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'''Mules''' formed part of the supply and transport section of armies and were particularly popular with expeditionary forces which had to travel over rougher terrain. A mule driver is called as a muleteer. [[Image:0031_Mountain_battery.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Punjab Mountain Battery showing swivel gun barrel on mule'']]
==Mule Corps of the Indian Army==
However by 1905 a further reorganisation had witnessed the emergence of a regular corps and cadres of mules, camels and cart transport. "This now consists of 21 mule corps, 9 silladar camel cadres and 2 pony cart train cadres. A mule corps is commanded by a British officer and is divided into two subdivisions, each in charge of a warrant officer. Those for cavalry brigades are divided into six draught and four pack troops , each under a [[Daffardar|daffadar]] and have a total strength of 552 all ranks, with 936 mules. Those for use wih other arms are divided into nine pack troops, each under a daffadar, and have a total strength of 388 of all ranks with 840 mules. Cadres of mule corps are commanded by a British Officer and maintain practically the full number of supervisisng and artificer establishments. They have, however, a much smaller number of mules." <ref> [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 3] </ref>
Fibiwiki article on [[Mountain Guns]] describes the artillery that could be carried by mules The mule corps played an integral part in the various theatres of war during the [[First World War]] such a as France, Gallipoli, Egypt and Basra.
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