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The articles furnished to each man in the Royal Artillery
are as follows:
| 1 busby |
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Quadrennially |
| 1 tunic |
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Annually |
| 1 pair boots |
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Annually |
| 1 pair trousers |
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Annually |
Busbies
A busby is to last four years. New busbies and plumes will be supplied to recruits finally approved during the
first two years of the period, and part worn busbies during the last two years.
The busbies of discharged and non-effective
men at home are in all cases to be returned into store complete. |
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1857 pattern Royal Artillery Busby
with grenade-shaped brass plume
holder | |
The clothing and busbies of non-effective men in the Royal Artillery
and Engineers abroad are to be sold by auction at the end of each month, and the amount realized credited in the contingent
accounts, supported by a certificate of the Commanding Officer. If unsaleable, they must be handed over to the nearest
Storekeeper or Barrack Master.
At home stations part worn clothing is to be taken into the
regimental store and sent to Woolwich by the first favorable opportunity, if fit for issue to recruits; if not fit for use,
a fact which is to be determined by the Officers on the spot, it is to be sold by auction, or if unsaleable to be handed over
to the nearest Storekeeper or Barrack Master.
Accoutrements and Appointments
Sgts. and Rank and File
Pouches with swivel links
Belts, pouch, complete
Belts,
waist
Frogs, sliding, with buckles and straps
Carbine slings
Plates for waist belts
Great Coats for the Royal Artillery will be furnished at the public expense to all Non-commissioned Officers
and Men. Coats for Serjeants shall be furnished without cuffs and Collars, which are to be added at the headquarters
of each corps and shall be made of the same quality and colour of the facings of the corps. Chevrons on the right sleeve
may be added at head quarters to the great coats of Serjeants and Corporals.
List of Necessaries for the
Royal Artillery
| 1 canvas bag & hook |
1 canteen cover |
2 flannel shirts |
| 1 shaving bag |
1 forage cap |
3 cotton shirts |
| 1 tin of blacking |
1 large comb |
1 sponge |
| 1 pair boots |
1 pair leather gloves |
1 spoon |
| 1 pair braces |
1 holdall |
1 stock |
| 1 clothes brush |
1 fatigue jacket |
3 pairs wool stockings |
| 1 button brush |
1 knapsack, complete |
1 button stick |
| 1 hair brush |
1 knife & fork |
1 canteen strap |
| 1 shaving brush |
1 pocket knife |
1 great coat strap,
pair |
| 2 shoe brushes |
1 plume case |
2 towels |
| 1 canteen |
1 razor & case |
1 pair fatigue trousers |
Kits will be furnished upon requisition addressed to the Secretary
of State for War. They will be supplied complete, with the exception of the boots, fatigue jackets and trousers.
The boots will be furnished in sizes. The fatigue jackets and trousers will be issued in materials, in order that they
may be made up at the Depots and fitted to the recruit.
Winter equipment for North America is to consist of the following
articles, viz.: -
A fur cap
Two flannel waistcoats,
Two pairs
of long flannel or worsted drawers
A pair of canadian boots.
| The fur cap is to last |
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3 years |
| Canadian boots |
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2 years |
| Flannel waistcoats |
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1 year |
| Flannel drawers |
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2 years | |
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