INDEX.
Reading edition
A
Abscess, 207
Accidents to carriages, 273
Accoutrements, cost of, 442
Adiabatic transformation, 363
Air-space, initial, defined, 363
Allowance, projectiles for target practice, 447
revolver ammunition, 160
of wagons, 297
Ammunition, 3.2-inch gun, description of, 96
3.6-inch gun, description of, 108
3.6-inch (mortar) description of, 117
Hotchkiss revolving cannon, 322
1.65-inch mountain, description of, 6, 7
3.0-inch mountain, description of, 27-29
fixed, for field-guns, description of, 87
1.65-inch, instructions for packing, 18
how supplied to mountain-batteries, 60, 61
allowance for target practice, 447
allowance for revolver practice, 160
how prepared, 31, 32, 180, 181
proportion of each kind for mountain-battery, 34
rounds in box for 1.65-inch, 12
care of, 178
how painted, 178
chest, contents of, 135
boxes for 1.65-inch, 12
pack, rounds carried, in 12
Angle of departure, 364
of elevation, 364
of sight, 364
Animals, salt and vinegar for, 433
Apothecaries' measure, 485
Artillery commander, duties of, 376
corps, 262
divisional, 262
transportation by sea, 301
how stored on shipboard, 301, 302
disembarkation from shipboard, 303, 314
transportation by rail, 301
organization of, 261
proportion of, in army, 262
teams, power of, 194
-wagon, weight and description of, 149
-harness, 150
-wagon harness, 157
Axes, where carried on caisson, 142
Axle-seats for field-gun carriage, nomenclature, 127
Armament, how stored on railroad cars, 306
on shipboard, 302
Army-wagon, inside measurement, 482
Austrian light artillery, 121
mountain-artillery, 70, 71
gun-pits, 473
B
Barley, pounds in bushel, 481
Barrels, weights and dimensions of, 417
Barrack chairs, allowance of, 453
Battalion commander, duties of, 377
Batteries, the different kinds of, 261
Battery books and records, 431
light, enlisted men for, 263
composition of, 262
organization of, 263
present organization, of 434
commander, duties of, 377
guard, 181-187
cost of, 435
special-duty men allowed, 434
supply table of ordnance stores for, 445
tableware and kitchen utensils, 451
Battery-wagon and forge, weight and description of, 144
nomenclature, 145
articles carried on, 145
storing of implements, 147
Beans, pounds in bushel, 481
Beef, pounds in barrel, 481
Belt, officer's, cost of, 443
Bivouacs, 288
Blacking for harness, 62
Bladder, inflammation of, 207
irritation of, 207
Blasting, dynamite, 420
Blocks, etc., 394
Blue-grass seed, pounds in bushel, 481
Boats, buoyancy of, 416
for bridges, 415
Books kept in light battery, 431
Bowbrake, nomenclature and description, 127
Bowels, inflammation of, 208
Boxes, capacity of, 482
Bran-mash, how made, 206
Bread, rule for making, 69
Breaking camp, 296
Breech-block, field-gun, description of, 73
mechanism, field-gun, action of, 81
how dismounted, 83
how assembled, 83
3.6-inch mortar, 113
Gatling gun, action of, 331
Hotchkiss revolving cannon, how assembled, 321
how dismounted, 320
Bridges, boat, 415
floating, 415
flying, 414
frame, 406
lock, 406-408
sling, 409
stringer, 411
trestle, 404
roadway for, 403
passage of military, 278
weights borne by, 402
Bronchitis, 208
Bronze-handle for field-gun, 80
Bruce feed for Gatling gun, 332
Buoyancy of boats, 416
of casks, 416
Burns, 209
and scalds (men), 478
Bushel, cubic yards in, 482
C
Caisson, field, nomenclature and description, 139
weights and equipments, 143
articles carried on, 140
implements stowed on, 141
Hotchkiss revolving cannon, 325
Camp, selection of, 280
laying out of, 280, 283-287
duties on reaching, 281
breaking of, 296
for mountain-batteries, 67-68
for battalion of artillery, 286
-furniture, 494
-stove, 495
Canister, general description, 371
3.2-inch, description of, 96
3.6-inch, description of, 108
1.65-inch, description of, 7
3.0-inch, description of, 29
how painted, 178
when used, 372, 387
Canvas buckets, where carried on caisson, 142
Cannoneers, 1.65-inch gun mountain-battery, 21
3.0-inch gun mountain-battery, 34
Carpenter's and wheelwright's chest, contents of, 145
Carriages, accidents to, 273
Carriage, field-gun, description of, 129
nomenclature, 125
Hotchkiss revolving cannon, 323
Gatling gun, 337
Gardner gun, 351
Maxim automatic machine-gun, 358
Carriage, metallic, for machine-gun, 361
1.65-inch gun, description of, 8
how packed, 17
3.0-inch gun, description of, 24
3.6-inch mortar, description and nomenclature, 114
field-gun, axle-seat, nomenclature, 127
bowbrake, nomenclature, 127
elevating device, nomenclature, 127-129
care of, 174
limber, articles carried on, 136
Cartridge, 1.65-inch gun, how assembled, 32
-bags, how filled, 180
-case, how filled, 32
Cargoes, how packed, 41
how loaded, 42
how unloaded, 47
Carrier-ring, description of, 75
Cars, horse, dimensions of, 303
passenger, seating capacity, 306
Castor beans, pounds in bushel, 481
Casks, buoyancy of, 416
Chafing (men), 478
Cholera morbus (men), 478
Clothing, allowance of, 452
and equipment for men on march, 267
table for calculating, accounts, 492
weight of, 454
Clover-seed, pounds in bushel, 481
Cold, 53
Collar, steel, description of and how fitted, 154-156
Colic, spasmodic, 55, 209
(men), 478
Commander, artillery, duties of, 376
battalion, duties of, 377
battery, duties of, 377
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, 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 (see Veterinary Treatment), 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-inch mountain-battery, 34
weight of, in field-battery, 138
Exterior ballistics, 363
Eye, 54
F
Fainting, 480
Farcy, 211
Feed, Bruce, for Gatling gun, 332
Accles, for Gatling gun, 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, nomenclature, 127
elevating device, nomenclature, 127-129
limber, description and nomenclature, 131-135
Field-guns, construction of, 72
3.2-inch, description of, 89
3.6-inch, description of, 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
pointing-arcs, 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 artillery, 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-inch mountain-gun, 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-inch mountain-battery, 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, 1.65-inch mountain-gun, 15
3.0-inch mountain-gun, 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-inch mountain-gun, 33
3.2-inch field-gun, shell, 106
shrapnel, 104
3.6-inch field-gun, shell, 112
shrapnel, 110
3.6-inch field 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-inch mountain-gun, 28
3.2-inch field-gun, 96
3.6-inch field-gun, 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-inch Frankford Arsenal field, 108
3.2-inch American Projectile Co. field, 98
3.6-inch American Projectile Co. field, 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-inch mountain-gun, 23
3.2-inch field-gun, 90, 92
3.6-inch field-gun, 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-inch mountain-battery, 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-inch mountain-battery, 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-inch mountain-gun, 23
of 3.2-inch field-gun, 90
of 3.6-inch field-gun, 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-inch mountain-battery, 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-inch field-battery, 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-inch field-gun, 108
3.6-inch 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
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