WORKS OF CAPTAIN H. E. CLOKE
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.
[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
Copyright, 1905, 1906, 1908,
BY
HAROLD E. CLOKE
The Scientific Press
Robert Drummond and Company
New York
PREFACE.
Owing to the practical impossibility of a student of gunneryobtaining ready access to all the books, pamphlets, circulars,orders, etc., necessary to fit him for the examinations as requiredby General Orders of the War Department for first- and second-classgunners, and also owing to the extreme difficulty the averageenlisted man has in comprehending the technical language inwhich these books, pamphlets, etc., are couched,—provided hedoes by some stroke of good fortune come into possession ofsome of them,—the author has been impelled to compile thiswork.
Effort has been made to eliminate all subjects that are notincluded in the requirements of G. O. 141, 1904, yet being particularthat it contain all such subjects as an examining boardmight fairly construe to be within the interest and scope of theorder.
As the art of gunnery changes from year to year, and thescope of gunner's examinations changes likewise, it is intendedthat this book be revised and published accordingly.
The preparation of this book was suggested to the author bythe members of his company—the 61st Coast Artillery.
As is well known, the first publication of a text-book is liableto contain a few technical errors. The author will be gratefulfor any information of such a character concerning this work.
The author is indebted to Brigadier-General William Crozierfor supplying him with many pamphlets issued by the OrdnanceDepartment; to First Lieutenant W. K. Moore for correction ofproof and other matters; and to Master Electrician C. M. Beer,Artillery Corps, for photographs.
Fort Totten, N. Y., February, 1905.