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IMPLEMENTS AND EQUIPMENTS FOR FIELD PIECES
KIND. No. Weight. Place.
FOR A GUN CARRIAGE.   lbs.  
Sponges and rammers 2 11.6 For 6-pounder - 9 lbs.

On the carriage.

Sponge covers 2 .28
Worm and staff 1/2 3.6
Handspikes 2 14.5
Sponge bucket 1 10.
Prolonge 1 18.
Tar bucket 1 .7 On the limber
Water buckets, leather 2 16.
Gunner's haversacks 2 3.72 In the impliment trays, or in the other vacant
spaces in the ammunition chest.
Tube pouches 2 1.90
Fuze-gouges 1 .5
Fuze-wrench 1  
Vent punch 1 .08
Gunner's pincers 1 .85
Tow hook 1 .60
Pendulum hausse 1 .50
Thumbstalls 2 .02 In the tube pouches
Priming wires 1 .08
Lanyards 2 .10
Gunner's gimlet 1 .08
Tarpaulin, large 1 54. Strapped to the am'tion chest.
FOR A CAISSON.   lbs.  
Felling axe 1 6. In the places provided for
them on the caisson body.
Shovel, long handle 1 4.75
Pckaxe 1 6.50
Spare handspike 1 7.25
Spare pole 1 25.30
Spare wheel 1 180
Fuze gouge 1 .5 In the limber chest.
Tow hooks 2 1.2 One in limber chest, one in rear chest.
Tar bucket 1 7. On the limber
Watering buckets, leather. 2 16.
Tarpaulin, large 1 54. Strapped on limber chest.

 

 
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