A manual of United States Army ordnance.

Edited by Major A. Mordecai. Includes index.

Ordnance --Shots and shells -- Artillery carriages -- Implements and equipments -- Harness -- Mountain artillery -- Paints, lackers, &c. -- Small arms and accoutrements -- Gunpowder -- Ammunition and fireworks -- Equipment of batteries for field, siege and garrison service -- Mechanical maneouvres -- Artillery practice -- Materials -- Miscellaneous information.