Recoil of Sea Service, Iron Guns, on Ship Carriages, upon a horizontal platform.
| Charges of powder and shot. | Eleva- tion. | 32 pr. | 24 pr. | 18 pr. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deg. | ft. | in. | ft. | in. | ft. | in. | |
| ¹⁄₃ of powder and 1 shot | 2 | 11 | — | 11 | — | 10 | 6 |
| ¹⁄₃ of powder and 2 shot | 4 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 18 | — |
| ¹⁄₄ of powder and 2 shot | 7 | 11 | — | 12 | 6 | 12 | — |
Recoil of Land Service, Iron Mortars, on Iron beds.
| Ft. | In. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Inch, | with a charge of | 6 lbs. —— | 4 | 2 | ¹⁄₂ |
| 10 Inch, | 3 lbs. —— | 2 | 10 | ||
| 8 Inch, | 1 lb. 9 oz. | 3 | 10 | ||
RECOLLECTION. A mode of thinking, whereby those ideas sought after by the mind, are brought again to view. A retentive memory, and a cool collected presence of mind, are necessary qualities in every good officer; and military men should often exercise the faculty of thinking, in order to become instantly familiar with what they have formerly studied and occasionally practised. For memory, like every thing else, acquires strength, and is increased by cultivation. Memoria, ut in cæteris rebus, colendo augetur.
Necessary RECOLLECTIONS for the exercise of a battalion.
It appears, that the front of any division or body is, in ordinary paces of 24 inches, nearly ³⁄₄ths of the number of files of which it is composed. That the circumference of the quarter circle which it describes, is equal in number of paces to the same as the number of files of which it is composed, counting the paces of the centre man of the front rank at 24 inches, allowing 6 inches in addition to the military pace of 24 inches. That the number of files being once ascertained in each division, the officer commanding it must, on all occasions, recollect the number of paces that are equal to his front, by finding the centre man of the front rank.
The field officers and adjutants must always recollect the number of paces the front of the battalion and its divisions occupy, in order to take up ground exactly in all formations; and this is done by counting the number of men from one flank to the centre, which gives the number of military paces.
To RECOMMEND. When a young gentleman wishes to enter into the army, his first object is to get well recommended for that purpose. There is no regulation to determine fitness, and on this account a great many are appointed who are afterwards found unfit.
RECOMMENDATION, in a military sense, is a letter from some influential character, member of congress, or other citizen, stating an individual to be properly qualified for a situation in the army.