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Cooking, camp, 293
utensils in field, 265

Corps, artillery, 262
, duties of chief, 377

Constipation, 210
(men), 478

Cordage, 392

Corns, 210

Corn brooms, allowance of, 453

Corn, how to determine quantity of, 482
, pounds in bushel, 481

Cracked heels, 211

Cramp, 56

Cross-fire, 366

Curb, 211

Cubic measure, 483

D

De Bange obturator, description of, 77

_Definitions_:
Adiabatic transformation, 363
Air-space, initial, 363
Angle of departure, 364
Angle of elevation, 364
Angle of sight, 364
Ballistics, exterior, 363
, interior, 362
Cross-fire, 366
Density, 362
Density, gravimetric, 362
of loading, 362
, sectional, 363
, spherical, 363
Detonation, 363
Direct fire, 365
Drift, 365
Enfilade fire, 366
Final velocity, 365
Flanking fire, 366
Gunpowder, ignition, 362
, inflammation, 362
, combustion, 362
, explosion, 362
, slow, 363
High-angle fire, 365
Indirect fire, 365
Initial velocity, 365
Jump, 365
Line of departure, 364
Line of fire, 364
of sight, 364
Oblique fire, 365
Plane of fire, 364
Point of mean impact, 367
Plane of sight, 364
Probable rectangle, 367
Probability of fire, 366
Reduced length, 363
Remaining velocity, 365
Reverse fire, 366
Similar guns, 363
Similarly loaded guns, 363
Trajectory, 363
Velocity of emission, 363
, initial, 365
, remaining, 365
, final, 365

Deflection, rule for correcting, 95

Dentition of horse, 196

Demolition, 427-429

Destruction of horses, 260

Detonation, 363

Diarrhœa, 478

Direct fire, 365

Diseases of the horse (see Veterinary Treatment), 200
mule " " " , 53

Disembarkation from shipboard, 301, 314

Distances, estimation of, 374

Distemper, 211

Ditches, how crossed, 276

Divisional artillery, 262

Dressing for harness, 61

Dried apples, pounds in bushel, 481

Drift, 365

Driggs-Schroeder field-gun, 84
, how dismounted, 85
, how assembled, 86

Drowning, 479

Drivers, mountain-batteries, instructions for, 62-64

Dynamite, description of, 420
, how used in blasting, 420

Dry measure, 484

E

Elevating device for field-carriage, 127, 129

Emetics (men), 480

Enfilade fire, 366

England, mountain-artillery, 70
, light artillery, 123
, gun-pit, 474

Enlisted men, light battery, description of, 263
, equipment and clothing on march, 267
, pay table for, 455

Equipage, allowance of, 452
, weight of, 454

Equipment, etc., for officers on march, 265
, of personnel of battery, 264
, for enlisted men on march, 267
, of 1.65-inch mountain-battery, 20
, of 3.0 " " " , 34
, weight of, in field-battery, 138

Exterior ballistics, 363

Eye, 54

F

Fainting, 480

Farcy, 211

Feed, Bruce, for Gatling gun, 332
, Accles " " " , 333
, improved, for Gatling gun, 334

Feeding animals on cars, 304
animals, 50, 238

Ferry, 414

Field-artillery, foreign, 120-123

Field-gun carriage, nomenclature, 125
, description, 129
, axle-seat, nomenclature, 127
, bowbrake " , 127
, elevating device " , 127-129
limber, description and nomenclature, 131-135

Field-guns, construction of, 72
, 3.2-inch, description of, 89
, 3.6 " " " , 108
, breech-mechanism, 73
, action of, 81

Field-guns, Gerdom breech-mechanism, 86
, Driggs-Schroeder breech-mechanism, 84
, how dismounted, 85
, how assembled, 86
, breech-mechanism, how dismounted, 83
assembled, 83
, bronze-handle, 80
, carrier-ring, 75
, latch, 76
, latch-cover, 75
, hinge-pin, 76
, locking-recess, 75
, guide-groove, 75
, guide-sectors, 75
, lever-handle, 79
, obturator, 77-78
, stop, 76
, vent-cover, 80
, pointing-arcs for, 93
, " , how used, 95
, sight, front, 90
, rear, 92
, fixed ammunition for, 87
, how disabled, 275

Field-ovens, how made, 294

Filters, how made, 295

Final velocity, 365

Fish, pounds in barrel, 481

Fistula, 54, 211

Firing, night, 391
, indirect, 390
, projectiles used, 385

Fire, rates of, 388

Flanking fire, 366

Floats, cask, how made, 416

Floating bridges, 415

Flying bridges, 414

Flaxseed, pounds in bushel, 481

Flour, pounds in barrel, 481

Foot inflammation, 212

Foreign light artillery, 120-123

Foreign mountain artillery, 70-71

Forage, allowance of, 239
, how fed, 239
, weight of, 239

Fords, how crossed, 277, 414

Forge-chest, contents of, 146

Founder, 212

Frame bridges, 406

Freight, cubic yards to ton, 482

France, mountain-artillery, 70
, light " , 120
, gun-pit, 469

Freyre obturator, description of, 78
on 3.6-inch mortar, 113

Friction-primer for mountain-gun, 3

Frost-bites, 480

Fuel, allowance of, 453

Fuzes and friction-primers, how kept, 180

Fuze, Frankford Arsenal base-percussion for field-shell, 102, 108
, combination, for field-shrapnel, 99, 108
, for 3.6-inch mortar-shrapnel, 117
-shell, 117
for mountain-gun ammunition, 11
, Hotchkiss point-percussion, 9

G

Gaits for artillery teams, 195

Galls, 55, 214

Gardner gun, description of, 346
nomenclature, 350
assembling, 352
dismounting, 351
carriage, 351
limber, 351

Gatling gun, description of, 327
, action of mechanism, 331
, precautions in firing, 336
, 1-inch, nomenclature, 344
, assembling, 345
, dismounting, 344
, long-barrel, 1883, assembling, 343
, dismounting, 342
, short-barrel, 1875, assembling, 341
, dismounting, 340
, carriage, 337
, limber, 338
, weights, etc., 339

Germany, light artillery, 120
, gun-pit, 471

Gerdom breech-mechanism, 86

Glanders, 56, 197, 214

Grease, 56, 215
, axle, when applied, 174

Gruel, how made, 206

Guard, commander of, 183
, orders for, 181-87

Guns, care of, 176
, when painted, 177

Gunners' quadrant for mountain-guns, 6
, description of, 116

Guncotton, 424
, how fired, 425

Gunpowder, combustion of, etc., 362
, description of, 419
, slow, 363

Gun-pits, general observations, 477
, Austrian, 4
, English, 473
, French, 469
, German, 471
, Russian, 475

H

Harness, light-artillery, description of, 150
, weights of parts, 157
, price list, 440
for artillery-wagon, 157
, how fitted to horse, 172
, how arranged on pegs, 165
, care and preservation of, 61, 163
, mouldy, how cleaned, 162
, soaps and dressings for, 61, 164

Harness, varnish for, 161
for 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 12
, how packed, 17

Harnessing, of mules, 52
in garrison, 166

Hay, description of, 240
, how to determine quantity of, 483

Heat exhaustion, 480

Hemp-seed, pounds in bushel, 481

High-angle fire, 365
, explosives, storage of, 426
, transportation of, 425

Hide-bound, 216

Hitches, 396

Horse-artillery, front caisson-chest removed, 142

Hock lameness, 216

Hoof-bound, 216

Horse, nomenclature of parts, 192, 193
, description of, 188
, age of, 196
, how obtained, 188
, how selected, 189
, how branded, 191
, how trained, 224-258
, how fed, 238
, how watered, 241
, directions for shoeing, 232
, care and treatment of, 258
, nomenclature of diseases, 200
, in health and disease, 199
, sick, care of, 197
, glandered, action taken, 198
, destruction of the, 260
equipments, cost of, 443
, weight drawn by, in field-carriage, 138
-caisson, 143
battery-wagon and forge, 148

Horses for 1.65-inch mountain-battery, 22
, how loaded and fed on cars, 304
, care of, at sea, 311
, transportation of, by sea, 307
, by rail, 304

Hotchkiss revolving cannon, description of, 316
, action of mechanism, 319
, care of, 321
, mounting and dismounting, 320
, ammunition, 322
, carriage, 323
, caisson, 325
, limber, 324
, range table, 326

Hunting-knife, 160

Huts, log, 296

Hut-stables, 234

I

Ice, passage of, 297

Implements, where stowed on caisson, 141

Indirect fire, 365
firing, 390

Influenza, 216

Initial velocity, 365

Interior ballistics, 362

Intoxication, 480

Italy, mountain-artillery, 70
, light artillery, 122

J

Jump, 365

K

Knapsacks, where carried, 136
, how packed, 267

Kitchen utensils, allowance of, 451

Knife, hunting, price of, 442

Knots, 397

L

Lacquers for metals, 162

Lameness, 218

Lampas, 218

Lamps, allowance of, 454

Land measure, 483

Lanterns, cost of, 445
, where carried on caisson, 142

Laryngitis, 218

Lashings, 401

Latch for field-gun, 76
-cover for field-gun, 75

Leather, mouldy, how cleaned, 162
, how attached to metal, 162

Lever-handle for field-gun, 79

Limber, field-gun, description and nomenclature, 131-135
, articles carried on, 136
, Gardner gun, 351
, Gatling gun, 338
, Hotchkiss revolving cannon, 324
, 3.0-inch mountain-gun, 25

Line of departure, 364
of fire, 364
of sight, 364

Liquid measure, 484

Loading-tools, 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 11
, 3.0 " " " , 31

Lock bridges, 406-408

M

Machine-guns, 316
, care of, 177
, metallic carriage for, 361

Mange, 56, 219

Maxim gun, 353
, assembling, 359
, dismounting, 359
, operation of mechanism, 356
, care of, 358
, carriage for, 358

Marches, articles required, 264
, cooking utensils, 265
, officers' equipment, 265
, how conducted, 64, 268
, distance covered daily on, 269
, damages on, when repaired, 273

Marking-outfit, cost of, 445

Medicines, veterinary, supply table of, 448

Measures of length, 483
, liquid, cylinders for, 481
, of weight, 486

Mess-chest, officer's, 494

Metric tables, 486

Miscellaneous tables, 485

Mortar, 3.6-inch field, description of, 113
, carriage for, 114
, platform, 115
, pointing-scale, 116
, ammunition, 117

Mountain-artillery, foreign, 70

Mountain-battery, camps for, 67
, gunners' quadrant, 6
, general instructions for, 58
, instructions for drivers, 62
, marches, 64
, tools, etc., for, 19, 31
, supplying ammunition to, 60

Mountain-gun, 1.65-inch, description of, 1
, nomenclature of, 3
, action of breech-mechanism, 3
, breech-mechanism, how dismounted, 4
, how dismounted, 11
, care of, 4
, loading-tools for, 11
, sights for, 5
, ammunition for, 6
, instructions for packing ammunition, 18
, carriage for, 8
, instructions for packing carriage and
harness, 15-18
, harnessed for draught, 19
, organization and equipment of, 20
, animals required, 22
, packing-outfit, 12
, weights carried by mules, 19
, service of, 22
, range table, 10
, 3.0-inch, description of, 23
, ammunition for, 27
, carriage for, 24
, how packed, 35
, limber, 25
, loading-tools for, 31
, sights for, 23
, spare parts, etc., 29
, tools and supplies, 30
, weights carried by mules, 38
, organization and equipment, 34
, cannoneers per gun, 34
, range table for, 33

Mule, description of the, 49
, care of, 51
, feeding and watering, 50
, harnessing and breaking, 52
, how saddled, 40
, how unsaddled, 48
, shoeing the, 51
, veterinary treatment, 53
, weights carried by, in 1.65-inch battery, 19
by pack, 39

Mules, number required in 1.65-inch battery, 22

N

Navicular disease, 219

Night-firing, 391

Nose-bag, pounds of oats in, 482

O

Oats, description of, 240
, how to determine quantity of, 482
, weight of nosebagful, 482
, pounds in bushel, 481

Oblique fire, 365

Odometer, 279

Obturator, de Bange, 77
, Freyre, 78
, spare, where carried, 136

Oil, allowance of, 454

Oiler, where carried, 136

Onions, pounds in bushel, 481

Officer of the day, battery, 183

Office-furniture, allowance of, 454

Officers' equipment and clothing on march, 265

Ophthalmia, 220

Orders for stable guard, 181-187

Organization of artillery, 261
of light battery, 263
(present), 434
of 1.65-inch mountain-battery, 20
of 3.0 " " " , 34

Outfit, packing, 1.65-inch gun, cost of, 441

Overcoat, how rolled, 268

P

Pack, ammunition, 12
-saddles, 39
, nomenclature of ordinary, 39
, how fitted, 40
-trains, 39
, allowance of mules to, 39
, how packed, 39
, number of packers to, 39

Packing of cargoes, 41
mountain-gun, 13
-outfit, 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 12
carriage, " " " " , 15
3.0 " " " , 35
, weights carried by mules, 19, 39

Paints, oils, and brushes, care of, 161

Paint for canvas, 161
for field-guns, 176
, old, how to remove, 176
, waterproof, how made, 161

Paralysis, 220

Paulins, where carried, 136
, weight and dimensions, 138

Pay table for enlisted men, 455

Peaches, pounds in bushel, 481

Peas, pounds in bushel, 481

Penetration of field-shell, 368
of projectiles, 468-469

Pharyngitis, 220

Pickaxes, where carried on caisson, 141

Picket-line, where established, 233

Platform for 3.6-inch mortar, 115

Plane of fire, 364
of sight, 364

Pleurisy, 221

Pneumonia, 222

Pointing-arc for field-guns, 93
, how used, 95
-scale, 3.6-inch mortar, 116

Pole-prop, where carried, 136

Poll evil, 54

Point of mean impact, 367

Potatoes, pounds in bushel, 481

Pork, pounds in barrel, 481

Poultice, how made, 206

Powder, care and transportation of, 178

Probability of fire, 366

Probable rectangle, 367

Projectiles, how filled, 181
, kinds used in firing, 385
, penetration of, 468

Prolonge, length of, and where carried, 136
, weight of, 138

Price-list, accoutrements, 442
, horse equipments, 443
, light artillery harness, 440
, light battery, 435
, knife, 442
, lanterns, 445
, marking-outfit, 445
, officer's belt, 443
sabre, 442
spurs, 444
, revolver, 160
, packing-outfit, 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 441
, sabre, enlisted men's, 442
, stencil outfit, 444

Punctures from shoeing, 223

Punishments, 458

Purging, 223

Q

Quadrant, gunners', 116

Quittor, 224

R

Rack-a-rock, 423

Rafts, 417

Ration, the, 433
, travel, 434

Ramps for loading animals, 305

Range-finding, 375

Range, method of finding, 381

Range tables: Hotchkiss revolving cannon, 326
1.65-inch mountain-gun, 10
3.0 " " " , 33
3.2-inch field-gun, shell, 106
" " " " shrapnel, 104
3.6 " " " shell, 112
" " " " shrapnel, 110
3.6-inch " mortar, shell, 118
" " " " shrapnel, 119

Record books, battery, 431

Reduced length, 363

Remaining velocity, 365

Reports, rolls, and returns, battery, 432

Reverse fire, 366

Revolver, cal. .45 Colt's, description, 158
, nomenclature, 158
, how assembled, 159
, weights, etc., of parts, 159
, rapidity of fire, 159
, penetration, 160
, pricelist, 160

Rheumatism, 224

Ringworm, 224

Rope, kinds of, 392
, preservation of, 393

Russian gun-pit, 475
mountain-artillery, 70
light artillery, 121

S

Sabre, officer's, price of, 442
, enlisted men's, price of, 442

Saddle, nomenclature, 151
, how placed on horse, 170

Saddle-blanket, how folded, etc., 169

Salutes, 491

Saddler's chest, contents of, 146

Salt for animals, 433
, pounds in bushel, 481
in barrel, 481

Sand-crack, 225

Scurvy, 225

Sectional density, 363

Shell, definition of, 368
, when and how used, 385
, penetration of, 368
, how filled, 31
, how painted, 178
, 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 7
, 3.0 " " " , 28
, 3.2-inch field-gun, 96
, 3.6 " " " , 108
, 3.6-inch field-mortar, 117
, F. A. base-percussion fuze for field, 102, 108, 117

Shrapnel, definition of, 369
, how filled, 32
, how painted, 178
, fire of, 370
, when and how used, 369, 386
, rule for point of burst, 371
, 3-inch mountain, 28
, 3.2-inch Frankford Arsenal field, 97
, 3.6 " " " " , 108
, 3.2-inch American Projectile Co. field, 98
, 3.6 " " " " " , 108
, 3.6-inch mortar, 117
, Frankford Arsenal combination fuze for, 99, 108, 117

Shoeing, directions for, 232
mule, 51

Shovels, where carried on caisson, 141

Sick men, treatment of, 477-481

Signal code, 465

Sighting, 376

Sights, 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 5
, 3.0 " " " , 23
, 3.2-inch field-gun, 90, 92
, 3.6 " " " , 108

Similar guns, 363

Similarly loaded, 363

Sling bridges, 409
for horse, 310

Sores, 225

Sore mouth, 54
feet, 481

Spain, mountain-artillery of, 70

Switzerland, mountain-artillery of, 70

Spare parts for 3.0-inch mountain-gun, 29

Sprains, 226

Special-duty men in light battery, 434

Spherical density, 363

Spurs, officer's, cost of, 444

Square measure, 483

Stalls, size of, 233

Stable duty, grooming, etc., 236
management, rules for, 234

Stables and stable duties, 233
, hut, 234

Stationery, allowance of, 454

Stencil outfit, cost of, 444

Stop, field-gun, 76

Storage, high explosives, 426

Stoves, allowance of, 453
, Sibley, 293

Strangles, 53, 227

Straw, how to determine quantity, 483

Stringer bridge, 411

Summary court, 456, 465

Sunstroke, 227, 480

Supplies and tools, 1.65-inch mountain-battery, 19
, 3.0 " " " , 30

Supply table of ordnance stores for light battery, 445
of veterinary medicines, 448

Surcingles, sizes of, 154

Sweeny, 228

Swelled legs, 228

T

Tableware, allowance for light battery, 451

Target practice, how conducted, 379
, allowance of ammunition for, 447

Table of weight of clothing and equipage, 454
of pounds in bushel, 481
in barrel, 481

Tents, allowance of, 452
, weights, dimensions, and allowance, 288
, how pitched, 289
, how struck, 292
, heating of, 293

Thrush, 55, 228

Timber, strength of, 403

Timothy-seed, pounds in bushel, 481

Tools and supplies, 1.65-inch mountain-battery, 19
, 3.0 " " " , 30

Tool-box, field-limber, contents of, 137

Training of horses, 242-258

Transportation, allowance of, 297
of artillery by sea and land, 301
by rail, 303
-horses by sea, 307
of high explosives, 425

Trajectory, 363

Travel-ration, 434

Trestle bridges, 404

U

Unharnessing, 167, 282

Urine, retention of, 229
, non-retention of, 229

V

Varnish, linseed-oil, how made, 162
for harness, 161

Velocity of emission, 363

Velocity, muzzle, of 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 1
, of 3.0 " " " , 23
, of 3.2-inch field-gun, 90
, of 3.6 " " , 108
, of 3.6-inch field-mortar, 113

Vents for field-guns, 73

Vent-covers for field-guns, 80

Veterinary medicines, 201-207
, doses, and how administered, 203, 204
treatment, 53
, abscess, 207
, bladder irritation, 207
inflammation, 207
, bowels, inflammation, 208
, bronchitis, 208
, burns, 209
, colds, 53
, colic, 59, 209
, constipation, 210
, corns, 210
, cracked heels, 211
, cramps, 56
, curb, 211
, distemper, 211
, farcy, 211
, fistula, 54, 211
, foot inflammation, 212
, founder, 212
, galls, 55, 214
, glanders, 56, 214
, grease, 56, 215
, hide-bound, 216
, hoof-bound, 216
, hock lameness, 216
, influenza, 216
, lameness, 218
, lampas, 218
, laryngitis, 218
, mange, 56, 219
, navicular disease, 219
, ophthalmia, 220
, paralysis, 220
, pharyngitis, 220
, pleurisy, 221
, pneumonia, 222
, poll evil, 54
, purging, 223
, punctures from shoeing, 223
, quittor, 224
, ringworm, 224
, rheumatism, 224
, sand-crack, 225
, scurvy, 225
, sores, 225
, sore mouth, 54
, sprains, 226
, strangles, 53, 227
, sunstroke, 227
, sweeny, 228
, swelled legs, 228
, thrush, 55, 228
, urine, retention of, 229
, non-retention of, 229
, warbles, 230
, warts, 230
, worms, 230
, wounds, 230

Vinegar for animals, 433

W

Warbles, 230

Wagon, army, inside measurement, 482

Wagons, allowance of, 297, 299, 300
, how packed, 298

Warts, 230

Water-filters, 295
, allowance in camp, 296
at sea, 313
-cart, 150

Watering on march, 272
of animals, 50, 241

Wheat, pounds in bushel, 481

Wheel, Archibald, description of, 124

Wheel, Archibald, how repaired, 125

Wheel-grease can, where carried, 136

Weight, barrels, 417
, forage, 239
, nosebagful of oats, 482
, clothing and equipage, 454
, cubic foot of water, 484
drawn by artillery teams, 194
carried by mules, 1.65-inch mountain-battery, 19
, 3.0 " " " , 38
, Gardner gun, 346
, Hotchkiss revolving cannon, 316
, carriage, 323
, limber, 324
, Maxim gun, 353
per horse, 3.2-inch field-battery, 138
, 3.6 " " " , 138
, field-caisson, 143
of load, 3.2-inch field-gun, carriage, and equipment, 138
, Archibald wheel, 124
, 3.2-inch field-gun, 89
, 3.6 " " " , 108
, 3.6 " field-mortar, 113
, machine-guns, 323, 338, 339, 346, 353
, field-gun limber, 133
, tool-box, 137
, field-caisson, 139
, forge and battery-wagon implements, etc., 148
, artillery-wagon, 149
, artillery-harness, 157
, equipments in field-battery, 138
, forge-chest, 147
, saddler's chest, 146
, carpenter's chest, 146
, prolonge, 138
, steel collar, 154

Worms, 230

Wounds, 230

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Not including reserve.

[2] Includes reserve ammunition carried with battery, but not that in field-parks, arsenals, or ammunition-columns.

[3] In the model of 1885 it enters from the rear.

[4] The point at which the projectile has a remaining velocity of 500 ft.-sec., the minimum at which shrapnel is effective.

[5] These numbers correspond to a time of flight which is generally less than the tabulated time of flight by an amount required to cause the shrapnel to burst at a point within a distance of 75 yards short of the target.

[6] A corrugated sheet-metal prop will hereafter be attached to the neck-yoke stop. It will fold up under the pole, partly enveloping it, and be secured by a hook on the prop.

[7] Reduced when necessary by removing an ammunition-chest.

[8] On sights hereafter made this will be 1/1000 of the range.

[9] On the sights hereafter made the deflection divisions will correspond to 1/1000 of the range.

[10] Or 8 if upper braces are used.

[11] Berthelet says: "Thin disks of compressed guncotton may be pierced by a ball without explosion; but if thickness of disk be increased or resisting envelope used an explosion occurs."

[12] Also 2 copies to the designated paymaster.

[13] When Meat cannot be furnished.

[14] Each caisson is provided with spare-wheel axle, but only two spare wheels are supplied to a four-gun battery.

[15] When the necessity for their issue is certified to by the department commander.

[16] Accounted for on return.

[17] ½ increase if mean temperature for 20 days < 20° F.; and if temperature is not above 10° F. an increase of ½ is allowed for any latitude.

[18] Under act May 15, 1872.

[19] Act approved February 27, 1893, to take effect on and after 1st day of July 1893.

[20] Upon trial for desertion and conviction of absence without leave only the court may, in addition to the limit prescribed for such absence, award a stoppage of the amount paid for apprehension.

[21] Including first and excluding last.

[22] In specifications to charges of larceny or embezzlement the value of the property shall be stated.

[23] Each station should have its characteristic signal or call letter, as Washington, "W," and each operator his personal signal, as Jones, "Jo."

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=NOTES ON MILITARY HYGIENE.=
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=CAVALRY OUT-POST DUTIES.=
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Transcriber's Note:

1. The minutes of the angle for the RANGE TABLE FOR 3.6-INCH B. L. MORTAR. 16 ounces; Range 2900 is unclear. (Page 118).

2. Punctuation has been standardized.

3. Spelling has been corrected where necessary.

4. Under CHAPTER X, DEFINITIONS: INTERIOR BALLISTICS, Density of Loading, the word "cubic" has been added before the word "inches".

5. Morse code for & (in the original book) has been silently corrected. (Page 465)>

6. Italics are shown as _xxxx_.

7. Bold type is shown as =xxxx=.

8. Some tables have been split to avoid long lines.