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resources, and when any thing is re-quisite, the park is the place whence allsupplies are forwarded. The reserveammunition for the troops is also depo-sited at the park of artillery, and sup-plied upon requisition under the ordersof the commanding officer of artillery.The manner of forming the Park is al-most every where the same, except thatsome artillery officers differ in the dis-position of the carriages, &c.; however,the best and most approved method isto divide the whole of the guns intobrigades of different natures, and placetheir ammunition in the cars or wagonsbehind them, in one or more lines, ac-cording to the number of ammunitioncarriages attached to the natures ofordnance. Each brigade of artillery,including the ammunition carriage, forgecarts, and camp equipage wagons, havea distinct number to prevent any mixtureof carriages either in disembarking orbreaking up of a campaign. The ar-rangement necessary to be made informing a park of artillery of any mag-nitude, requires great exertions and abi-lities to prevent its being encumberedwith any greater quantity of carriages,ammunition and stores than are abso-lutely wanted for the service, in casethere should be any sudden movement,yet at the same time to have a sufficiencyfor the purpose of affording any sup-plies which the army may stand in needof. Upon expedition service, wheredisembarkations of artillery take place,the depot of reserve carriages, ammu-nition and stores, is usually formed nearto the spot where the articles are landedfrom the ships, and a communication iskept up between the advanced park andthe depot, from whence the articles areforwarded as demanded for the imme-diate exigencies of the park.

Field Artillery includes every re-quisite to forward the operations of anarmy, or of any part of an army actingoffensively or defensively in the field.

Encampment of a Regiment of Ar-tillery. Regiments of artillery arealways encamped, half on the right andhalf on the left of the park. The com-pany of bombardiers (when they areformed into companies, which is thecase in almost every nation exceptingEngland) always takes the right of thewhole, and the lieutenant colonel’s com-pany the left; next to the bombardiers,the colonels, the majors, &c. so that

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the two youngest are next but one tothe center or park: the two companiesnext to the park, are the miners on theright, and the artificers on the left.

In the rear of, and 36 feet from thepark, are encamped the civil list, all inone line.

March of the Artillery . Themarches of the artillery are, of all theoperations of war, the most delicate;because they must not only he directedon the object you have in view', butaccording to the movements the enemymake. Armies generally march in threecolumns, the center column of whichis the artillery: should the army marchin more columns, the artillery and heavybaggage march nevertheless in one ormore of the center columns; the situa-tion of the enemy determines this. Ifthey are far from the enemy, the bag-gage and ammunition go before or be-hind, or arc sent by a particular road;an army in such a case cannot inarch intoo many columns. But should themarch be towards the enemy, the bag-gage must absolutely be all in the rear,and the whole artillery form the centercolumn, except some brigades, one ofwhich marches at the head of each co-lumn, with guns loaded and burningmatches, preceded by a detachment fortheir safety. The French almost inva-riably place their baggage in the center.

Suppose the enemy’s army in a con-dition to march towards the heads ofyour columns: the best disposition forthe march is in three columns only, thatof the center for the artillery; for it isthen easy to form it in order of battle.Hence it is equally commodious for eachbrigade of artillery to plant itself at thehead of the troops, in the place markedfor it, in such a manlier, that the wholedisposition being understood, and wellexecuted, the line of battle may bequickly formed in an open country, andin the presence of any enemy, withoutrisking a surprize; by whicli methodthe artillery will always be in a condi-tion to act as soon as the troops, pro-vided it inarch in brigades.

If your march should be through acountry full of defiles, some dragoonsmust march at the head of the columns,followed by a detachment of grenadiers,and a brigade of artillery; cannon beingabsolutely necessary to obstruct theenemy’s forming into order of battle.When you decamp iu the face of the