No. 3 attends the muzzle.
Nos. 8, 10, 11, and 13, the shifting-spar, assisted by as many of the crew as can take hold.
No. 7 draws the loop-bolt.
The Stroke Oarsmen run the field-carriage forward, the Quarter Gunner guiding it on the track by the trail.
III. "SHIFT THE HOWITZER!"
34. Nos. 1 and 2 clear the elevator; heave up the breech of the gun by the spar; Nos. 5 and 6 back the bed on the slide; run the field-carriage a little forward, so that its lugs come under the loop of the howitzer; lower the piece; put in the loop-bolt and elevator; hook on the drag-rope and ship the trail-handspike in its socket.
IV. "LAND!"
35. Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8 now jump out of the boat, and, with Nos. 3 and 4, divide to each skid; not standing between them, but keeping outside of them. The Stroke Oarsmen wheel the piece up to the gunwale by the spokes, the Quarter Gunner guiding the trail by the trail-handspike, and the rest of the crew take hold of the drag-rope to ease the gun down from the bow, the Quarter Gunner still guiding it down the skids.
When down off the skids and on the bottom, the drag-rope is hooked around the axle, and the howitzer run up on the beach.
The Captain of the howitzer superintends and assists whenever it may be necessary.