. Review of reviews and world's work. xt to theleaders; behind are the wheelers, or the poleteam; theyve come to the edge of a precipiceor a river, or something, and hes bringingthe horses up to a sudden halt. Those horsesare fine. With us to-day the leaders are alittle lighter in build, but we have heavywheelers in the pole team. Those horses aregood and sturdy, just the ones for that cannoneers sitting on the limber areholding on just as Ive seen them do manya time when there came a sudden jolt. Thecaptain will give the order to unlimber in aminute, and then the cannoneers will jump
. Review of reviews and world's work. xt to theleaders; behind are the wheelers, or the poleteam; theyve come to the edge of a precipiceor a river, or something, and hes bringingthe horses up to a sudden halt. Those horsesare fine. With us to-day the leaders are alittle lighter in build, but we have heavywheelers in the pole team. Those horses aregood and sturdy, just the ones for that cannoneers sitting on the limber areholding on just as Ive seen them do manya time when there came a sudden jolt. Thecaptain will give the order to unlimber in aminute, and then the cannoneers will jumpdown and load the piece. Its a differentkind from what we have to-day. They useda ramrod and fired with a fuse or cap. Ivefired that kind of a gun in a moving pictureof a Civil War battle I was in. It wouldkick a bit. Our field pieces to-day haveabout a -14-inch recoil only. He would like to get a snapshot of thatgroup, so took his camera around to theother side, where the lighting was many new details interested him: See.
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