BY
A. B. DYER,
First Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery, U. S. A.
FIRST EDITION.
FIRST THOUSAND.
NEW YORK:
JOHN WILEY & SONS.
London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited.
1896.
Copyright, 1896,
BY
A. B. DYER.
ROBERT DRUMMOND, ELECTROTYPER AND PRINTER, NEW YORK.
In preparing this work it has been my endeavor to place in compactform all the data I could obtain that might prove of service to thosepersons interested in the subject of light artillery, both in theRegular Army and in the National Guard.
I have held strictly to the lines laid down in Army Regulations,Drill Regulations, Official Reports, etc., as regards the matterextracted from such sources; and such as has not been so obtained hasbeen carefully selected from the best authorities I have been able toconsult.
I make no claim to originality in this work. It is drawn on the linesof similar handbooks in foreign services; and a great deal of thematter has been copied verbatim from the works consulted. To thewriters and compilers of those works I hereby express my thanks.
While I do not consider that machine-guns are proper weapons for thelight artillerist, I feel that occasions may arise when knowledgeregarding them may prove of service; hence the chapter pertaining tothem.
I express, with pleasure, my thanks to Lieut.-Colonel E. B. Williston,3d U. S. Artillery, for his assistance.
I am particularly obliged to Captain L. L. Bruff,[iv] Ordnance Department,for having permitted me to copy from the manuscript of his work onOrdnance and Gunnery (now being published), and also for the use ofmany of his cuts. His friendly consideration in so doing is fullyappreciated.
I also express my appreciation of the assistance given me by ColonelA. R. Buffington, Ordnance Department; Captain V. McNally, OrdnanceDepartment; Captain J. L. Lusk, Corps of Engineers; Captain JamesParker, 4th Cavalry; Captain L. A. Craig, 6th Cavalry; Captain S. W.Taylor, 4th Artillery; Lieut. E. B. Babbitt, Ordnance Department;Lieut. M. M. Patrick, Corps of Engineers; Lieut. E. Russel, 5thArtillery; Mr. J. E. Trautwine, Jr.; Mr. Charles W. Parker; and Mr. L.V. Benet of the Hotchkiss Ordnance Company.
The following is a partial list of the works consulted:
U. S. Army Regulations; U. S. Drill Regulations for Light Artillery;U. S. Drill Regulations for Cavalry; U. S. Drill Regulations forHospital Corps; Soldier's Handbook, U. S. A.; Reports of the Chiefof Ordnance, U. S. A.; Ordnance Notes; Manual of Heavy ArtilleryService, United States Army, Tidball; Manual of Guard Duty; Ordnanceand Gunnery, Metcalfe; Gunnery for Non-commissioned Officers,Cronkhite; Description and Service of Machine-guns, Mills; Lectureson Explosives, Walke; Modern Explosives, Eissler; Interior andExterior Ballistics, Ingalls; Preliminary Tactics, Baker; Handbook forField-artillery, R. A. Service Institution; The Soldier's Pocket-book,Wolseley; Manual of Military Engineering; Aide-mémoire de Campagne;Aide-mémoire, R. E.; Artillerist's Manual and Soldier's Compendium;the handbooks of Trautwine, Haswell, and Kidder; The Future...