Part I.—Article 1.—Telling off the Detachments.
The men fall in two deep, and are told off on the same principle as for field guns. No. 1 always commands his detachment.
A gun detachment being drawn up in line, two deep, No. 1 is the right hand man of the front rank; No. 2 is the right hand man of the rear rank; and No. 3 his front rank man; and so on.
The men must go through every part of the exercise in turn. At the word “Change round” when there are seven men in a detachment,
| No. 2 | becomes | 4 | No. 1 | becomes | 7 | |
| 4 | ” | 6 | 7 | ” | 5 | |
| 6 | ” | 1 | 5 | ” | 3 | |
| 3 | ” | 2 |
No. 3 shifting in front of the muzzle.
When there are only six men in a detachment,
| No. 4 | becomes | 1 |
| 1 | ” | 6 |
| 6 | ” | 5 |
the rest as above.
The detachments are told off on their private parades, and marched to the battery. Arrived there, they are halted a few paces in rear of the platforms, to the left of their respective guns, so as to be covered by the merlons, and facing the parapet.