The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-06
MILITARY MATTERS.
Fifty Companies OF Organized Milltls
Now in the State.

fifty Companies OF Organized Militia
Now in the State.
There are at present some fifty organized
companies Of militia in the State. OF this
number ten are composed OF colored troops,
distributed throughout the State rs follows
Galatin, Clarksville, Columbia, Murfrces.
boro aud Chattanooga one company each,
Memphis two, and Davidson County three.
There are in Davidson also seven white
companies. 4 colored company was formed
at Pulaski, but was recently disbanded.
Acknowledgement McCord saws that
about two.thiris Of these troops, OF about
the same proportion as the white militia,
are armed and equipped by the State. Tho
companies, as a rule, are smaller in point
OF numbers than the white organizations.
Tue APPEAL herewith presents another
insiallmcnt oiamendmonts to Upton's lac
ties
THE M'KEEvER CARTRIDoE-Box.
The Mckeeycr carlridgc-box being. like
the saicty-notch, an invention subsequent
10 the publication Of the present tactics,
- much Of paragraph ll5, infantry. aud
Ia, cavalry tactics, ~ requires the flag 10
be- held against the body Is inapplicable,
aud, therefore, 10 be omitted. For in.
ianlry, the following method, proposed by
Capt Morris, Fifth Artillery, has been
adopted:
10 open the box: Steady tho piece
with the left hand. opening the box with
the right. Drop the right hand To the
side without grasping the piece, but still
slcadying Il with The left handl.
80 close the box: Close the box with
the right hand. Iiegrasp the piece with
the right hand, dropping the left hand by
the side" Letters A. G.. o., January
"a, November - and December 20. 1852. /
The position Of the box Is behind the
hip.
STACKING ARMS.
The following manual (prparedby Lieut.
W. g. Brown, First Cavalry, aud recon-.
mcndcd NJ board of officers nj the In.
iantry aud Cavalry School at Fort lcayen-
worth Is approved and will be used for all
arms provided with the stacking swivel:
The men being ut order arms. the IN.
strucior commands (ll Stack ~ arms
number OF the front rank turns his piece,
NAFifN W TIC AINNA UNIV ANlhiANM w
che LETT. aud inclinos II slightly forward,
gtasping il with the left hand NJ the upper
baud the thumb aud iorclngcr raising the
hook swivel; each even numbered the rear
rank then passes his piece 10 histiIo leader,
who grasps Il between the bands with his
right hand and throws u, barrel 10 the
r,ar. two feet In front OF his own piece,
the right hand slipping 20 the upper
hand, the thumb aud fore-iingor raising
the hook swivel, which he engages with
that Of his own piece, and inclincs both 10
tho right. Each odd number 81 the front
rank grasps his piece with the right hand
between the bands, the left hand guiding
the h0ok.swivcl. which he holds near the
hook swivcls OF the other pieces.
At the command arms, each odd mum.
Der Of the front rank engages the hook Of
his piece with the face hook OF the piece
oi the even number ot the ruar rank. lilo
then turns the barfcl downward aud 10
the right, between the other two, 10 that
II shall r,at upon their intersection, and
rests the butt about fifteen inches In front
OF his right foot
The stack being formed and aligned,
the command, "lay on loose pieces "
given, at which the remaining pieces IN
the near rank arr passed 10 the even mum.
bcrs In the frunt rank, who lay them on
the stacks. Tho pcccs OF the illc'closcrs
arc laid on thcstack nj the same time.