_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. | +-------+-------+---+---+---+--------------------------------------+ 3. _To Limber up._—_Light Guns and Howitzers._