signal Division The commander-in-chief signals: From the right, form column of vessels. Divisional commanders signal: from the right, form column of vessels. Take the six leading vessels as an illustration. One and four continue onward; two and three, and five and six, keep four points to starboard, so graduating their speed (see Table B) as to come into column in the wake of one and four respectively. It is evident that the fleet may be broken into column of vessels from column of fours, column of fives, etc., etc., according to the same principles. The column can be broken from the left, in the same manner, inversely. 10 39. The fleet being in double columns abreast, by divisions, to form it into columns of vessels abreast, by divisions. FIG. 70. 017 18 17 10 20 The commander-in-chief signals: From the right of divisions, form column of vessels. Divisional commanders signal: Division-from the right, form column of vessels. Take the van division as an illustration: One, three, five, and seven continue onward; two, four, six, and eight keep four points to star board, so graduating their speed (see Table B) as to come into column at their proper distances astern of one, three, five, and seven respectively. It is evident that a fleet steaming in columns abreast, by squadrons, could be broken into vessels abreast, by squadrons, according to the same principles. It is also evident that if the fleet were in triple columns, columns of fours, etc., etc., abreast by divisions or squadrons, it could be broken into columns of vessels abreast, by divisions or squadrons, in the same way. The commander-in-chief signals: Divisional commanders signal: Division-from the right, form double column. Take the eight leading vessels as an illustration: One and two, and five and six, continue onward; three and four, and seven and eight, keep four points to starboard, so graduating their speed (see Table B) as to come into column at their proper distances astern of one and two, and five and six, respectively. It is evident that the fleet can be broken into double column, from column of sixes, column of eights, etc., according to the same principles. 10* |