MASTER-AT-ARMSGUNNER'S
MATES.
SEAMAN
GUNNER.
CHIEF
YEOMAN.
APOTHECARY.YEOMAN—1ST
2D, AND 3D
CLASS.
SHIP'S PRINTER
OR
SCHOOL-MASTER.
BANDMASTER.
MACHINISTS,
BOILER-MAKERS,
WATER-TENDERS,
COPPERSMITHS,
AND OILERS.
CARPENTER'S
MATES,
PLUMBERS,
AND PAINTERS.
BLACKSMITH.BOATSWAIN'S
MATES AND
COXSWAINS.

The seaman class is indicated by the rows of braid on the cuffs.

Seamen, first class or able-bodied seamen, have three rows of braid.

Seamen, second class or ordinary seamen, have two rows of braid.

Seamen, third class or landsmen, have one row of braid.

The watch mark for the enlisted men not petty officers consists of a stripe of braid on the sleeve close to the shoulder. For the seaman, white on blue clothes, blue on white clothes.

For the engineer force, red on both white and blue clothes.

The watch mark indicates the watch of which the wearer is a member. The starboard men wear it on the right arm, and the port men on the left.


TAKING SOUNDINGS.