Produced by Jeannie Howse, Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The University of Michigan Making of America collection) ORDNANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 1866. +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | There are some very wide tables in this work, either on | | one page or across two pages. These have been broken | | apart to fit within a 75 character width; they can all | | be put back together, with some minor adjustments for | | those sections that have information across multiple | | columns. | | | | Inconsistent spelling is maintained in this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ ORDNANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. PART I. RELATING TO THE PREPARATION OF VESSELS OF WAR FOR BATTLE, AND TO THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND OTHERS WHEN AT QUARTERS. PART II. THE EQUIPMENT AND MANOEUVRE OF BOATS AND EXERCISE OF BOAT HOWITZERS. PART III. ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES. FOURTH EDITION.--PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1866. Officers are requested to communicate to the Bureau of Ordnance any suggestions relative to future additions or corrections, with the reasons for any proposed changes, quoting part, page, and paragraph by its number. CONTENTS. [A full index will be found at the end of the book.]