Chapter 16 – Salute Battery

Ceremonies did not originally use field artillery as a salute battery. In the 19th century, branches of service were lined up from right to left: Infantry, field artillery, and Cavalry, respectively. Field artillery lined up their guns but did not fire them. When honors began to be fired in ceremonies, the guns were moved out of the formation to avoid injury to other elements of the formation.

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