kept, and trials by summary
court will not be published in orders.
When a post commander sits as a summary court, no approval of the
sentence is required by law, but he should sign the sentence as post
commander and date his signature.
RECORD OF SUMMARY COURT AT.......................
---+---------+---------+--------------+--------+------------+
No.| Name, | Article | Synopsis of |Finding.| No. of |
| rank, | of War |specification.| | previous |
|company, |Violated.| | |convictions.|
| and | | | | |
|regiment.| | | | |
| | | | | |
---+---------+---------+--------------+--------+------------+
[Part 2 of Table.]
---------+----------
Sentence,|Action of
with |commanding
signature| officer,
of trial|with date
officer.| and
|signature.
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LIST OF PRESCRIBED PUNISHMENTS FOR ENLISTED MEN.
ARTICLE I.
In all cases of desertion the sentence may include dishonorable
discharge and forfeiture of pay and allowances.
Subject to the modifications authorized in Section 3 of this article
the limit of the term of confinement (at hard labor) for desertion
shall be as follows:
SECTION 1. In case of surrender--
(_a_) When the deserter surrenders himself after an absence of not more
than thirty days, one year.
(_b_) When the surrender is made after an absence of more than thirty
days, eighteen months.
SEC. 2. In case of apprehension--
(_a_) When at the time of desertion the deserter shall not have been
more than six months in the service, eighteen months.
(_b_) When he shall have been more than six months in the service, two
and one half years.
SEC. 3. The foregoing limitations are subject to modification
under the following conditions:
(_a_) The punishment of a deserter may be increased by one year of
confinement at hard labor in consideration of each previous conviction
of desertion.
(_b_) The punishment for desertion when joined in by two or more
soldiers in the execution of a conspiracy, or for desertion in the
presence of an outbreak of Indians or of any unlawful assemblage which
the troops may be opposing, shall not exceed dishonorable discharge,
forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for
five years.
ARTICLE II.
Except as herein otherwise indicated punishment shall not exceed the
limits prescribed in the following table:
--------------------------------+----------------------------------
Offences. | Limits of punishment.
--------------------------------+----------------------------------
UNDER 17TH ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
Selling horse or arms, or both |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| confinement at hard labor for
| three years.
|
Selling accoutrements |Four months' confinement at hard
| labor and forfeiture of $10 per
| month for the same period; for
| non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
Selling clothing |Two months' confinement at hard
| labor and forfeiture of $10 per
| month for the same period; for
| non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
Losing or spoiling horse |Four months' confinement at hard
or arms through neglect. | labor and forfeiture of $10
| per month for the same period;
| for non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
Losing or spoiling accoutrements|One month's confinement at hard
or clothing through neglect. | labor and forfeiture of $10;
| for non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
UNDER 20TH ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
Behaving himself with disrespect|Six months' confinement at hard
to his commanding officer. | labor and forfeiture of $10 per
| month for the same period; for
| non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
UNDER 24TH ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
Refusal to obey or using |Dishonorable discharge, with
violence to officer or | forfeiture of all pay and
non-commissioned officer | allowances and confinement
while quelling quarrels or | at hard labor for two years.
disorders. |
|
UNDER 31ST ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
Lying out of quarters |Forfeiture of $2; corporal, $3;
| sergeant, $4.
|
UNDER 32D ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
_Absence without leave_--[20] |
|
Less than one hour |Forfeiture of $1; corporal, $2;
| sergeant, $3; 1st sergeant
| or non-commissioned officer
| of higher grade, $4.
|
From one to six hours[21] |Forfeiture of $2; corporal, $3;
| sergeant, $4; 1st sergeant
| or non-commissioned officer
| of higher grade, $5.
|
From six to twelve hours |Forfeiture of $3; corporal, $4;
| sergeant, $6; 1st sergeant
| or non-commissioned officer
| of higher grade, $7.
|
From twelve to twenty-four |Forfeiture of $5; corporal, $6;
hours. | sergeant, $7; 1st sergeant
| or non-commissioned officer
| of higher grade, $10.
|
From twenty-four to forty-eight |Forfeiture of $6 and five days'
Hours. | confinement at hard labor.
| For corporal, forfeiture of $8;
| sergeant, $10; 1st sergeant or
| non-commissioned officer of
| higher grade, $12; or
| for all non-commissioned
| officers, reduction.
|
From two to ten days |Forfeiture of $10 and ten days'
| confinement at hard labor; for
| non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
From ten to thirty days |Forfeiture of $20 and one month's
| confinement at hard labor; for
| non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
From thirty to ninety days |Three months' confinement at hard
| labor and forfeiture of $10 per
| month for same period; for
| non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
For ninety or more than |Dishonorable discharge and
ninety days | forfeiture of all pay and
| allowances, and six months'
| confinement at hard labor.
|
UNDER 33D ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
_Failure to repair at the time |
fixed, etc., to the place |
of parade--_ |
|
For reveille or retreat |
roll-call and 11 P.M. |Forfeiture of $1; corporal, $2;
inspection | sergeant, $3; 1st sergeant, $4.
|
For guard detail |Forfeiture of $5; corporal, $8;
| sergeant, $10.
For fatigue detail |}
For dress parade |}
For the weekly inspection |}
For target practice |}Forfeiture of $2; corporal, $3;
For drill |} sergeant, $5.
For guard-mounting |}
(by musician) |}
For stable duty |}
|
UNDER 38TH ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
_Drunkenness on_-- |
Guard |Six months' confinement at hard
| labor and forfeiture of $10 per
| month for the same period;
| for non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
Duty as company cook |Forfeiture of $20.
Extra or special duty |}
At drill |}
At target practice |}Forfeiture of $12; for
At parade |} non-commissioned officer,
At inspection |} reduction and forfeiture of $20.
At inspection of company |}
guard detail |}
At stable duty |}
|
UNDER 40TH ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
Quitting guard |Six months' confinement at hard
| labor and forfeiture of $10
| per month for the same period;
| for non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
UNDER 51ST ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
Persuading soldiers to desert |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| one year's confinement at hard
| labor.
|
UNDER 60TH ARTICLE OF WAR. |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| four years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
UNDER 62D ARTICLE OF WAR. |
|
Manslaughter |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| ten years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Assault, with intent to kill |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| ten years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Burglary |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| five years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Forgery |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| four years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
|
Perjury |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| four years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
False swearing |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| two years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Robbery |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| six years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Larceny or embezzlement of |
property--[22] |
|
Of the value of more than |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
$100 | of all pay and allowances, and
| four years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Of the value of $100 or less |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
and more than $50 | of all pay and allowances, and
| three years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Of the value of $50 or less |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
and more than $20 | of all pay and allowances, and
| two years' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Of the value of $20 or less. |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
| of all pay and allowances, and
| one year's confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Fraudulent enlistment, procured |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
by false representation or | of all pay and allowances, and
concealment of a fact in | confinement at hard labor for
regard to a prior enlistment | one year.
or discharge, or in regard to |
conviction of a civil or |
military crime |
|
Fraudulent enlistment, other |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
cases of | of all pay and allowances, and
| confinement at hard labor for
| six months.
|
Disobedience of orders, |Six months' confinement at hard
involving wilful defiance of | labor and forfeiture of $10 per
the authority of a | month for the same period; for
non-commissioned officer in | non-commissioned officer,
the execution of his office | reduction in addition thereto.
|
Using threatening or insulting |One month's confinement at hard
language or behaving in an | labor and forfeiture of $10;
manner to a non-commissioned | for non-commissioned officer,
officer while in the | reduction in addition thereto.
execution of his office |
|
Absence from fatigue duty |Forfeiture of $4; corporal, $5;
| sergeant, $6.
|
Absence from extra or special |Forfeiture of $4; corporal, $5;
duty | sergeant, $6.
|
Absence from duty as company or |Forfeiture of $10.
hospital cook. |
|
Introducing liquor into post or |Forfeiture of $3; for
camp in violation of standing | non-commissioned officer,
orders. | reduction and forfeiture of $5.
|
Drunkenness at post or in |Forfeiture of $3; for
quarters | non-commissioned officer,
| reduction and forfeiture of $5.
|
Drunkenness and disorderly |Forfeiture of $10 and seven days'
conduct, causing the | confinement at hard labor; for
offender's arrest and | non-commissioned officer,
conviction by civil | reduction and forfeiture of $12.
authorities at a place within |
ten miles of his station |
|
Noisy or disorderly conduct in |Forfeiture of $4; corporal, $7;
quarters. | sergeant, $10.
|
Abuse by non-commissioned |Reduction, three months'
officer of his authority over | confinement at hard labor, and
an inferior. | forfeiture of $10 per month
| for the same period.
|
Non-commissioned officer |Reduction and forfeiture of $5.
encouraging gambling. |
|
Non-commissioned officer making |Reduction, forfeiture of $8, and
false report. | ten days' confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Sentinel allowing a prisoner |Six months' confinement at hard
under his charge to escape | labor and forfeiture of $10
through neglect. | per month for the same period.
|
Sentinel wilfully suffering |Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
prisoner under his charge to | of all pay and allowances, and
escape. | one year's confinement at hard
| labor.
|
Sentinel allowing a prisoner |Two months' confinement at hard
under his charge to obtain | labor and forfeiture of $10
liquor. | per month for the same period.
|
Sentinel or member of guard |Two months' confinement at hard
drinking liquor with | labor and forfeiture of $10 per
prisoners. | month for the same period.
|
Disrespect or affront to a |Two months' confinement at hard
sentinel. | labor and forfeiture of $10 per
| month for the same period; for
| non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
Resisting or disobeying sentinel|Six months' confinement at hard
in lawful execution of his | labor and forfeiture of $10
duty. | per month for the same period;
| for non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
|
Lewd or indecent exposure of |Three months' confinement at hard
person. | labor and forfeiture of $10 per
| month for the same period; for
| non-commissioned officer,
| reduction in addition thereto.
--------------------------------+----------------------------------
ARTICLE III.
SECTION 1. When a soldier shall be convicted of an offence
the punishment for which, as authorized by Article II. of this order
or the custom of the service, does not exceed that which an inferior
court-martial may award, the punishment so authorized may be increased
by one half for every previous conviction of one or more offences
within eighteen months preceding the trial and during the current
enlistment; provided that the increase of punishment for five or more
previous convictions shall not exceed that thus authorized when there
are four previous convictions, and that when one or more of such five
or more previous convictions shall have been by general court-martial,
or when such convictions shall have occurred within one year preceding
the trial, the limit of punishment shall be dishonorable discharge,
forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for
three months.
When the conviction is of an offence punishable under Article II. of
this order or the custom of the service with a greater punishment
than an inferior court-martial can award, but not punishable with
dishonorable discharge, the sentence may, on proof of five or more
previous convictions within eighteen months and during the current
enlistment, impose dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and
allowances in addition to the authorized confinement, and when this
confinement is less than three months it may be increased to three
months.
When a non-commissioned officer is convicted of an offence not
punishable with reduction, he may, if he shall have been convicted of
a military offence within a year and during the current enlistment,
be sentenced to reduction, in addition to the punishment already
authorized.
SEC. 2. In every case when an offence on trial before a
court-martial is of a character admitting of the introduction of
evidence of previous convictions, and the accused is convicted, the
court, after determining its findings, will be opened for the purpose
of ascertaining whether there is such evidence, and, if so, of hearing
it. These convictions must be proved by the records of previous trials,
or by duly authenticated orders promulgating the same, except in
the cases of conviction by summary court, when a duly authenticated
copy of the record of said court shall be deemed sufficient proof.
Charges forwarded to the authority ordering a general court-martial,
or submitted to a summary, garrison, or regimental court, must be
accompanied by the proper evidence of such previous convictions as may
have to be considered in determining upon a sentence.
ARTICLE IV.
When a soldier shall, on one arraignment, be convicted of two or
more offences, none of which is punishable under Article II. of this
order or the custom of the service with dishonorable discharge, but
the aggregate term of confinement for which may exceed six months,
dishonorable discharge with forfeiture of pay and allowances may be
awarded in addition to the authorized confinement.
ARTICLE V.
This order prescribes the _maximum_ limit of punishment for the
offences named, and this limit is intended for those cases in which the
severest punishment should be awarded. In other cases the punishment
should be graded down according to the extenuating circumstances.
Offences not herein provided for remain punishable as authorized by the
Articles of War and the custom of the service.
ARTICLE VI.
Summary courts are subject to the restrictions named in the 83d Article
of War. Soldiers against whom charges may be preferred for trial by
summary court shall not be confined in the guard-house, but shall
be placed in arrest in quarters, before and during trial and while
awaiting sentence, except when in particular cases restraint may be
necessary.
ARTICLE VII.
The following substitutions for punishments named in Article II. of
this order are authorized at the discretion of the court:
Two days' confinement at hard labor for one dollar forfeiture; one
day's solitary confinement on bread and water diet for two days'
confinement at hard labor or for one dollar forfeiture; provided that
a non-commissioned officer not sentenced to reduction shall not be
subject to confinement; and provided that solitary confinement shall
not exceed fourteen days at one time, nor be repeated until fourteen
days have elapsed, and shall not exceed eighty-four days in one year.
Whenever the limit herein prescribed for an offence or offences may
be brought within the punishing power of inferior courts-martial, as
defined by the 83d Article of War, by substitution of punishment under
the provisions of this article, the said courts have jurisdiction of
such offence or offences.
ARTICLE VIII.
Non-commissioned officers above the rank of corporal shall not, if they
object thereto, be brought to trial before regimental, garrison, or
summary courts-martial without the authority of the officer competent
to order their trial by general court-martial; nor shall sergeants of
the post non-commissioned staff or hospital stewards be reduced, but
they may be dishonorably discharged whenever reduction is included in
the limit of punishment.
U. S. SIGNAL AND TELEGRAPH CODE.
(Authorized by G. O. No. 59, A. G. O., June 28, 1889.)
ALPHABET.
A ·- F ·-· K -·- P ····· U ··-
B -··· G - -· L ---- Q ··-· V ···-
C ·· · H ···· M - - R · ·· W ·- -
D -·· I ·· N -· S ··· X ·-··
E · J -·-· O · T - Y ·· ··
Z ··· · & · ···
NUMERALS.
1 ·- -· 3 ···- -· 5 - - - 7 - -·· 9 -··-
2 ··-·· 4 ····- 6 ····· 8 -···· 0 ----
PUNCTUATION MARKS.
Comma ·-·- Interrogation -··-· Parenthesis Pn
Semicolon Si Quotation Qn Brackets Br
Colon Ko Paragraph - - - - Dollar mark Sx
Period ··- -·· Exclamation - - - · Dash Dx
Hyphen Hx Underline Ux
NOTE.--A fraction is made by inserting a dot between the
numerator and denominator:
Example, ⅞ - -·· · -····
SIGNALS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
1. Wait a moment.
4. Start me.
5. Have you anything for me?
7. Are you ready?
8. Busy on other wires (or stations).
9. Train order (or important military message)--give way.
13. Do you understand?
18. What is the matter?
27. Adjust your magnet (or flash).
30. Circuit closed (or close station).
44. Answer quick.
73. Accept compliments.
92. Deliver (ed).
134. Who is at the key (flag, or torch)?
Ahr. Another.
Ans. Answer.
Ck. Check.
Col. Collect.
D H. Dead head.
G A. Go ahead.
G E. Good-evening.
G M. Good-morning.
G N. Good-night.
G R. Government rate.
N M. No more.
O B. Official business.
O K. All right.
Opr. Operator.
Pd. Paid.
Qk. Quick.
Sig. Signature.
TO SIGNAL WITH FLAG OR TORCH.
The flagman faces exactly toward the communicating station; staff is
vertical in front of centre of body, butt at height of waist. The
_dot_ (·) is represented by a motion to the right, and the _dash_ (-)
by a motion to the left of the sender. The _space_, whether separating
elements of _spaced characters_ (C, O, R, Y, Z, and "&"), or separating
words, will be represented by a "front" motion.
Thus the motions:
Right, right, front, right, represent C.
Right, front, right, represent O.
Right, front, right, right, represent R.
Each motion will embrace an arc of 90°, starting from and returning to
the vertical.
The _long dash_ (letter "L" and numeral "naught") is distinguished from
the "T" dash by a slight pause at the lowest point of dip, and with
this exception there will be no pause whatever between the motions
required for any single letter.
A slight pause will be made between letters.
At the end of each word, abbreviation, or conventional signal the space
signal, or "front" motion, is made, _preceded and followed by a pause_
equivalent to that made between letters.
CONVENTIONAL SIGNALS FOR HELIOGRAPH OR FLASH LANTERN.
=To Call a Station.=--Turn a steady flash on the station and keep it
there until answered by a steady flash. Both stations will then adjust,
each on the other's flash. When adjustments are satisfactory, the
station called will acknowledge and cut off its flash, and the calling
station will proceed with the message.
=Adjustment.=--If the receiver sees that the sender's mirror needs
adjusting, he will turn on a steady flash until answered by a steady
flash. When adjustment is satisfactory, the receiver will acknowledge,
and the sender will resume his message.
CONVENTIONAL SIGNS FOR FLAG OR TORCH.[23]
=To Call a Station.=--Signal the "call letter" of the station required,
or, if the call letter be not known, signal "A" without pause until
acknowledged. The calling station will then proceed with the message.
=To Acknowledge a Call.=--Signal "I" three times followed by "front"
and the call letter of the acknowledging station.
=To Break or Stop the Signals from the Sending Station.=--Signal "A"
without pause until acknowledged.
=To Start the Sending Station after Breaking.=--Signal "G A " followed
by "front" and the last word correctly received; the sender will
immediately resume his message, beginning with the word indicated by
the receiver. If nothing has been received, signal "R R"; the sender
will then repeat all.
=Error in Sending.=--Signal seven dots (·······) rapidly followed by
"front," and resume the message, beginning with the last word correctly
sent.
=End of Address.=--Signal the period (··--··) followed by "front."
=Signature Follows.=--Signal "Sig" followed by "front."
=To Acknowledge Receipt of a Message.=--Signal "O K" followed by
"front" and personal signal or initial of receiver.
PENETRATION OF PROJECTILES.
Experiments at Lydd, in 1886, showed that earthen parapets of sandy
loam 12 feet thick were but little affected by the fire from B. L.
12-pdr. and 20-pdr. with steel shells, and the following rough rules
will probably suffice against field-guns:
For friable soil, such as sand, etc. 2 yards
For medium soil, such as ordinary earth 2½ yards
For tenacious soil, such as clay 3 yards
The following data, obtained from experiments by the Germans, may prove
of service:
PENETRATION FROM ARTILLERY-FIRE.
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Field-artillery. |Garrison and Siege
| Artillery.
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Shrapnel; {bullets } in earth, 16 to 39 in.|In earth 39 in.
{fragments} |
|
Shrapnel, wood, overhead cover 2 in. | Wood, }
|overhead cover } 4 in.
|
Individual shot: |
Striking fair, earth 39 to 79 in. |Earth 10 to 13 ft.
Striking fair, brickwork 39 in. |
Striking fair, snow about 27 ft. |
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PENETRATION FROM INFANTRY-FIRE.
Sand 29½ in.
Rammed snow 6 ft. 9 in.
Sheaves of grain 16 ft. 9 in.
Pine 39 in.
Steel plate 0.8 in.
Ordinary earth 39 in.
Swampy or wet ground 79 in.
Laid sods and turf 79 in.
Oak 24 in.
Brickwork 19½ in.
A double thickness of planks filled in with broken stone 7.8 in.
Penetration at all ranges has been increased with the new rifle (U.S.).
At 200 to 300 yards protection is afforded by about 0.2 inch of steel
plate and about 0.3 inch wrought iron; at same distances penetration in
earth is 25 inches, in pine, 30 inches.
GUN-PITS FOR FIELD-ARTILLERY.
THE FRENCH GUN-PIT.
=Description.=--The French gun-pit consists of an epaulement, whose
general direction is perpendicular to the line of fire, with wings or
returns at the sides, along which trenches are dug on the inside for
the protection of the cannoneers. The earth for the epaulement is taken
from a rectangular pit one and a half feet deep, and from the ramps
and trenches leading to it. If there is not sufficient earth, more
is obtained by digging a ditch in front. The lateral trenches may be
prolonged and deepened to any extent.
[Illustration: FIG. 136.]
=Construction.=--To trace the pit:
1. Lay off a line about ten feet in length perpendicular to the line of
fire, to mark the foot of the interior slope of the epaulement.
This line should be long enough to give the piece a field of fire of
90 degrees; mark the extremities and centre of the line with stakes or
otherwise.
2. In the wings lay off two lines five to seven feet in length, making
with the first line angles such that the trenches shall not restrict
the field of fire or interfere with the recoil of the piece.
3. Complete the rectangle of the pit, and mark the points of
intersection of the trenches and the ramps leading to it.
4. In soft ground it will be found to be more expeditious to use
shovels; if the ground is hard, three picks and five shovels will be
necessary for each detachment of eight men. The men should commence by
breaking ground along the interior slope; having picked a breadth of
about two feet, they face about and advance toward the rear of the pit.
As soon as there is room the shovels follow the picks.
In picking the men should be instructed to strike together to avoid
accident.
Under pressure this pit can be constructed in one and a half hours.
THE GERMAN GUN-PIT.
The German gun-pit consists of a rectangular excavation one and a half
feet deep, with a ramp leading to it from the rear. The epaulement is
formed like an ordinary glacis, and surrounds all but the entrance.
This pit is easily and rapidly constructed, and, as seen from a
distance, presents a very small target.
The parapet being the same height all round, the gun can fire in any
direction by widening the pit, which would then take the form of a
semicircle.
=Construction.=--1. Lay off a line four yards in length perpendicular
to the direction of the line of fire. At each extremity erect a
perpendicular of four yards.
2. From the vertices of the right angles thus formed lay off one
yard on both the front and side lines, and mark the four points so
determined, together with the rear extremities of the sides, with
sabres or stakes.
[Illustration: FIG. 137.]
3. Commence and continue the digging as prescribed in the construction
of the French gun-pit.
The pockets _aa_ are for the reception of ammunition.
4. The ramp is laid out and completed after the pit is finished, or
simultaneously with it, as may be most desirable.
An ordinary gun detachment can construct this pit in one hour.
THE AUSTRIAN GUN-PIT.
A simple rectangular pit one and a half feet deep, with front
epaulement and ramp.
=Construction.=--Constructed similarly to the German, the earth from
the pit being thrown to the front.
It can be made in less than half an hour, and while affording no
special cover to the cannoneers, as do the German and English, it can
be made in half that time, and does not present a conspicuous target.
[Illustration: FIG. 138.]
It has the further advantage of very rapid cover, and of being capable
of transformation into any desirable pit if there be time.
THE ENGLISH GUN-PIT.
This type is a true "gun-pit," the bottom being below the natural
surface of the ground, sloping up at back of pit toward the rear.
It affords excellent cover for the piece and its detachment, can be
readily marked out, and constructed in a comparatively short time.
The lateral trenches, if extended, would afford a covered way along the
front of the battery.
The defects in this pit are a contracted field of fire, the
conspicuous mark which the embrasure gives the enemy, the lack of
ammunition-pockets, and want of drainage.
[Illustration: FIG. 139.]
=Construction.=--1. Lay off 8 feet 6 inches on a line perpendicular
to the probable direction of fire for the interior crest, and at the
middle point of this line determine a perpendicular to it; on this
perpendicular lay off from the interior crest distances of 6 feet,
10 feet, and 18 feet, and through their extremities determine lines
parallel to the interior crest; on these lines find points that are 6
feet from the perpendicular on both sides of it, putting in a stake or
sabre at each point so determined. Extend the parallels at 6 feet and
10 feet, 4 feet on each side, and mark the points thus established for
the lateral trenches.
2. Commence excavating at the interior crest, throwing the earth to the
front and sides (being careful to allow a berme of about one foot),
thus forming an epaulement 1 foot 6 inches high and 10 feet 5 inches
thick at bottom, extending round to the front corner of the lateral
trenches. Then throw the earth out to the side front to form mounds
about 4 feet high in front of the lateral trenches to still better
protect the detachment, sufficient space being left in front for an
embrasure. Dig down two feet throughout the pit back to the line 10
feet from the interior crest and level off the bottom. Slope up from
the bottom of the pit at ten-foot line back to the eighteen-foot line.
If desirable to connect adjoining pits of this class, extend the
lateral trenches until they meet.
Time of construction of pit complete in all its details, with
detachment of eight cannoneers, gunner, and chief of section, in stiff
clay, without previous practice, one hour and twenty minutes.
ORDINARY RUSSIAN GUN-PIT.
This type differs from the gun-pit proper, in that the wheels rest
on the natural surface of the ground, the side-pits being for the
cannoneers. The only apparent advantages are good cover for the
detachment under heavy fire, drainage as far as the piece is concerned,
and facility for ingress and egress. The obvious disadvantages are
contracted space for working party in digging, contracted field of
fire, and the mark presented by the embrasure to hostile fire.
=Construction.=--Lay off on a line perpendicular to the probable
direction of fire 10 feet, prolong the line 5 feet 3 inches in both
directions, and mark the four points thus determined with stakes or
sabres. At the middle point of the ten-foot line erect a perpendicular
to it and lay off on this perpendicular to the rear 9 feet 2 inches;
through this point determine a parallel to the ten-foot line and lay
off on it, on both sides of the perpendicular, 9 feet and 14 feet 3
inches, marking the four points so determined with stakes or sabres.
The parallelograms whose vertices are thus established fix the
surface-lines of the lateral trenches. Dig down to 4 feet 6 inches
for the bottom of the trenches and throw the dirt to the front and
side, giving the epaulement a height of 3 feet, and leaving space for
the embrasure in front. When time permits, cut outside and rear steps
for the trenches, as indicated, to admit of quick egress for the gun
detachment.
[Illustration: FIG. 140.]
Time of construction complete, soil and detachment same as English pit,
two hours.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON GUN-PITS.
In forming the epaulement, leave a berme of at least a foot; and, when
there is time, level and ram the earth, which, in front of the muzzle,
should not be more than three and one half feet above the bottom of the
pit. If there are side trenches, the earth in front of them should be
high enough to afford complete protection to the men occupying them.
Pockets for the reception of the ammunition are very important in
saving the ammunition from water which may accumulate, and from the
fire of the enemy.
The field of fire should not be less than 90 degrees.
Avoid narrow embrasures as presenting an easy mark, and as likely to
draw the fire of the enemy.
Cover should first be provided for the men and horses; then for the
material.
If the position is occupied for some time, strengthen the parapet
by earth from a ditch in front. Prolong the lateral trenches of the
adjacent pits until they meet, forming a continuous parapet; if
possible, plank or macadamize the bottom of the pit. Traverses between
the guns will be found effective.
In order to conceal the parapets, cover the fresh earth with boughs,
sod, or top-soil of the prevailing or surrounding color. If in winter,
use snow for this purpose. A very effective plan is to dig a small
trench or parapet from fifty to seventy-five yards in front of the real
pits, thus deceiving an enemy as to where the real fire comes from.
If the ground does not afford natural cover for the limbers,
limber-pits, similar to the Austrian gun-pits, can be easily
constructed. They should be one foot deeper.
TREATMENT OF SICK MEN.
=Bleeding.=--Blood from the veins is dark and flows slowly; that from
arteries is bright red and is thrown out in spurts.
To suppress bleeding from a vein, use cold water when slight; or place
a moderately tight bandage below the wound.
If an artery, completely obstruct the artery by pressure at the
bleeding point, or between it and the heart. Do this by means of the
fingers, a pad and bandage, a plug, or a tourniquet. Make a knot in a
handkerchief and place it at the proper spot over the course of the
artery, then tie the handkerchief around the limb and by means of a
stick twist it tight. In bleeding from hand, fore arm, or arm apply
around arm near the shoulder; in bleeding of the foot, leg, or thigh
apply around leg between knee and hip according to circumstances.
=Chafing.=--Chafing between the thighs may be alleviated by keeping
the parts scrupulously clean, and powdered with fuller's earth, or a
mixture of oxide of zinc and very finely powdered starch.
=Colic.=--Dose of castor-oil, hot applications to belly, and a
teaspoonful of Squibb's mixture or ginger essence in water.
=Cholera Morbus.=--1 teaspoonful of paregoric, ¼ grain of morphine, or
1 teaspoonful of Squibb's mixture diluted may be given at once. Hot
applications to belly. Stimulants in case of collapse.