The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-03

inside and the clews tied around, h. stead of dashed as is customary in the navy. The only fixed berths provided arc iu the sick bay, where double-tiered iron standing berths are fitted Witt
 mattresses and pillows. About pel cent. of the number of troops carried Is
 the allowance for sick k-bay berths, and
 small detached bay is provided for in- fectious cases A commodious batf' room is attached to each sick bay. Tho diGpensary is separate
 | On each deck standing mess tables with benches are fitted to accommodate
 the men berthed on the dck. The tables are in q row along the sides, leaving th9
 midship part of the deck clear. They eX- tend inboard from the ships side, where
 they are rabbeted or hung over a stringer and, with the benches, are se- ourely nailed to the deck. | The regulations give the following as a rough rule for the number of men q | given space will take: Two and half men tc each foot of length when the | beam allows 6-foot mess tables to be used; men to each foot of length when the beam allows 7-foot 6-inch tables to
 
 when the beam allows 9-foot tables to be used: e-foot tables take 8 men; r. foot 6-inch tables 10 men, and 9-foot ta- bles F men each. By special authority, | two more men can be added to each ta- l b]e. When the beam permits, the g. foot tables for 12 men each are the best 1 to fit.
 Tables are to be feet inches from center 10 center on decks with side lights but feet inches on decks not So provided.
 There should be a clear 2 feet inches from end of tables to coamings of hatchways, etc.
 Over each table is painted on the ships side the number of the mess to occupy it and the number of men in the mess.
 In suitable compartments below are built the armories, where rifles and car pines are slowed horizontally in tiers, each rifle resting in scores cut to receive il; revolvers slowed in pistol racks and sabres in vertical stands. A compart- ment or large bin is fitted with parti- tioned shelves for the knapsacks of the men of each unit separately A com partment is also fitted with rows and tiers of small open-faced boxes to hold the helmets with which all the troops are provided.
 Transports for mounted troops are fitted with a compartment for horse trdppings, vertical stanchions with long upward-sloping pegs for saddles and brides, and horizontal baize-cov- eied poles for hanging harness. In some instances this gear arrives all haggtG and marked with unit and horse to which it belongs, in which case it is simply slowed in the compartment pro- vided.
 Bakeries, galeys, guard and orderly rooias, magazines, wash rooms and latr'nes are fitted on all transports &C., cording to admiralty specifications and entirely independent of the ships usual furniture. The wash rooms are fitted with running water and metal tipping basins which empty into ample over board pipes.
 The horse transports are generally ships that are used in the live-cattle trade. The horse decks are above the water line. The decks are laid in ce- ment, with heavy rounded fore and aft wooden strips for the animals to brace their feet. For the conveyance of horses the admiralty require that there must be 2-foot passage between the ships side and the cant at the rear of the stalls while each stall must be of the following dimensions.
 F't in. 1rrt1,
 the clear .........,...,. Breadth between parting bars ins
 the clear .....,.............. Height of parting bar from plat
 form to top.... ..................... 3 9 Height of breast rail from plat
 form to top... ..................... Height of haunch rail from plat
 form to top. ................... 6 Boards fitted as kicking boards Gone
 pair for every 10 stalls);
 LsiistH ..''.'''.. ..'.'.'..'.,,'.....,
 BreaQth ..........,.........a q. .... 6
 Ibckness ....................... 1R
 In addition to these what we may term ordinary stalls large stalls" are to be provided for per cent. more horses than the number to be embarked I iiiu Pcl ISHl' Dl lile SldllS are to De b l inches longer and inches wider than the others In addition to these larger stalls, which should be together, and l clearly marked large stalls" loose box | es are to be provided amidships on each 1eck or compartment on which horses Ire carried and when possible, one is Q be built on the upper deck for each ,0 horses provided for.
 Each stall is supplied with a pair of | cushions for the top rails on ! each side of a horse in case of heavy weather
 The heavy wagons of the field tele- | graph company, bridging battalion, field | hospital, etc., are slowed loaded, with overs on, on top of other cargo, so that | 10 weights come on top of them The wheels are taken off. Only a portion of pecia wagons of the army service orps are being taken, as it is the inten- ion to use the wagons of the Cape, as better suited to the country for tram port purposes.
 The guns and wagons of the artillery batteries and ammunition columns are lowed in the holds with wheels on and wagons loaded; cartridges and fused hell in the magazines. The guns and aissons have stout wooden frames over he breech of the gun, covering pro- ecting fittings. All guns, wheels, etc., re painted a uniform khaki color.
 The transport arrangements are ad-