_Light Guns._—7 spunges, 8 loads, 9 serves the vent, 10 fires, 11
commands, 12 carries the match and water bucket, 13 serves 8 with
ammunition from 14, who carries a cartouch and a pair of drag ropes; 15
holds the limber horse, and carries a cartouch.
_Positions._—7 between the right wheel and the muzzle; 8 between the
left wheel and the muzzle; 9 clear of the rear of the right wheel;
10 clear of the left wheel, both in a line with the vent; 11 on the
left of the handspike; 12 on his right, clear of 9; 13 covers the left
wheel, 5 yards in the rear; 14 covers the right wheel, 10 yards in the
rear. The limber is 25 yards directly in the rear of the gun.
_Heavy Guns._—This is the same as with the light guns, except that
7 and 8 stand outside the wheels, and 8 assists 7 to ram home, if
necessary.
_Howitzers._—Positions are the same as the heavy guns, but the duties
different. 7 spunges, uncaps the fuze, and puts in the shell; 8 takes
the sheepskin out of the piece, lays it on the ground, with the woolen
side up, loads with cartridge, wipes the bottom of the shell, (when 7
holds it up) puts in the sheep skin again, and pulls it out with his
left hand on the word _Ready_: He stops the muzzle with it immediately
that the piece is fired; 9 serves the vent; 10 fires; 11 commands;
12 carries the match and bucket; 13 serves 8 with cartridges from a
cartouch; 14 serves 7 with shells from the limber, which he lays on the
sheep skin; 15 attends the limber. As from unavoidable accidents the
number of men attached to a gun, may be reduced, it will be necessary
if the vacancies happen amongst those doing the most essential duties,
to immediately replace them by those doing the most subordinate duties.
_The following method of distributing the duties amongst a smaller
number of men, will be equally applicable to all natures of field
ordnance._
+-------+-------+---------------------------+----------------------+
| Nᵒ. |Nature.| Numbers retained. | The vacancies, |
|of men.| | | how supplied. |
+-------+-------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--------------+
| 9 |Gun | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| complete. |
| |Howr | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| |
+-------+-------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--------------+
| |Gun | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11| 13| 14| 15| Nᵒ. 12 being |
| 8 | | | | | | | | | | dropt, Nᵒ. 11 |
| |Howr | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11| 13| 14| 15| does his duties. |
+-------+-------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------------------+
| | | | | | | | | | Nᵒ. 14’s pouch is |
| |Gun | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11| 13| 15| laid on the ground; |
| | | | | | | | | | 13 carries it when |
| | | | | | | | | | moving. |
| 7 +-------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----------------------+
| |Howr | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11| 14| 15| Nᵒ. 8 serves himself |
| | | | | | | | | | with cartridges |
+-------+-------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----------------------+
| |Gun | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11| 13| 15| Nᵒ. 9 serves the vent |
| 6 | | | | | | | | with his left hand, |
| |Howr | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11| 14| 15| faces about and fires. |
| | | | | | | | | Tube box on left side. |
+-------+-------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--------------------------+
| |Gun | 7 | 8 | 11| 13| 15| Nᵒ. 11 does all the duties |
| 5 | | | | | | | of 9, as in the last |
| |Howr | 7 | 8 | 11| 14| 15| change, his own duties, |
| | | | | | | | and those of 12. |
+-------+-------+---+---+---+---+---+------------------------------+
| 4 |Gun | 7 | 8 | 11| 15| Nᵒ. 8 fetches his own ammunition;|
| |Howr | 7 | 8 | 11| 15| 7 serves his own shells. |
+-------+-------+---+---+---+---+----------------------------------+
| |Gun | 7 | 11| 15| Nᵒ. 7 serves and loads all the |
| 3 | | | | | ammunition.—Nᵒ. 7 & 15 must |
| |Howr | 7 | 11| 15| change duties occasionally. |
+-------+-------+---+---+---+--------------------------------------+