in the military art, a case of paste- board or parchment, holding the exact charge of a fire- arm. Those for muskets, carbines, and pistols, contain both the powder and ball for the charge; those of cannon and mortars are sometimes in cases of pasteboard or tin, sometimes in cases of wood, but most frequently in flan- nel-bags, which are found in practice much more conve- nient.

**CARTRIDGE-Box**, a case of wood or turned iron, covered with leather, holding a dozen or more musket cartridges. It is worn upon a belt, and hangs a little lower than the right pocket-hole.