Disposition, and duties of the Men.
| No. 1 commands. | |
| Left side. | Right side. |
| 3 carries the foot of the left cheek, has charge of the left lever, keys and unkeys the left capsquare, runs the carriage up, or back. | 2 carries the foot of the right cheek, has charge of the right lever, keys and unkeys the right capsquare, runs the carriage up or back. |
| 5 carries the top of the left cheek, assists 3 at the lever, runs the carriage up, or back. | 4 carries the top of the right cheek, assists 2 at the lever, runs the carriage up or back. |
| 7 carries the levers and handspikes, assists 6 to pass the fall round the windlass, holds on next to him. | 6 carries the windlass, passes the fall round it, holds on the fall and makes it fast, eases off the fall, and lowers the gun. |
| 9 carries the top of the prypole with sling, fid, trucks, &c., holds on the fall behind 7, and coils it up. | 8 carries the foot of the prypole with sling, fid, trucks, &c., holds on the fall behind 6. xx |
| 11 assists in carrying the blocks, and fall, reeves, and unreeves the triple block, assists in slinging the gun, and steadies it on his own side. | 10 assists in carrying the blocks and fall, reeves, and unreeves the double block, assists in slinging the gun, and steadies it on his own side. |
Put the gyn together, and reeve the tackle. Place the windlass.
To raise, and place a Gyn.
Prepare to raise the gyn. At a small gyn the tackle is hooked before the gyn is raised; at a large gyn it is not hooked until after the operation has been performed. At the Small gyn, Hook the tackle. Raise the gyn. Halt. Prepare to place the gyn, either pattern. Lift the cheeks in, out, to the right, or to the left. At the Large gyn, Prepare to hook the tackle. Hoist the tackle.
To raise a Gun, or other object, and to mount and dismount a Gun or Howitzer on, and from a standing carriage; or to shift it from one carriage to another.
Post yourselves. Pass the fall round the windlass. Put on the sling, and hook the block. Fix the sling, to a gun, or howitzer without dolphins. Or, Fix the lashing, to a mortar, or other piece of ordnance with dolphins. Fix the sling, to a mortar bed. Shift the fall to the right of the windlass. Haul taught. Everything being prepared for raising the piece, &c., which has been slung, Work the levers. Heave. Fetch. Heave, Fetch, alternately until the piece, &c., is high enough. High enough. Make fast the fall. If a gun, or howitzer is to be dismounted, the carriage is run from under by Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and the piece is lowered to the ground—Prepare to lower the piece. Lower. The piece is unslung, and the sling removed by the same numbers that slung it. Before striking the large gyn, the tackle must be unhooked; an operation exactly the reverse of hooking. Prepare to strike the gyn. Strike the gyn. Take the gyn to pieces.
To mount a Gun, and Carriage, upon a platform waggon, by means of a triangle gyn.
The gyn is placed over the gun in the usual manner, and the platform waggon is brought to the side of the gyn, with its rear towards the muzzle of the gun. The gun is then raised, by means of the gyn; and, when high enough, and the fall made fast, the carriage is run back by Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5. Prepare to back the waggon. Back the waggon. Lower the gun. The sling is then removed, and the waggon is run forward. The gun carriage is next brought under the gyn, and turned bottom upwards—Lift. Fix the carriage sling. The carriage is now raised by means of the gyn, and is lowered upon the piece. Lash the carriage.