The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-02
NEWARK, New JERSEY, Nov. l, lS47.
The Mounted .4rfiiieyu.

To THE EDITOR OF THE New YoRK HERALD ~
BEAR sIR My attention was called to the fatteeing
notice you pleased make of my battery Of light
mounted artillery, which took par. in the grand pa
rade and procession the 10th October upon which
squad the honor conferred by General Storms, of
being placed the left of the First Division of Arte
~. You will please allow to make q correction In
In your article of the 2oth October
say:
to proceed to the seat Of war with all possible hsste
You have been led into an error in this respect
under ordersand do not belong to the service Of
the United States The Battery you we're pleased to
make favorable mention offs my private proper
ty, and got up according to my views, Ms the
effective Of defence and attack Of the Mex
can guerlas, in their mountain Businesses; the
guns carriages and ammunition all be carried
the backs Of mules horses VIII these robbers
and cut throats are likely to annoy passing train 1t
thousand men forthwith, to serve during Difficult
ties with Mexico and proceed at to the seat of
This offer was not accepted, 1t not being consistent
with the arrangements of the department to receive
into the service the regiment that proposed raising
rosty excited among the military well citizens &C.
nersy the day Of the parade, and which amid the
hustle and confusion Of the moment found 1t imposs
with your kind permission to give very
Of my battery and its intended use.
weighing four pounds four rifle burrows cut in the ball.
straps Of lead coming the large end and ang up
the burrows making smooth surface thus preventing
BALI it the the gun the strips lead
drop from the ball the the patch from the ball of
ride the grooves take the atmosphere which gives the
spiral motion with much precision If the gun
a rife itself My fixed ammunition Is composed of can
lister shot, follows No l. seventy two musket balls
No 2, hundred and forty rifle balls No g. balls Of
sixty TO the pound two hundred and forty; No T.
Thousand buck shot Gun No l, weighs two hundred
and pounds and is three feet four inches long
No 2, weighs hundred and thirty five pounds, and
is two feet four inches long, and carries fifty muske balls
The guns arranged on saddles upon the horses
back that they be elevated depressed and fred
from their backs in Of emergency every thing
being sufficiently strong for that purpose For No l.
the carriage and shafts and all included weigh only
hundred and eighty three pounds, but sufficiently
strsng for all practical purposes.
Twelve mules, horses, will carry my two guns and
carriages with all their outfits and four rounds
Of fixed ammunition, not averaging 230 pounds 10
each mule including saddle. With such train o.
mounted artillery, can travel over any mule path or
broken road with from thirty to fifty miles per day.
IL necessary. Such Is a brief description of my
mounted battery, and there Is doubt but IL will yet
see service Mexico intend going to that country
nos In q few days, to take out ambulancss pontoon
trains baggage trains tents, 60, which have got up
on improved plans all Of which have been highly sppro
we'd of by the officers Of the army, and by board
ysned by order Of the Secretary Of War; reported
upon favorsbly and recommended to be tested In the
nsld at the expense Of the government
am going out to superintend and test their utility in
tile service and shall take my mounted battery with
sufficient number Of men with to work my guns
hoping to have opportunity to their utility and
prove their usefulness. Yours, respectfully,
I.