1. The articles special to Valise Equipment consist of the following, viz:-

1 bag, ammunition
1 belt, waist, with union locket attached
1 set of braces
2 pouches, ammunition, 20 rounds each
1 pair straps, great coat
1 pair straps, mess tin (for the improved pattern canteen)
1 pair straps supporting valise
1 valise to hold the service kit

A private with the pouch worn behind when on sentry without valise.	A private with the braces, two pouches and ammunition bag.	A private with one pouch and great coat.	Method of putting on the valise.

2. While the object is to provide means of carrying a good supply of ammunition, and the articles of kit, which a soldier requires during peace, or which must be borne during a campaign, it is not intended that the full equipment shall be always carried, or that the whole of the service kit shall necessarily be in the valise. On the contrary, it is proposed to carry only one pouch on ordinary occasions in peace, to use the ammunition bag only during rifle practice, or when required for blank ammunition, and to place in the valise merely such articles of the kit as may be wanted at the time, the other articles being carried for the men.

The object is in fact to leave the soldier as unencumbered as possible, except when there is a necessity for weighting him.

3. The braces are supplied in four sizes. - viz:- large, medium, medium small and small; and future issues will be made according to the following scale of proportion to every 10 sets, viz:-

4. With this proportion of sizes if attention is given to the arrangements in the following paragraph, it is expected that little or no alterations will be required in fitting the braces to the men.