SWITZERLAND for _several years has been pre paring a new system of field artillery. The gun recently adopted, already described, is one of the most powerful and modern weapons in the world. In 1001 there were added to the army one machine-gun company to each cavalry brigade. Each machine-gun company is provided with eight Maxim guns, having a range of 2000 meters, the ammunition ribbon carrying 250 rounds. The weight of the gun, which is carried by one horse, is 109 kg. (about 239 pounds). In 1000 there were 56 field batteries organized into eight regiments of division artillery, four bat teries to the regiment, and four regiments of corps artillery, six batteries to the regiment.
The enormous Euroix-an ordnance-manufa•tur ing companies devoting themselves to the manu facture of guns number among their customers at one time or another all the nations of the earth, both great and small. Ilmvever, the prin
cipal buyers of 'ready-made' guns are the smaller nations, who have no faetories of their own; for this reason there are included in the accompany ing table of field guns the standard guns turned out in 1900 by the various manufacturers.
;try of t Wo general descript ions, each typo log the Many variplios Ma•cs•ary to Diva slimesS 11111y the many contingencies of campaign set.
vice. Troops having good facility of transport carry with them apparatus more or less elab orate, with which—particularly in the ease of the rnited States Army—meals be prepared little, if any, inferior to those prepared in per manent posts. Under circumstances less favor able recourse is had to various forms of trench ovens and cooking. In most armies this forms a