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but owing to tlie very indifferent workmen employed by the several contractors, 
constant alterations and condemnations had to be made. The instructions regard¬ 
ing the number and size of the different stalls were not attended to, bad wood, 
small screws or nails. &o. were used wherever it was thought that the Committee 
would not discover the defects,” 
Major Roberts considers that these delays could be obviated to a great extent by 
the adoption of the following measures : 
(1) Owners to be bound down by a heavy penalty to have their vessels ready on 
a certain date, 
(2) That the vessel be made over entirely to Government to fit up, ventilate, &c. 
(3) The fittings to be Government property ; to be numbered when first put up, 
and returned into store when no longer required. 
(4) If the ships are not fitted by government, the owners not to come on pay 
until the vessels are complete in all respects. 
Selection of Ships. Those for artillery or cavalry to be as high ’tween decks as 
possible. 
Six ships were required to convey a cavalry corps consisting of 9 officers, 
13 native officers, 450 n.c. officers, rank and file, 3 native doctors, 489 horses, 322 
mules, and 590 followers ; and four ships for an infantry corps of 9 officers, 16 
native officers, 736 n.c. officers, rank and file, 3 native doctors, 10 horses, 350 
mules, and 400 followers. Usually the troops were placed in the forepart as being 
the coolest, the horses and mules amidships, and the followers aft. 
Ventilation . Bow-ports the best means ; openings also to be made on deck; 
cut one, two, or three planks for a length of from 12' to 40', also a smaller space aft; 
cover with a combing; cowlheaded and Admiralty ventilators should be used, also two 
large double ventilating trunks should be made, one through poop and the other 
through forecastle. Windsails to be fixed in each hatchway, to be carried down to 
within 13" of horse deck. 
Cleanliness. Every tenth stall to be spare, to shift horses daily. Scuppers 
to be cut in deck behind to carry urine, &c. into bilge. Chloride of zinc and 
Macdougall’s disinfecting powder the best disinfectants. 6 or 7 lbs. of the former 
and 3 or 4 lbs. of latter to be used daily. Chloride of lime on no account to be used. 
Stalls not to be whitewashed, but other parts of deck to be done every 10 or 12 
days. 
For Bilges. Mix 2 lbs. chloride of zinc with 5 gallons of water. 
Macdougall’s powder can be used dry or wet; if dry, a good sized dredger is 
required, if wet, use 3 ounces to 1 gallon of water, or 5 to 8 ounces if strong 
solution is required. Pieces of old blanket saturated in a strong solution of this 
powder and hung up ’tween decks will purify the atmosphere. 
Stalls should be washed daily, and scrape, or dry holy stone the portion of the 
’tween deck occupied by troops 
Stalls , 6' 6" long x 2' wide. 
Stanchions , 4" x 4". 
Sideboard , 9" x II". Front or breast boards 9" x 1|". Lower front board, 
ditto. Kicking batten 2|" x 2". Deck battens, 2|" x 1J" (four for each stall, 
and to run along the width of 3 or 4 stalls). 
