Routine ceremonies, such as colors, etc.
Orders to steersman, right rudder, etc.
Ordnance and Gunnery
School of the squad and company in infantry.
School of the section and battery in artillery.
Precautions to be taken in handling small arms and their ammunition.
Describe any Navy gun with which you are familiar.
Describe the projectile, fuses, and primers for any Navy gun with which you are familiar.
Brief description of the care and preservation of the battery.
While this mental fodder was in process of digestion, you might, perhaps, have overheard such abstruse and breezy dialogue as this, aboard the Corsair: