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In front of the park and about the centre, a quarter-guard is placed sufficiently numerous to furnilh centinels;and two alarm guns are stationed there, and kept unlimberedwith a lighted match to give stgnals for the army to getunder arms. The non-commilsioned officers and soldierstents are pitched on each flank of the park at the distanceof 20 paces from it; and 40 paces in the rear are pitchedthe officers marques in two lines. At some distance in therear of the marquees, the horses are picketed in two or morelines with the tents of the drivers, &c. on the flanks.

221. The brigades being arrived, the commanding offi-cer makes his report to the commander in chief, and waitson him every day for orders; and the adjutant goes everyday at orderly time to take the detail of duty. When thecamp is pitched the artificers examine the carriages, andthe .conductors of horse inspect the harness; at the fametime the conductors of stores examine the tumbrils andammunition waggons of their respective brigades, to see ifany thing has been damaged ot* displaced during the march.The officer on guard over the park lhould go his roundstyvo or three times during the night, and cause them to berepeated by the serjeant and corporal of the guard : he shouldplso take care that the cooking places are at a distance fromthe park, and all fires extinguished at sun-sct, and evenduring the day if the wind blow hard. The next morn-ing before the guard is relieved, each conductor goes roundhis brigade attended by a no.i-commiffioned officer of theguard, to fee that nothing has been stolen or broken duringthe night.

222. When the park of artillery is placed between thefirst and second line, it is supposed that there is no dangerof being attacked : (Fig. 10, PI. 6) but when the vicinityof the enemy’s army renders precaution necessary, the bri-gades of artillery are posted between the brigades of the firstline of infantry, and on the flanks between the infantry andcavalry. Each brigade is then subdivided: one part con-sists of the guns, light waggons, spare carriages, and tum-brils, with the officers and greater part of the gunners ; thecarriages are drawn up in two lines in the intervals of thefirst line of infantry, with the mens tents on the flanks, theofficers marquees in the rear, and the horses and driversbehind them : when 100 paces are allowed for the frontps each brigade, this disposition is called the artillery drawn

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