Note 8 — Chapter V · The Christening of the Chestnut Troop.
Reading edition
The detail of the Chestnut Troop, as it actually embarked, exclusive of officers, officers’ horses, and the attached men from the Driver Corps, included above, was as follows:—
Key
A Staff-sergeants.
B Sergeants.
C Corporals.
D Bombardiers.
E Mounted.
F Dismounted.
G Drivers.
H Artificers and Trumpeters.
I Riding.
J Draught.
State
of a
Troop
of
Horse Artillery
as they embarked for
Holland
in 1709.
Gunners. Horses.
A B C D E F G H I J Total.
4 Two 12-pounders and two ammunition waggons ·· 1 1 2 12 8 10 ·· 16 20 36
4 Two Royal howitzers and two ammunition waggons ·· 1 1 2 12 8 8 ·· 16 16 32
6 Three 6-pounders and three ammunition waggons ·· 1 1 2 20 12 12 ·· 24 24 48
1 One field-officer’s waggon ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 2 ·· ·· 4 4
4 Four tilted baggage waggons ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 4 ·· ·· 8 8
2 Two forges ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 8 ·· ·· 16 16
Staff-serjeants 2 ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 2 ·· 2
Artificers and trumpeters, as per margin ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 8 6 ·· 6
Officers’ servants ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 6 1 ·· ·· ·· ··
3 Spare limbers, with ammunition ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 3 ·· ·· 6 6
Number required 2 3 3 6 41 34 48 8 64 94 158
Spare ·· ·· ·· ·· 4 4 6 ·· 6 10 16
24 Total of one troop 2 3 3 6 48 38 54 8 70 104 174
N.B. Artificers and trumpeters for seven guns:—3 farriers—2 mounted, 1 dismounted. 1 carriage smith mounted. 2 collar-makers: 1 mounted, 1 dismounted. 1 wheeler mounted. 1 trumpeter mounted.