FOOTNOTES:

[40] The compressor-shaft should be marked as a guide to No. 1 to know when compressed sufficiently.

CHAPTER VII.

MORTARS.

444.

TITLES OF MORTAR CREW.

(See Diagram 1.)

No. 1. First Captain.
No. 2. Second Captain.
No. 3. First Loader and Trainer.
No. 4. First Sponger and Trainer.
No. 5. Second Loader, Front Eccentric Trainer.
No. 6. Second Sponger, Front Eccentric Trainer.
No. 7. Left Circle Eccentric Trainer and Shell-carrier.
No. 8. Right Circle Eccentric Trainer and Shell-carrier.
No. 9. Left Circle Eccentric Trainer and Shell-hoister.
No. 10. Right Circle Eccentric Trainer and Shell-hoister.
No. 11. Rear Circle Eccentric Trainer and Shell-hoister.
No. 12. Rear Circle Eccentric Trainer and Shell-hoister.
No. 13. Powder-man.