1864 E. A. Parkes 350 Squad bags are also issued to infantry, four to each company.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson (ed. 3) 398/1 Squad Bags, canvas bags provided for troops (one for every 25 men), for the purpose of relieving a soldier from carrying a complete kit on the line of march or in the field.