{ | | | |
{ 4.12.6.10.14.16.18.20.22.24.
Attend opposite Outer Shifting-Tackle 19.3. or 20.4.
Stand by to hook Inner Tackle,
when the Outer Shifting-Tackle is a-block 17 or 18.

III. "PIVOT TO RIGHT OR LEFT!"

(Diagram No. 3.)

{ 3.11.5.9.13.15.17.19.21.23.[A]
{ | | | |
Haul on--Outer Shifting-Tackle[16] { or or or or
{ | | | |
{ 4.12.6.10.14.16.18.20.22.24.
Ease away opposite Shifting-Tackle 19.3 or 20.4.
Hook to Slide, Inner Tackle and Haul Taut 17. or 18.
Unhook Outer Shifting-Tackles 21.22.23.24.
In Fore Pivot-Bolt 3. or 4.
Shift Inner Tackles as { To rear of Slide 19.20.
Train-Tackles { To Deck 17.18.
Down Shifting Slide-Levers, unship them and
ship them on Rear Slide Training-Trucks[17] 15.16.
Hook Out-Tackle Block to Slide 5.6.
Take stations for next order--which, if the gun is loaded, will be
"Run Out;" if not loaded, will be "Sponge."[18]
When the Gun is Run Out--
Shackle Breeching[19] 3.13.--4.14.
Draw the Rear Pivot-Bolt 2.

Note A: Other numbers may be called to assist, if needed.

[Illustration: STAND BY TO PIVOT STARBOARD [Diagram No. 3.] D. Van
Nostrand Publisher. Julius Bien, pr.]

[Illustration: SPONGE-LOAD [Diagram No. 4.] D. Van Nostrand Publisher.
Julius Bien, pr.]

IV. "SERVE VENT AND SPONGE!"

(Diagram No. 4.)

248. No. 4 is to receive the moist sponge from No. 6, right hand over,
left under, to send it home, and, assisted by No. 3, to press it to
the bottom of the Bore, then to turn it around two or three times from
left to right, in the direction that the worm may take,[20] withdraw
it, strike the staff several smart taps under the muzzle, then return
it to No. 6, who will receive it and lay it down;[21] the Gun Captain
serves, then stops the Vent,[22] and as soon as the sponge has been
withdrawn, serves the Vent with his priming-wire and again stops it.

This being done--

No. 20 hands the Rammer to No. 4 as soon as the latter has been
relieved of the Sponge by No. 6. Should No. 4 observe that the Gun