EXAMINATION FOR TORPEDO-COMPANY GUNNERS 169 Second-class Gunners 169 Service of the Piece, Nomenclature 169 Duties in the Loading-room 174 Duties on the Water 181 Magazine Rifle, Description, etc. 186 First-class Gunners 186 Care and Preservation of Mine Material 186 Handling High Explosives 189 The Azimuth Instrument and Plotting-board 190 Storage Batteries 190 Generators 190 Searchlights 190 Oil-engines 195 Apparatus and Operation of Casemate Switchboard 198
EXTRACTS FROM GENERAL ORDERS NO. 105, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, MAY 11, 1907.
144. A candidate to be eligible for qualification as first-class gunner must have previously qualified as second-class gunner, though both qualifications may be made at the same examination.
145. Boards of examination shall be convened annually in each artillery district by the district commander, to meet within one month after the expiration of the indoor instruction period. Separate boards may be convened for the examination of candidates for first and second-class gunners and also for the posts attached to the artillery district. All boards shall consist of three artillery officers, selected with reference to their special qualifications for this duty; provided, that when a member of the board is a company commander he will, during the examination of candidates from his company, be replaced by an officer of another company. Where travel is necessary the selection of an officer for this duty will be made subject to the approval of the authority competent to order the necessary journeys.
146. Each company commander will, previous to the commencement of the examination, submit to the adjutant a duly signed list, in the triplicate, giving the full names, arranged in muster-roll order, of all the men in his company who are to be examined for first or second-class gunners, with the statement that he believes that each man so presented is capable of qualifying in the class designated. These lists will be transmitted to the senior member of the board by the post commander.
147. In determining the qualifications of candidates credit shall be given for practical knowledge of subjects rather than for text-book answers to questions.
SCHEDULES FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR GUNNERS.