Candidates must be cautioned to remember all necessary data. They cannot ask the examining officer for any. It must be impressed on them also that under no circumstances can they start to set the scales before the instant prescribed by the Regulations for the Gunners’ Examinations.
Drill of the Gun Squad.
Candidates should be familiar with the following paragraphs of the D. and S. R. F. A.: Formation of the gun squads (135, 138); to form the gun squad (170-173); to tell off the gun squad (174); post of the gun squads (175-177); to post the gun squad (178-179); post of the cannoneers, carriages limbered (180-182); to mount the cannoneers (183-185); to dismount the cannoneers (186-187); to change posts (189-190); to move by hand the carriages limbered (191-192); to leave the park (204); action front (199); posts of the cannoneers, carriages unlimbered but not prepared for action (188); limber front and rear (202); action rear (200); limber rear (203); to move by hand the carriages unlimbered (937); prepare for action (938); march order (942); posts of the cannoneers, carriages unlimbered and prepared for action (941); duties in detail of the gunner (845-869); duties in detail No. 1 (807-891); duties in detail of No. 2 (892-901); duties in detail of No. 3 (902-911); duties in detail of No. 4 (913-918); duties in detail of No. 5 (919-924); methods of laying (985-988); and methods of fire (995-1008).
The questions will only cover the important points covered in the paragraphs above.
Materiel.
Candidates should be familiar with the following (Handbook of the 3-inch Materiel): Nomenclature of harness and of the parts and accessories of the wheeled materiel; use of oils; method of cleaning and lubricating parts and mechanisms; method of cleaning cylinder oil and of emptying and filling cylinders; use of tools; the kinds of projectiles, of fuses, and of powder actually issued for use, and their general purpose and effect, omitting questions as to construction, weight, manufacture, and technical description; the care and preservation of saddle and harness equipment in use. Description of: breech mechanism to dismount, to assemble, elevating screws, to dismount; to assemble; hub liner, to remove, to assemble; brakes, piece and caisson, to adjust; wheel, to remove, to replace.
REGULATIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF GUNNERS.
A record of marks will be kept during the examination, and at the conclusion thereof it will be submitted directly to the commander ordering the examination. The mark received by each man in each subject will appear opposite the man’s name and the appropriate totals will be carried out. The tabular list, upon approval by the commander ordering the examination, will be published in orders.
Men, to be classified as expert first class gunners, must attain an average of not less than 85% in each of the subjects which follow: to be classed as first class gunners, a general average of not less than 85% with an average in each subject of not less than 75%; to be classed as second class gunners, a general average of not less than 75%, with an average in each subject of not less than 65%.
Examinations will include the following: