{"newspaper_name": "Mobile register and journal.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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ROCKET AND MOUNTAIN HowIrZER BATE RIA new species of force, which promises to be very efIectye is to be organized military ser vice An advertisement bv Lieut.. WALLACE ap- pears m another column, calling for recruits with ssRocket and Mountain Howitzer Batteries" i" now preparing by the Ordnance Department for i'm mediate departure. None but choice will be ceiyed into lhIs corps.

 The armament of one of these batteries is com posed of four l2 pounder Mountain Howitzers, weigh ing only 220 lbs. and caissons complete; two Rock ct carriages, with the necessary fixtures, and cais- sons complete; two l2 pound Moriars weighing eighty -ionr pounds each with morar beds, also com plete one travelling Forge, and ono Battery wagon, in charge of the artcers The travelling Forge and Battery. wagons to be al such distance in the rear as convenience and necessity may require, as also the Mortars which being required for special cases, noevers on the ield although habually in readiness 10 be made available when called for.

 The officers and men are 10 be armed as follows: For the officers, swords aud pistols; for the non commissioned officers and men. musquetoons, slung; the non commissioned officers carrying, if necessary. d light sword. Every maa of the company 10 be an expert marksman.

 The ammunition required for this Battery would be-Fsr he Howiizes, shells, with ihe improved G,zes and canister shot For the Rocket carriages, the usual Congreve or War-Rockei, the greater DOT ton tD consist of the smaller kind with few how ey@r, of the larger sizes, for special purposes. A mode is devised for packing rockets in the ordinary ammunition boxes, like those for the hmbers and calssons of the guns, instead of long wagOns--las afordng more uniformity among the carr Iages of his Battery, and also greater facilities for nan9u- yerng the pieces, and transporting the ammunition.