CONTENTS.

[A full index will be found at the end of the book.]

PARTPAGE
Captain1[3-6]
Executive Officer1[6], [7]
Officers in charge of divisions1[8], [9]
Master1[9]
Chief Engineer1[9]
Gunner1[9-12]
Carpenter1[12]
Yeoman1[13]
General distribution of officers and men at quarters1[14-20]
Distribution and arms of men at the guns1[21-25]
Duties at quarters in battle or exercise1[26-40]
Equipments and Implements1[33-35]
Broadside guns, stations and gun-numbers1[35]
Calls for assembling at quarters1[36], [37]
Preparations for exercise at general quarters1[38-40]
Arrangements for delivering and distributing powder1[41-45]
Naval gun-carriages1[45]
Exercise of broadside-guns1[46-60]
Exercise of pivot-guns1[61-73]
Notes upon the manual exercise1[74-88]
The use of fuzes1[89-91]
Boarders1[92], [93]
General precautions to be observed in time of war1[94-96]
Directions in case of fire1[97-100]
Rifled Cannon1[101-107]
Monitors1[108-112]
Mortars1[113-127]
Miscellaneous Operations1[128-131]
Equipment of boats2[3-9]
Fixtures in boats for boat-guns2[6-9]
Exercise and Manœuvre for boat-howitzers2[10-18]
Exercise with howitzer on field-carriage2[19], [20]
Remarks on the use of Naval Light Artillery2[21], [22]
Notes on the use of boat-howitzers2[22-24]
Manœuvres of boats armed for service2[24]
Landing seamen, marines, and howitzers2[25-27]
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores3[3-80]
Inspection and Proof of Naval guns3[8-17]
Use of the Inspecting Instruments3[18-21]
Powder-Proof3[22]
Water-Proof3[23]
Marking guns3[23]
Extreme proof of trial guns3[24-26]
Preparation of guns for service3[27-29]
Preservation of guns3[30-32]
Examination of guns3[33-35]
Inspection of shot and shells3[36-38]
Shot and shell gauges3[39], [40]
Piling of balls3[41], [42]
Preservation of shot and empty shells3[43]
Preparation of shell for service3[44-47]
Gunpowder3[48-55]
Preservation and storage of powder3[48-53]
Service-charges for naval guns3[53], [54]
Boxes for small-arm ammunition3[55], [56]
Cannon and Friction primers3[56], [57]
Cartridge-bags3[57-59]
Magazines and shell rooms3[60-64]
Gun-carriages3[65], [66]
Gun-gear3[66], [67]
Griolet3[68]
Directions for cleaning arms3[80-82]
Paints and Lacquers3[83-89]
APPENDIX.
Directions as to using the allowance tables of crewsA[iii-v]
Table I. Showing the number of hands for various kinds of gunsA[vi]
Table II. Allowance of Petty Officers for various kinds of vesselsA[vii], [viii]
Table III. Allowance of Officers, whenA[ix]
Table IV. Allowance of Marines, whenA[x]
Graduation of sights and ranges, of 32 pds.: of 27 or 33 cwt.: No. 1B[xi]
Graduation of sights and ranges, 32 pds.: of 42 or 57 cwt.: No. 2B[xii]
Graduation of sights and ranges, 8 in.: of 55 or 63 cwt.: No. 3B[xiii]
Graduation of sights and ranges, 9 and 11 in. shell guns, No. 4B[xiv]
Approximate ranges of Shell guns No. 5B[xv]
Approximate ranges of Shot guns and howitzers No. 6B[xvi]
Approximate ranges of Rifle guns No. 7B[xvii]
Table for finding the distance of an object at sea No. 8B[xviii]
Form of Report of Target Practice with great guns No. 9.B[xx, xxi]
Form of Report of Target Practice with small arms No. 9.B[xxii]
Directions as to preparing Reports of Target Practice No. 10B[xxiii]
Form of Reports of Inspection No. 1C[xxiv-xxvi]
Questions to be embraced in Reports of Target Practice No. 2C[xxvii]
Tables of Allowances of Ordnance Equipments and StoresD[xxviii-li]

PART I.

RELATING TO THE

PREPARATION OF VESSELS OF WAR FOR BATTLE.

Bureau of Ordnance, }
Navy Department. January 1st, 1866. }