The third part of the principles of the art military practised in the warres of the United Provinces vnder the Lords the States Generall and His Highnesse the Prince of Orange : treating of severall peeces of ordnance ... : together with a list of all necessary preparations appertaining to an armie ... / written and composed by Henry Hexham.

The Waggon Master Generall, his Lieutenant, and Con∣ductours march vnder the Traine of the Ordnance.

BEfore the Armie rises to the Feild, the Lord Generall sends out writs for the Waggon Master Generall, that he shall send for his Conductours, to presse and take, vp so many waggons, as the greatnesse, or litleness of the army maye require, it maye be in every quarter 6, 7, 8. yea 1000. Waggons, and each waggon to be furnished with three lusty horses, and a dryver, every weggon having 3 gilders a day, so long as the Armie is in the Feild, and the Conductours 30. stivers per diem.

A List of the Waggons to beemployed as followed.

• FIrst for the Generall of the Ordnance his Traine 150.
• For the Lord Generall him self, as many as his traine shall require.
• For princes Earles, and Lords voluntiers as ma∣ny as they shall have vse for.
• For the Lords the Deputed States for the Armie as many as they have vse for.
• For the Clarke of the Munition, and his traine Ineluding also the Controuler, Inginiers and Conductour two compaines of Pyoniers, and the Carpenters 120.
• For the Sariant Majour Generall of the Ar∣mie 2.
• For the Commisse or Klark of the Victuals and his traine 320.
• For the Quarter-master Generall of the foote 2.
• For the Provost Marshall Generall 3.
• For the three principall Chiurgians of the army 3.
• For the Treasurer of the Armie 3.
• For the Waggon-Master Generall, his Lieutenant, Conductours, Wheele-makers, Smiths, & Tow-workers 7.
• For the Quarter-Master of the Horse 1.
• For the Lieutenant Generall of the Horse 6.
• For every Colonell of the foote some 3 some 4, according to the greatnesse of their traine, A Lieutonant Co ••onell 1.
• For every Sariant Majour 1.
• For every Quarter-Master of the foote 1.
• For the Preachter of a Regiment 1.
• For every foote Companie in the Armie 1.
• The Bridgmaster hath vnder his charge all sorts of punt bridges & small boate bridges: the ordnance and all things else carried vp to the Rendevous in punts.
• The Commise Generall or Clarke of the shipping when the Armie is to goe into feild is to send forth two Conductours to presse so manye Ships in every Towne and quarter, as the Generall shall give hrm order for, and as the greatnesse of the Armie maye require.

A List of the Baggage Shipps, and for all Officers that followes the Army.

• FOr every Colonell and the chiefe Officers of his Regiment Ships 3.
• For every troupes three of horsse 1.
• For the Lord Generall and his traine 21.
• For the Lord Marshall 5.
• Forforrain Lords and Earles 28.
• The Quartter-master & the Provost goe in the Ship appointed for the Officers of the feild
• For each Captaine of the Pyoniers a Ship 3.
• For the Theasieier of the Army 1.
• For the Advocate Fiscall & his Recorder 1.
• For the chiefe Master Gunner 1.
• For the Captaines of the Carpenters 2.
• For the Prevost Marshall Generall 1.
• For the Generall of the Ordnance 1.
• For the Klarke of the Ammunition 1.
• For the Klark of the Ordnance 1.
• For the Klarke of the Victuals 1.
• The Waggon-Master Generall 1.
• The Captaine of the Kanon Horses 1.
• The Commise or Klark of the Shipping 2.
• The Sariant Majour Generall of the Amy 1.
• The Quarter-Master Generall 1.
• The Controuler of the Artillerie & Munition 1.
• The Controuler of the Fortifications 1.
• The Inginiers, and their Assistants 1.
• The Prevost Marshall ouer the Shippers, and saylours 1.
• Ships allowell for the transporting of sick and wounded souldiers 20.
• Spare Ships for forraine Lords and Volun∣tiers 10.
• For the Prevost Marshall Generall of the Ca∣vaillerie 1.
• For the Physician and Apothecarye of the armie 1.
• Besides all these every Companie so long as they lye a Ship board have three, foure, or fiue Ships comming out of garrison till they march a land, where of some of these Ships have three gilders, some a rixe dalder, others two gilders a day, according to their hurden.
• The Commisse or Klark Generall ouer the Vic∣tuals, hath superintendence and care ouer all manner of Victuals, as also Victuallers and Sutlars, which followes the Armie, and hath under his charge diverse Conductours, and Bakers as the service maye require.
• First if be a long expedition, so that noe bread, or Victualls can come vp to the Army from the Shipping by convoy, or

• to any towne beseiged it wilbe needfull for him to have meale barriled vp 156 lb. in a barrill 3000 barrils
• Which 3000. Barrils will require 600 waggons.
• For the keeping of it in Shipping before it be loaded on waggons he must have 5. Conductours, and Ships 9
• All necessaries must he have also belonging to Bakers, and Bakers.
• As also 40. Kopper Ovens such as yow see figure 47. each oven carryed vpon a waggon, Troughs, dowknifs, pailes
• For these 40. Kopper Ovens sixe great kitchin tents, with two or three chimneies in them.
• Now one Oven being 9. foote longe, and 2½ in breath, wil bake in three howers a batch of 50. long loaves of bread each loafe a foote long, & 5. ynches broad, which bakes at a time, 300 lb of bread, and one Oven will bake in 24. howers 300 loaues of bread, which makes 1800. lb.
• And 40 of these ovens being well heated, will backe 6. times in 24. howers, 12000. loaves, which at 4. lb. each loase, comes for one day to 48000. lb. and for two dayes if the Armie rests 96000. lb. a reasonable proportion of bread 960000 lb.
• Item chiefe for the Army in store 500000 lb.