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WORKS OF CAPTAIN H. E. CLOKE

PUBLISHED BY
JOHN WILEY & SONS

The Gunner's Examiner.

Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 8vo, viii + 206 pages, 109 figures. Cloth, $1.50.

The Enlisted Specialists' Examiner.

8vo, vi + 186 pages, 146 figures. Cloth, $2.00 net.

SOME RESULTS OF LONG RANGE FIRING IN BOSTON HARBOR.

BULLS EYE, 12" B.L.R. HIT ON WATER LINE, 10" B.L.R.
[Frontispiece.]

THE GUNNER'S EXAMINER

PREPARED BY
HAROLD E. CLOKE
Captain Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. A.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.
FIRST THOUSAND

NEW YORK
JOHN WILEY AND SONS
London : CHAPMAN AND HALL, Limited
1908

The Scientific Press
Robert Drummond and Company
New York

PREFACE.

Owing to the practical impossibility of a student of gunnery obtaining ready access to all the books, pamphlets, circulars, orders, etc., necessary to fit him for the examinations as required by General Orders of the War Department for first- and second-class gunners, and also owing to the extreme difficulty the average enlisted man has in comprehending the technical language in which these books, pamphlets, etc., are couched,provided he does by some stroke of good fortune come into possession of some of them,the author has been impelled to compile this work.

Effort has been made to eliminate all subjects that are not included in the requirements of G. O. 141, 1904, yet being particular that it contain all such subjects as an examining board might fairly construe to be within the interest and scope of the order.

As the art of gunnery changes from year to year, and the scope of gunner's examinations changes likewise, it is intended that this book be revised and published accordingly.

The preparation of this book was suggested to the author by the members of his companythe 61st Coast Artillery.

As is well known, the first publication of a text-book is liable to contain a few technical errors. The author will be grateful for any information of such a character concerning this work.

The author is indebted to Brigadier-General William Crozier for supplying him with many pamphlets issued by the Ordnance Department; to First Lieutenant W. K. Moore for correction of proof and other matters; and to Master Electrician C. M. Beer, Artillery Corps, for photographs.

Fort Totten, N. Y. , February, 1905.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

In this edition the author has endeavored to make all the corrections which were suggested to him during the past year, and to add to the book descriptions, etc., of the new range-board, the deflection-board, several later types of guns, and a brief discourse on the loading, planting, and care of submarine mines according to the new and adopted system.

The author desires to thank Captain R. P. Davis for his revision of the "torpedo gunnery" contained in the work.

Fort Totten, N. Y. , November, 1905.

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

As was stated in the preface of the first edition, this book will be revised from year to year as the rules of gunnery change, and this revision is made merely to bring the book up to date.

It is intended in this revision to conform strictly to G. O. 105, 1907, and to add to the book only such matter as will assist enlisted men of the Coast Artillery Corps to pass their examinations for first or second-class gunners.

The chapter on submarine mining is almost completely revised, for the reason that the new system has undergone many more radical changes within the past few years than has gunnery in the Coast Artillery.

Several additions in mortar gunnery have been made in order to keep pace with the rapid and remarkable development of this arm of Coast Artillery.

Fort Totten, New York , March, 1908.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

PAGE

Extracts from G. O. 105, May 11, 1907

Schedule of Examination for Gunners

Syllabus of Examination for Gunners

Second-class Gunners

First-class Gunners

Torpedo-company Gunners

Examination for Second-class Gunners

General Information

Service of the Piece

12-inch B. L. R., Disappearing Carriage

12-inch B. L. R., Mounted on Non-disappearing Carriage

8-inch Non-disappearing

12-inch Mortar, Model 1896

6-inch Disappearing

Nomenclature and General Description

Breech-blocks, Recoil-cylinders, etc.

Care of Guns and Carriages

Powders, Projectiles, Primers, and Fuses

Cordage, Blocks, Tackle, Gins, Shears, etc.

Knots and Hitches

Splices

Rigging-tackles

Gins

Shears

Hydraulic Jacks

U. S. Magazine Rifle Description etc.

CHAPTER II.

Examination of First-class Gunners

(a) The Azimuth Instrument and Definitions

(b) The Plotting-board

The Range-board

The Deflection-board

The Telescopic Sight

Wind Component

The Aeroscope

Anemometer

Electric Stop-watch

The Atmosphere-board

Special Apparatus for Mortars

Battle-ships, Armor, etc.

Examination for Torpedo-company Gunners

Second-class Gunners

Service of the Piece, Nomenclature

Duties in the Loading-room

Duties on the Water

Magazine Rifle, Description, etc.

First-class Gunners

Care and Preservation of Mine Material

Handling High Explosives

The Azimuth Instrument and Plotting-board

Storage Batteries

Generators

Searchlights

Oil-engines

Apparatus and Operation of Casemate Switchboard

THE GUNNER'S EXAMINER.

CHAPTER I.

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.

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