To stop boat quickly, as if running on a rock: "About face! hold!" when the oarsmen turn about and hold blade in water, stopping momentum of boat.
To turn to port: "Pull starboard, back port!" (To turn to starboard, the opposite).
To make a landing: "In bow!"; the bow oar is raised vertically, then lowered into its place in the boat, and the bow man takes the boat-hook and guides boat gently into its place.
To cease rowing: "Way enough!"; the oars are raised vertically, shoved properly in place.
CORDAGE.
Q. Name the important knots used in mine-work.
A. Anchor-knot or fisherman's bend, square knot, clove-hitch, bowline, stopper, whipping, and short splice. (See plate of knots for gun-companies.)
THE U. S. MAGAZINE RIFLE.
See Examination for Second-class Gunners, for Gun-companies.