Article 6.
EXERCISE OF GUNS ON COMMON TRAVERSING PLATFORMS.
The disposition, and duties of the detachments, as at [page 174].
Load. Run the gun up. Heave. Elevating, Traversing, Priming, Firing, and Running back, as detailed for guns on dwarf, and casemate traversing platforms.
Article 7.
DISPOSITION, AND DUTIES OF FIRING HOT SHOT, WITH SEVEN MEN.
| No. 1. commands, supplies 2 with side arms, points, and primes. | |
| 3 loads, puts a dry wad over the cartridge, then a damp one, (and a dry wad over the shot if necessary,) assists No. 2 to ram home the dry wads, runs up, and elevates. | 2 searches, spunges, rams home, assists to put in the shot, runs up, and elevates. |
| 5 supplies 3 with cartridges and wads, runs up, and traverses. | 4 clears the vent, serves it, pricks the cartridge, runs up, and traverses. |
| 7 brings shot from the furnace, and assists to put them in, double-mans 3’s handspike, supplies 1 with tubes, and fires. | 6 assists 7 to bring shot from the furnace, double-mans 2’s handspike, and supplies 5 with cartridge, and wads. |
With all kinds of traversing platforms, No. 3 receives the bearer from 6 and 7, and assists 2 to put in the shot.