e instructions to be duly enforced and obeyed by
all under them, &c. 1; 3; 1
duties of, as to exercising crews when first received on board, and
subsequently 1; 3; 2
exercising their crews at night 1; 3; 3
to ascertain by firing one round, whether all the gun equipments are
complete, &c. 1; 4; 4
duties of, when defects or deficiencies exist in the armament or
equipments 1; 4; 5
when to order surveys on ordnance stores 1; 4; 6
directions to, in expenditures for target practice 1; 4; 7, 10
to accustom the men to the use of loaded shells 1; 4; 8
to have duly preserved the relative proportions of the respective
charges of powder on hand 1; 4; 9
when practising at the guns in port, directions 1; 5; 11
to exercise their crews in the use of small-arms 1; 5; 12
to exercise boats' crews in the use of howitzers, &c. 1; 5; 13
to forward quarterly reports of all firing 1; 5; 14
to make quarterly examinations of the armament 1; 5; 15
special attention required as to condition of fuzes 1; 5; 16
precautions to be taken when filling shells, &c. 1; 5; 17
never to have the guns unfit for instant use, unless 1; 6; 18
not to give away arms of any description 1; 6; 19
to keep the keys of the ordnance store-rooms in the cabin 1; 6; 20
entering friendly ports, gun charges to be drawn, &c. 1; 6; 21
not to allow friction matches on board 1; 6; 22
their stations when in action 1; 14; 65
to designate the hatchways to be used by boarders 1; 25; 102
alone to permit the use of fire-arms in the tops 1; 25; 103
their duties at general quarters 1; 26; 104-107
to understand thoroughly the use of fuzes 1; 90; 330
to report the efficiency of all fuzes fired, &c. 1; 90; 331
of small vessels, lying in rivers in time of war, duties
of 1; 95, 96; 359-368
duties of, in case of fire 1; 97-100; 370-383
to understand the construction of Parrott projectiles 1; 102; 390
to forward reports on rifle projectiles 1; 102; 392
to refer to the Allowance Tables, before making requisitions for
ordnance or ordnance stores 3; 5; 16
to certify as to arms lost or destroyed in action 3; 6; 19
to sign Ordnance Ledgers before leaving the Navy Yard 3; 7; 20
before sailing, to be furnished with a descriptive list of their
batteries 3; 32; 58
before sailing, to be furnished with impressions of the vents of their
guns 3; 33; 60
to report in detail the action of all fuzes