Manual for the Commissariat and Transport CorpsH.M. Stationery Office, 1883 - 143 páginas |
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Exercises, &c., for the Commissariat and transport corps Commissariat and transport Corps Visualização integral - 1885 |
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advances Army arrival axle axletree Battle of Gravelotte breeching buckled Captain carried centre collar column formation column of half companies or sections convoy crupper dismounted draught draught horse Drills for Recruits Farrier fastened fitted flank Foot Parade fore carriage formation Fours left Fours right front rank girth gives the word grooming half companies halt hames harness head hook horse's length inches incline Inspecting Officer interval lead driver leaders leading four leading half section leading rein leading section load march past Mark markers Non-commissioned Officer numbers numnah pace pack pack saddle passed pole Price rear rank rear wagons reef knot Regulations remainder move right hand rope saddle Section Serjeants Section XI shafts shoe shoulder side side rein side springs single file splinter bar sponge Squad stirrup Subalterns surcingle Swords take ground tent traces turn War Office wheel horses whip word March yards
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Página 92 - A horse requires at least four men besides the driver to sling him, one on each side, one at his breast, and one behind. One end of the sling is passed under his belly, and both ends made to meet over his back ; one man passes his loop through the other, it is received by the man on the other side, who hauls it through, hooking the tackle to it, both men holding up the ends of the sling. The men at the breast and behind bring their ropes round, and make them fast to the grummets. The driver holds...
Página 53 - Fours right." (Fig. 3.) "Leading Section Right 'Wheel" "March" the leading front-rank section, advancing one yard, and wheeling again to the right, marches straight to the rear, followed by its rear-rank section; the remainder move off their ground in succession ; first a front-rank, and then a .rear-rank section, alternately, each Avheeling to the right at the same point from which the leading section retired.
Página 38 - For slip-nooses, use the bowline to make the draw-loop. The clove-hitch binds with excessive force, and by it, and it alone, can a weight be hung to a smooth pole, as to a tent pole.
Página 23 - Saddle is to be placed in the middle of the horse's back ; the front of it about the breadth of a hand behind the play of the shoulder.
Página 92 - When the vessels can come alongside a wharf, the horses are hoisted in by means of tackle. The slings, made of canvas, should be minutely inspected, to see that they are secure. There must be a double guy made fast to the horse's head, one end on shore, the other on board, to keep his head steady. A shoeing smith should be in each ship, to receive the horses.
Página 38 - The three elementary knots, which every one should know, are here represented (Fig. 147) — viz., the Timber-hitch, the Bowline, and the Clove-hitch. The virtues of the timber-hitch are, that, so long as the strain upon it is kept up, it will never give ; when the strain is taken off, it is cast loose immediately. The bowline makes a knot difficult to undo ; with it the ends of two strings are tied together, or a loop made at the end of a single piece of string, as in the drawing.
Página 52 - March." — The leading front-rank section, wheeling to its left, receives the word " Forward" and marches straight to the front, followed by its rear-rank ; the remainder move off their ground in succession; first a front-rank, and then a rear-rank section alternately, and wheel to the left at the same point from which the leading section wheeled. (Fig. 4.) BY HALF SECTIONS. "Advance by Half Sections from the Right.
Página 92 - The horse being previously blindfolded, the word " HOIST AWAY" is given, and he is hoisted on board. The sling is then taken off, and he is led to his place ; the first horses being always placed forward, or aft, as the ship fills ; the stalls nearest the hatchway being reserved for the horses which are to be first landed. 8. The horses are to be embarked in the same order as the carriages, taking care that the officers' and non-commissioned officers' horses are on board with the divisions to which...
Página 51 - Sections," repeated by the Leader of the Right Troop ; and on the word " March," the leading Section of the Front rank advances straight ; its Rearrank Section inclines to the left until it covers, and follows ; the remainder move off in succession in the same manner, first a Front-rank Section, and then a Rear-rank Section, alternately.