Manual of military engineering . J±^Z,ou7y SIB9. WcilerAGratiam. LH CHAPTER XV.—CAMPING ARRANGEMENTS. 75 193. The materials of which huts are made depend upon the Huts,resources of the locality, and are principally brushwood, logs,straw, reeds, clay, turf, and stones. The best form of hut is generally rectangular in plan, with Plan,sufficient width for two rows of beds, and a passage down thecentre, but, where the material available is of small size,one row of beds may be provided, or the hut may be made ofcircular form. A width of at least G feet should be allowed foreach
Manual of military engineering . J±^Z,ou7y SIB9. WcilerAGratiam. LH CHAPTER XV.—CAMPING ARRANGEMENTS. 75 193. The materials of which huts are made depend upon the Huts,resources of the locality, and are principally brushwood, logs,straw, reeds, clay, turf, and stones. The best form of hut is generally rectangular in plan, with Plan,sufficient width for two rows of beds, and a passage down thecentre, but, where the material available is of small size,one row of beds may be provided, or the hut may be made ofcircular form. A width of at least G feet should be allowed foreach row of beds, and the passage may be from 2 feet to i feetwide. The accommodation may be calculated on active service one man per foot in length of the hut, when there are two ^^^^o-rows of beds, and one man to every 2 feet when only one rowon beds. Fig. 1, PI. 63, shows how the ordinary 6-foot hurdles maybe arranged to form a hut. A fascine at the ridge, with thatchingof straw, reeds, &c., may be used as roofin
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