Excerpt from Provisional Drill Regulations for Field Artillery: 4. 7 Inch Gun, United States Army, 1917 The numbering of the paragraphs corresponds with the numbering in the Provisional Drill and Service Regulations for Field Artillery (Horse and Light). 1916, and all paragraphs not found in this publication are identical with paragraphs of those regulations. Part II. Dismounted Instruction. Chapter IV. - The Battery Dismounted. Section I. - General Principles and Organization. 135. Each gun squad consists of one of the corporals and nine of the privates assigned to the service of a gun section. The corporal is the gunner and should be selected for his qualifications without regard to his rank In the section. The privates are cannoneers, numbered from 1 to 9. 136. Each caisson squad consists of one of the corporals and nine of the privates assigned to the service of a caisson section. The corporal is a caisson corporal. The privates are cannoneers, four of whom are assigned to the first caisson and numbered from 4 to 7, and the remaining five to the second caisson and numbered from 4 to 8. Movements prescribed for a gun squad apply, with obvious modifications, to a caisson, driver, or mechanic squad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.