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with reserve in No. IV. shell store. .D, H, and # groups in No. Vil. 
shell store with reserve in No. VI. shell store. Case shot: in gun 
emplacemets arranged as seats for the detachments. Tubes and fuzes: 
in central depét in four divisions, I. for A and B groups, II. for C 
group, III. for D and H groups, 1V. for # group. Qwick-firing 
ammunition : in case shot stores. Nos. II. and LY. 
Suppry.—Shell : 25 rounds (20 common, 5 shrapnel) for each gun 
placed in depdts by the ammunition details assisted by the gun details 
(Table II.). These depdts to be placed in the verandah behind each 
gun, except in the cases of C.2 and C.5 where there are large recesses 
available.) G'as-checks and wedge-wads are also placed at the depéts. 
Cartridges, tubes, fuzes and quick-firing ammunition supplied during 
action (Table III.). 
Disposal of empty cylinders : A and B groups in shell store, No. IT. 
vid lift No.1. C group in yard behind on gun floor level. D and H 
group in yard on right rear on gun floor level. # group in yard by 
west entrance to magazine passage, vid lift No. 15. 
Lirrs to be assigned during action as follows: No. 1, with improvised 
hook, removal of empty cylinders A and B groups. No. 2, A group. 
No. 3, B group. No. 4, quick-firing ammunition. No. 5, C.l gun. 
No. 6, not used. No. 7, C.2 gun. No. 8, not used. No. 9, 0.3 gun. 
No. 10, quick-firing ammunition. No. 11, not used, so as not to block 
communication or impede disposal of empty cartridges. No. 12, D 
group. No. 13, H group. No. 14, F group. No. 15, removal of 
empty cylinders £ group. 
Ammunition Daraizs to be divided into three sections. No. I. or C 
Section, parade by east entrance to magazine passage; gun floor de- 
tachment proceeds by steps not shewn. (Note—This is No. I., because 
it has to pass through part of magazine passage in which No. II. works 
and it is desirable it should goin first). No. £1. or A B Section, parade 
on left or behind No. I.; enters magazine passage by east entrance; gun 
floor detachment proceeds by circular stairs. No. IIL. or DHF Section, 
parade by west entrance to magazine passage; gun floor detachment 
proceeds by magazine passage to small yard outside No. IV. cartridge 
store and thence by circular stairs. Zube and fuze servers. One 
N.C.O. at central depét, one man carrying to Gun Captains for each 
division (see Storage). ‘The whole under the command of an officer, 
whom the Master-Gunner will assist, when lamps are lit, stores issued, 
and permanent staff placed.’ 
Probably the organization described is capable of much improvement. 
tt has not been tested by practice, and, if I may be allowed to say so, 
1 Objection may be taken that the positions are exposed, but they can only be reached by direct 
fire and the projectile must first enter by a small port and strike either the gun cr its mounting. 
In the cases of D, 4, and # groups positions behind the traverses might be safer, but inside the 
emplacements they would impede communication, and in the verandah it is necessary to keep the 
tops of the lifts clear for the cartridge service. 
? In Tables II. and III. the details are enumerated in the order they should stand in on parade. 
To enable this to be done the column of duties in the manning tables should be left blank. The 
plate is in many respects imaginary, but it is not exaggerated. 
