XVI. Table of Charges, Velocities, etc., for Mountain, Field, and Siege Guns.-The average powder charges, Weights of projectiles, powder charges, muzzle velocity, and pressure for mountain, field, and siege + Ounces. NOTE. The weight of powder charges are average weights; charges vary with different lots of powder. XVII. Blank Charges. For instruction, salutes, and for morn ing and evening gun, the following will be the charges: Gun. 6-pounder (2.24-inch) rapid-fire gun.... * 2.9-inch Vickers-Maxim mountain gun.. 3.2-inch B. L. rifle 3.6-inch B. L. rifle 6-pounder (3.67-inch) bronze Light 12-pounder (4.62-inch) bronze 5-inch rapid-fire gun (Ord. Dept. 12-inch B. L. ride 12-inch B. L. mortar. Charge. 111⁄2 pounds saluting powder. 11 pounds saluting powder. 1 pound mortar or saluting powder. 2 21 pounds 1. K. powder or 11⁄2 pounds saluting powder. 2 pounds saluting powder. 1 pound mortar or saluting powder. 311⁄2 pounds cannon powder or 2 pounds 134 pounds mortar or saluting powder. 3 pounds 1. K. or saluting powder. 5 pounds saluting powder. 3 pounds I. K. or saluting powder. * Used during maneuvers only if specially authorized. NOTE.-Smokeless powder will not be used for blank charges. XVIII. Salutes.-Salutes with cannon will be fired under the charge of a commissioned officer, who shall be present at the firing and direct it. Guns using metallic ammunition will be employed whenever practicable in firing salutes; in their absence, breechloading guns should preferably be used. Muzzle-loaders will be used only when breechloaders are not available. When using muzzle-loading guns, a sufficient number should be employed, if practicable, to avoid the necessity of firing the same gun a second time. Cartridge bags for saluting purposes will be made of raw silk fiber. The cartridges for muzzle-loading guns will be made to measure in length at least one and one-half times the diameter. Care will be taken that the sponges are not worn, and that they thoroughly fill the chamber or bore of the gun, and when the gun is fired more than once, the intervals between discharges will be sufficient to allow the chamber or re to be thoroughly sponged and examined. Unless all of these conditions be fulfilled, salutes will not be fired with these classes of guns. Metallic-ammunition saluting charges will be assembled at the posts. For this purpose there are issued saluting cartridge cases, charges of saluting powder in bags, felt wads, primers, adapters, etc. The cartridge cases are issued unimed, with primers in separate moistureproof tin boxes, and should not be primed until just before inserting saluting charge and wad. In assembling, the case is first properly primed, and the bag containing the saluting charge is then placed in the case and the felt wad inserted and pressed down against the bag to hold it in place against the primer. Care must be taken to insure the cartridge bag being in contact with the bottom of the case when the gun is fired. XIX. Small-arms Target Practice Allowance.-The annual allowance of small-arms ammunition for target practice for officers and enlisted men during the calendar year 1905 will be as follows: Table of allowance of small-arms ammunition for target practice. Schools of instruction, allowance per annum. to regular allowance.) Infantry and Cavalry School. (In addition 100,000 NOTE. The necessary ammunition for the authorized department competitio will be furnished by the Ordnance Department in addition to the regular allowances. The necessary ammunition for the authorized monthly contests at posts will be in addition to the regular allowance, but will not exceed 1,800 rounds per annum for each company taking part in the post contests. This ammunition will be expended by the post ordnance officer under the orders of the commanding officer. XX. Exchange of Ammunition.—If it is desirable to fire caliber .30 rifle or carbine ammunition, ball or blank, in lieu of revolver ball or blank ammunition, or vice versa, such exchange may be made on the following basis: 1,000 rounds of rifle or carbine ball, caliber .30, for every 3,000 revolver ball, caliber .38. 445 rounds of rifle or carbine blank, caliber .30, for every 1,000 revolver blank, caliber .38. XXI. Empty Shells.-Each company or troop will be given in addition to the allowance in the table 110 rounds of caliber .30 rifle or carbine ball cartridges or 170 rounds of caliber .30 blank cartridges for each 1,000 empty ball or blank shells, caliber.30, and 115 rounds of caliber .38 revolver ball cartridges or 130 rounds of caliber .38 blank cartridges for each 1,000 empty ball or blank shells, caliber .38, turned in. All empty shells will be promptly turned in to the acting ordnance officer of the nearest post immediately upon completion of target practice, first carrying out the following instructions as to the treatment of the shells: As soon as practicable after firing, decap the shells and throw them into water. The cleaning will be much facilitated if the shells can be thrown into water immediately after firing. Then clean the inside thoroughly with a brush wiper or piece of rag on the end of a wiping stick; dry and place loosely in empty ammunition boxes. The acting ordnance officer of the post will, upon the accumulation of convenient lots of such shells, pack them in ammunition boxes and ship them to the commanding officer, Frankford Arsenal, in time to reach that arsenal before the close of the calendar year, if possible. Upon receipt of the ammunition the company or troop commander will be notified by the commanding officer of Frankford Arsenal of the number of empty shells received. This receipt will be filed with the property papers of the accountable officer as a proper voucher for the expenditure of the additional ammunition allowance provided for in this order. The post ordnance officer will notify the commanding officer, Frankford Arsenal, at the time of shipment, of the name of the company or troop turning in the shells, and this name will be clearly marked on the inside of the lid of the ammunition box containing the shells. All empty shells to be turned in by troops serving in the Philippines will be sent to Manila Ordnance Depot in the same manner as provided for shells to be turned into Frankford Arsenal. The chief ordnance officer in the Philippines Division will give proper notification to the company or troop commanders of the additional allowance due them in the same manner as provided for troops serving in the United States. Philippine scouts will be permitted to turn in empty shells under the provisions of this order, receiving therefor ball or blank cartridges in the proportions herein provided. The adjutants general of the various States and Territories. and the commanding general, District of Columbia militia, will be permitted to turn in empty shells under the provisions of this order, receiving therefor ball or blank cartridges in the proportions herein provided. The empty shells should be forwarded by the adjutant general of the State or Territory and made in one shipment to the commanding officer of the Frankford Arsenal so as to reach the arsenal prior to December 31 of each year. XXII. Gallery-practice Allowance.-The annual allowance per company or troop of caliber .30 reloading ammunition will be sufficient to load 10,000 rounds of ammunition for gallery practice, as follows: 1,000 gallery cartridge cases, unprimed. 10,000 cartridge primers. 10,000 bullets, lubricated. 71⁄2 pounds small-arms powder. XXIII. Reloading Tools, Gallery Practice.-Special caliber .30 shells and reloading materials are issued upon requisition |