Handbook for Light Artillery

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Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie), 1852-1920

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Produced by Brian Coe, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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English

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UF: Military science: Artillery

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Artillery, Field and mountain

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61672

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March 24, 2020

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HANDBOOK FOR LIGHT ARTILLERY.
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — THE 1.65-INCH HOTCHKISS MOUNTAIN-GUN. — DESCRIPTION. — NOMENCLATURE. — ACTION OF THE MECHANISM. — DIRECTIONS FOR DISMOUNTING THE MECHANISM. — CARE AND PRESERVATION. — SIGHTS. — AMMUNITION. — The Carriage. — DESCRIPTION. — Hotchkiss Point Percussion-fuze. — RANGE TABLE FOR 1.65-INCH HOTCHKISS MOUNTAIN-GUN. — DISMOUNTING. — LOADING-TOOLS AND INSTRUCTIONS. — The Packing Outfit for 1.65-inch Gun. — PARTS OF OUTFIT PER GUN. — METHOD OF PACKING. — Instructions for Packing. — FIRST ANIMAL. — SECOND ANIMAL. — THIRD OR FOURTH ANIMAL. — TO HARNESS FOR DRAUGHT. — WEIGHTS TO BE CARRIED BY EACH MULE. — Artificer's Tools and Supplies. — PIONEER PACK. — FORGE PACK. — ARTIFICER'S PACK. — SUPPLY PACK. — Suggested Organization and Equipment. — TABLE OF ANIMALS REQUIRED FOR FOUR-GUN BATTERY. — Service of the 1.65-inch Hotchkiss Gun. — HOTCHKISS 3-INCH MOUNTAIN-GUN. — DESCRIPTION. — The Carriage. — DESCRIPTION. — The Prairie Limber. — DESCRIPTION. — The Ammunition. — Accessories and Spare Parts. — GUN. — GUN-CARRIAGE. — PRAIRIE LIMBER. — Artificer's Tools and Supplies. — PIONEER-PACK. — FORGE-PACK. — ARTIFICERS' PACK. — SUPPLY-PACK. — Loading-tools and Instructions. — TO FILL COMMON SHELL. — TO FILL THE CARTRIDGE-CASE. — TO ASSEMBLE CARTRIDGE (1′.65). — TO FILL SHRAPNEL. — 3-INCH MOUNTAIN-GUN RANGE TABLE. — Suggested Organization of a 3-inch Hotchkiss Mountain-battery. — TO PACK. — AMMUNITION MULE. — WEIGHT CARRIED BY EACH MULE.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — PACK-TRAINS. — TO FIT THE SADDLE. — TO SADDLE. — CARGOES. — TO LOAD CARGO. — TO UNLOAD CARGO. — TO UNSADDLE.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — VETERINARY TREATMENT.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. — CARE AND PRESERVATION OF HARNESS. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRIVERS, ETC. — MARCHES. — CAMPS. — TABLE OF MOUNTAIN-ARTILLERY.
9. 9.CHAPTER I. — DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION OF FIELD-ARTILLERY GUNS (LATEST MODEL). — The Breech Mechanism. — THE LEVER-HANDLE. — THE BRONZE-HANDLE. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISMOUNTING. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING. — TO DISMOUNT. — THE BREECH-BLOCK BEING OUT, TO TAKE THE MECHANISM APART. — TO ASSEMBLE THE MECHANISM. — Gerdom Rapid-firing Breech Mechanism. — FIXED AMMUNITION.
10. 10.CHAPTER II. — 3.2-INCH B. L. RIFLE, MODEL 1885 (MODIFIED). ( Fig. 38. ) — 3.2-INCH B. L. RIFLE, MODEL '90. ( Fig. 39. ) — SIGHTS. — THE POINTING ARC. — Ammunition for 3.2-inch Gun. — SHRAPNEL MADE BY AMERICAN PROJECTILE CO. — The Frankford Arsenal Combination Fuze, 15 Seconds, Model 1894, for Shrapnel of Field-guns. — TO USE THE TIME-FUZE. — The Frankford Arsenal Base Percussion-fuze "C," Model 1894, for Field-gun Shell. — RANGE TABLE FOR 3.2 INCH B. L. RIFLE. — RANGE TABLE FOR 3.2-INCH B. L. RIFLE.
11. 11.CHAPTER III. — 3.6.-INCH B. L. RIFLE, MODEL 1891 (REVISED). — SIGHTS. — AMMUNITION AND FUZES. — CARRIAGES, LIMBERS, CAISSONS, COMBINED BATTERY-WAGON AND FORGE, ARTILLERY-WAGON. — HARNESS, ETC. — 3.6-INCH B. L. RIFLE. — RANGE TABLE FOR 3.6-INCH B. L. R. — 3.6-INCH B L FIELD-MORTAR, MODEL 1890. (REVISED NOV. 11, 1892.) — THE CARRIAGE FOR 3.6-INCH B. L. MORTAR. — PLATFORM FOR 3.6 MORTAR. — THE GUNNER'S QUADRANT. — AMMUNITION. — RANGE TABLE FOR 3.6-INCH B. L. MORTAR. — RANGE TABLE FOR 3.6-INCH B. L. MORTAR. — FOREIGN FIELD-ARTILLERY. — GERMANY. — FRANCE. — AUSTRIA. — RUSSIA. — ITALY. — GREAT BRITAIN.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. — THE ARCHIBALD WHEEL. — THE 3.2-INCH FIELD-GUN CARRIAGE. — NOMENCLATURE. — DESCRIPTION OF CARRIAGE FOR 3.2-INCH GUN. — LIMBER OF 3.2-INCH FIELD-GUN CARRIAGE. — NOMENCLATURE. — THE LIMBER. — ON GUN-AND CAISSON-LIMBERS CAN BE CARRIED: — 3.2" GUN, CARRIAGE, LIMBER, WEIGHTS, EQUIPMENTS — Extra Weight for 3.6-inch Gun-carriage. — THE CAISSON. — NOMENCLATURE. — ON THE CAISSON CAN BE CARRIED: — STOWING OF CAISSON IMPLEMENTS. — CAISSON, WEIGHTS AND EQUIPMENT. — COMBINED BATTERY-WAGON AND FORGE. — NOMENCLATURE. — CARPENTER'S AND WHEELWRIGHT'S CHEST CONTAINS: — THE SADDLER'S CHEST CONTAINS: — THE FORGE-CHEST CONTAINS: — STOWING OF IMPLEMENTS, ETC. — FORGE AND BATTERY-WAGON, WEIGHTS AND EQUIPMENTS. — THE ARTILLERY-WAGON. — THE WATER-CART. — LIGHT- ARTILLERY HARNESS . — DIRECTIONS FOR FITTING COLLARS. — THE ARTILLERY-WAGON HARNESS. — HARNESS WEIGHTS. — COLT'S REVOLVER, CALIBRE .45. — DIMENSIONS. — WEIGHTS. — PENETRATION IN WHITE PINE. — COST OF AMMUNITION. — PRICE-LIST OF COMPONENT PARTS OF COLT'S REVOLVER. — ALLOWANCE OF AMMUNITION. — HUNTING-KNIFE.
13. 13.CHAPTER V. — CARE OF PAINTS, OILS, AND PAINT-BRUSHES. — PAINTS, LACQUERS, ETC. — DIRECTIONS FOR CLEANING MOULDY LEATHER. — CARE OF HARNESS. — ARRANGEMENT OF HARNESS ON PEGS. — TO HARNESS IN GARRISON, WHEEL. — TO UNHARNESS. — TO UNHARNESS IN THE FIELD. — FITTING HARNESS. — CARE OF CARRIAGES. — CARE OF GUNS. — THE CARE OF AMMUNITION. — GUARD ORDERS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VI. — HORSES. — HOW OBTAINED, DESCRIPTION, ETC. — SELECTING HORSES. — POWER OF TEAMS. — GAITS FOR ARTILLERY. — DENTITION. — SICK HORSES. — HEALTH AND DISEASE. — DISEASES OF THE HORSE. — VETERINARY MEDICINES. — INTERNALLY ADMINISTERED. — EXTERNALLY ADMINISTERED. — DRUGS AND DOSES, AND HOW TO ADMINISTER THEM. — SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF VARIOUS DISEASES. — ABSCESS. — BLADDER IRRITATION. — BLADDER INFLAMMATION. — BOWELS, INFLAMMATION OF (ENTERITIS). — BRONCHITIS, INFLAMMATION OF THE TUBES OF THE LUNGS. — BURNS. — COLIC, SPASMODIC. — CONSTIPATION. — CORNS . — CRACKED HEELS (SCRATCHES). — CURB. — DISTEMPER. — FARCY. — FISTULA. — FOOT INFLAMMATION. — FOUNDER. — GALLS (see SORES). — GLANDERS. — GREASE. — HIDE-BOUND. — HOOF-BOUND . — HOCK-LAMENESS. — INFLUENZA. — LAMENESS. — LAMPAS. — LARYNGITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE THROAT). — MANGE. — NAVICULAR DISEASE. — OPHTHALMIA (SORE EYES). — PARALYSIS OF HIND QUARTERS. — PHARYNGITIS (SORE THROAT). — PLEURISY. — PNEUMONIA. — PURGING. — PUNCTURES FROM SHOEING. — QUITTOR. — RINGWORM. — RHEUMATISM. — SAND-CRACK. — SCURVY. — SORES. — SPRAINS. — SPRAINS OF BACK AND LOINS. — STRANGLES. — SUNSTROKE. — SWEENY. — SWELLED LEGS. — THRUSH. — URINE, RETENTION OF. — URINE, NON-RETENTION OF. — WARBLES. — WARTS. — WORMS. — WOUNDS. — GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR SHOEING HORSES. — STABLES AND STABLE DUTIES. — GENERAL RULES FOR STABLE MANAGEMENT. — STABLE DUTY. — GROOMING. — FEEDING. — WATERING. — TRAINING HORSES. — BRIDLING. — LONGEING. — PREPARATORY LESSON TO MAKE THE HORSE TRACTABLE. — BENDING LESSONS. — SADDLING. — MOUNTING. — BENDING LESSONS, MOUNTED. — REARING. — KICKING. — SHYING. — TO ACCUSTOM THE HORSES TO FIRING. — SWIMMING HORSES. — BREAKING IN THE YOUNG HORSE TO HARNESS. — MANAGEMENT OF VICIOUS HORSES. — TO THROW THE HORSE. — TO BREAK THE HORSE OF KICKING. — TREATMENT AND CARE OF HORSES. — DESTRUCTION OF HORSES.
15. 15.CHAPTER VII. — ORGANIZATION OF ARTILLERY. — COMPOSITION OF LIGHT BATTERIES. — EQUIPMENT. — COOKING UTENSILS. — EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING FOR MARCHES. — OFFICERS' CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT, ETC. — EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING FOR ENLISTED MEN. — MARCHES. — ACCIDENTS TO CARRIAGES. — ASCENTS. — DESCENTS. — MOVING ALONG DECLIVITIES. — DITCHES. — MOVING OVER MARSHY GROUND. — CROSSING FORDS AND STREAMS. — PASSAGE OF MILITARY BRIDGES. — PASSAGE ON ICE. — FACING A BATTERY TO THE REAR ON A NARROW ROAD. — THE ODOMETER. — CAMPS AND CAMPING — SELECTION OF CAMPS. — LAYING OUT THE CAMP. — CAMPING. — ENCAMPMENT OF A BATTALION OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. — BIVOUACS. — TENTS. — TO STRIKE A TENT. — HEATING TENTS. — CAMP COOKING. — DRINKING-WATER. — LOG HUTS. — BREAKING CAMP. — WAGONS. — REMARKS ON PACKING WAGONS.
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII. — TRANSPORTATION OF ARTILLERY. — TO EMBARK AND DISEMBARK ARTILLERY AND ARTILLERY STORES—GENERAL RULES. — RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION. — TRANSPORTATION OF ARTILLERY-HORSES BY SEA. — CARE OF HORSES AT SEA. — DISEMBARKING.
17. 17.CHAPTER IX. — HOTCHKISS REVOLVING CANNON. — DESCRIPTION. — THE GROUP OF BARRELS. — THE BREECH-PIECE. — THE MECHANISM. — THE FRAME AND ATTACHMENTS. — THE ACTION OF THE MECHANISM. — DISMOUNTING AND MOUNTING THE MECHANISM. — CARE AND CLEANING REQUIRED. — AMMUNITION. — THE CARRIAGE. — THE LIMBER. — THE CAISSON. — RANGE TABLE FOR LIGHT FIELD-PIECE. — THE GATLING GUN. — ACTION OF THE MECHANISM. — THE FEED. — THE CARRIAGE, MODEL 1883. — THE LIMBER. — The 0.45-inch Gatling Gun Mounted on a Cavalry-cart. — DESCRIPTION OF THE PIECE. — The 1-inch Gatling. — DESCRIPTION OF PIECE. — Nomenclature of the 0.45-inch Gun (1883). — Gatling Gun, Short Barrel, Model 1875. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISMOUNTING. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING. — Gatling Gun, Long Barrel, Model 1883. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISMOUNTING. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING. — NOMENCLATURE OF THE 1-INCH GUN. — TO TAKE THE GUN APART. — TO ASSEMBLE THE GUN. — THE GARDNER GUN (CAL. 0.45"). — OBSERVATIONS. — NOMENCLATURE OF THE GUN. — THE CARRIAGE. — THE LIMBER. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISMOUNTING. — TO DISMOUNT THE LOCK. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING. — TO ASSEMBLE THE LOCK. — THE MAXIM AUTOMATIC MACHINE-GUN. — OPERATION OF THE MECHANISM. — CARRYING AMMUNITION. — TO LOAD AND FIRE. — CARE OF GUN. — CARRIAGES. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISMOUNTING. — INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING. — TO DISMOUNT THE LOCK. — TO MOUNT THE LOCK. — METALLIC CARRIAGE FOR MACHINE GUNS.
18. 18.CHAPTER X. — DEFINITIONS. — INTERIOR BALLISTICS. — EXTERIOR BALLISTICS. — PROBABILITY OF FIRE. — PROBABILITY FACTORS. — SHELL. — SHRAPNEL. — TIME-SHRAPNEL. — PERCUSSION-SHRAPNEL. — CANISTER.
19. 19.CHAPTER XI. — THE CAUSES OF BAD SHOOTING. — ESTIMATING DISTANCES. — RANGE-FINDING. — GENERAL DUTIES OF ARTILLERY COMMANDERS. — THE CHIEF OF ARTILLERY. — THE CHIEF OF CORPS ARTILLERY. — THE BATTALION COMMANDER. — THE BATTERY COMMANDER. — TARGET PRACTICE. — PROJECTILES TO BE USED. — TARGETS MOVING TOWARDS THE BATTERY. — TARGETS MOVING FROM THE BATTERY. — TARGETS MOVING OBLIQUELY AND ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE BATTERY. — INDIRECT FIRING. — NIGHT-FIRING.
20. 20.CHAPTER XII. — CORDAGE. — TABLE OF WEIGHTS THAT MANILLA ROPE IN DAILY USE WILL SUSTAIN. — SAFE WORKING STRAIN FOR FIELD SERVICE, AND WEIGHT IN FATHOMS. — BLOCKS, TACKLE, ETC. — KNOTS, HITCHES, ETC. — LASHINGS. — BRIDGES. — TRESTLES, PIERS, ETC. — FRAME BRIDGES. — ESTIMATE OF TIMBER. — ESTIMATE OF TIMBER. — ESTIMATE OF TIMBER. — THE STRINGER BRIDGE. — TABLE OF TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR SINGLE-AND DOUBLE-LOCK AND UNSTIFFENED SINGLE-SLING BRIDGES. — FORDS, FLYING AND FLOATING BRIDGES. — RAFTS OF CASKS OR BARRELS. — TABLE OF WEIGHTS, DIMENSIONS, CAPACITY, ETC.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. — GUNPOWDER. — DYNAMITE. — MATERIALS IN USE FOR BLASTING. — DRILL-HOLES. — RACK-A-ROCK. — GUNCOTTON. — WHERE AND HOW TO PLACE CHARGES. — RULES FOR CALCULATING CHARGES FOR HASTY DEMOLITIONS BY GUNCOTTON OR GUNPOWDER.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV. — BATTERY BOOKS AND RECORDS. — ROLLS, REPORTS, AND RETURNS. — THE RATION. — SALT AND VINEGAR FOR PUBLIC ANIMALS. — THE "TRAVEL-RATION." — COST OF EQUIPMENT (EXCLUSIVE OF AMMUNITION) FOR A FOUR-GUN 3.2-INCH FIELD-BATTERY, WITH COMBINED BATTERY-WAGON AND FORGE. — SUPPLIES, CLEANING MATERIAL, SPARE PARTS, ETC., CARRIED IN BATTERY-WAGON BODY. — SUPPLIES. — MATERIAL FOR CLEANING AND PRESERVATION. — SPARE PARTS—GUN. — SPARE PARTS—CARRIAGE. — SPARE PARTS—HARNESS. — STEEL COLLAR. — TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS. — PRICE-LIST OF ARTILLERY-HARNESS. — COST OF PACKING OUTFIT FOR HOTCHKISS MOUNTAIN-GUN (CAL. 1.65-INCH). — CLASS VI. OFFICERS' SABRES. — CLASS VI. SABRE AND KNIFE FOR ENLISTED MEN. — CLASS VII. ARTILLERY ACCOUTREMENTS. ETC. — OFFICER'S BLACK LEATHER SWORD-BELT FOR FIELD SERVICE. — CLASS VII. HORSE EQUIPMENTS. — Saddle. (See Artillery-harness .) — Curb-bridle. (See Artillery-harness .) — Watering-bridle. — Spurs for Officers. — Stencil Outfit. — Marking Outfit. — In Class III. Artillery Implements and Equipments. — SUPPLY TABLE OF ORDNANCE STORES FOR SIX MONTHS OF A FOUR-GUN BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY—3.2-INCH RIFLES. — I. Battery Equipment. — II. Harness, etc. — III. Equipments, etc. — EXPENDIBLE SUPPLIES FOR SIX MONTHS. — I. Materials for Cleaning and Preservation. — II. Paints, etc. — III. Saddler's Materials. — ANNUAL ALLOWANCE OF AMMUNITION. — VETERINARY MEDICINES. — STANDARD SUPPLY TABLE. — TABLEWARE AND KITCHEN UTENSILS ALLOWED A LIGHT BATTERY. — ALLOWANCE OF CLOTHING. — ALLOWANCE OF EQUIPAGE. — IN CAMP OR GARRISON. — TENTS FOR THE SICK, THEIR ATTENDANTS, AND HOSPITAL SUPPLIES. — CORN BROOMS AND SCRUBBING-BRUSHES. — BARRACK CHAIRS. — ALLOWANCE OF STOVES, FUEL, LAMPS, OIL, OFFICE FURNITURE, AND STATIONERY FOR A LIGHT BATTERY. — TABLE OF WEIGHTS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND EQUIPAGE. — TABLE OF MONTHLY PAY OF ENLISTED MEN. — SUMMARY COURT. — LIST OF PRESCRIBED PUNISHMENTS FOR ENLISTED MEN. — Article I. — Article II. — Article III. — Article IV. — Article V. — Article VI. — Article VII. — Article VIII. — U. S. SIGNAL AND TELEGRAPH CODE. — ALPHABET. — NUMERALS. — PUNCTUATION MARKS. — SIGNALS AND ABBREVIATIONS. — TO SIGNAL WITH FLAG OR TORCH. — CONVENTIONAL SIGNALS FOR HELIOGRAPH OR FLASH LANTERN. — CONVENTIONAL SIGNS FOR FLAG OR TORCH. [23] — PENETRATION OF PROJECTILES. — PENETRATION FROM ARTILLERY-FIRE. — PENETRATION FROM INFANTRY-FIRE. — GUN-PITS FOR FIELD-ARTILLERY. — THE FRENCH GUN-PIT. — THE GERMAN GUN-PIT. — THE AUSTRIAN GUN-PIT. — THE ENGLISH GUN-PIT. — ORDINARY RUSSIAN GUN-PIT. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON GUN-PITS. — TREATMENT OF SICK MEN. — TABLES OF WEIGHT, CAPACITY, ETC. — NUMBER OF POUNDS IN A BUSHEL. — NUMBER OF POUNDS IN A BARREL. — CYLINDERS FOR LIQUID MEASURES. — CAPACITY OF BOXES. — ARMY WAGON (INSIDE MEASUREMENT). — TO DETERMINE THE QUANTITY OF GRAIN OR HAY. — MEASURES OF LENGTH. — CUBIC MEASURE. — LIQUID MEASURE. — DRY MEASURE. — APOTHECARIES' MEASURE. — MISCELLANEOUS TABLES. — MEASURES OF WEIGHT. — AVOIRDUPOIS = METRIC WEIGHTS. — TROY = METRIC WEIGHTS. — TABLES FOR CONVERTING U. S. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. — CUSTOMARY TO METRIC. — LINEAR. — SQUARE. — CUBIC. — CAPACITY. — WEIGHT. — METRIC TO CUSTOMARY. — SALUTES. — TABLE FOR CALCULATING CLOTHING ACCOUNTS. — CAMP FURNITURE. — CONTENTS. — COALE'S CAMP-STOVE AND OUTFIT.
23. 23.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:

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