kets
Boring-bits | Inside brackets
Water-buckets and large swab | Hold, until wanted.
Hand-swabs | Breast of carriage.
Selvagee-wads | Do. do.
Battle-axes, as allowed (Art. 101) | On breast-transom.
Two transporting axles and trucks | In storeroom, at hand.
One shell in box | On slide.
Shell-bearer | Do.
Rail transom-chocks[9] | Under rails.
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STATIONS AND GUN-NUMBERS.

243. The following are to be the gun-numbers and stations for a gun's
crew of twenty-five, including the Powderman, the XI-inch shell-gun
being taken as an example:

+------------------------+-------------+---------------------------+
| | | |
| LEFT SIDE. | GUN-NOS. | RIGHT SIDE. |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------------------+
| | | | |
| First Loader | 3 | 4 | First Sponger. |
| Second Loader | 5 | 6 | Second Sponger. |
| First Shellman | 7 | 8 | Second Shellman. |
| First Front-Leverman | 9 | 10 | Second Front-Leverman. |
| First Compressman | 13 | 14 | Second Compressman. |
| First Rear-Leverman | 11 | 12 | Second Rear-Leverman. |
| | | | |
| | {17 | 18} | |
| Tacklemen | {19 | 20} | Tacklemen. |
| | {21 | 22} | |
| | {23 | 24} | |
| | | | |
| First Train-Leverman | 15 | 16 | Second Train-Leverman. |
| First Captain | 1 | 2 | Second Captain. |
| Powderman | 25 | | |
+------------------------+------+------+---------------------------+

To reduce from 24 men and Powderman to 20, omit four highest numbers.

To reduce from 20 men and Powderman to 16 men and Powderman, omit four
next highest numbers.

To reduce from 16 men and Powderman to 12 men and Powder-boy, omit
four highest numbers; 7