Hms Aphrodite (Sea Command book 1)
“As soon as they cleared the land, Impatient’s crew began exercising the ships’ guns. Mullins had no doubts of his crew’s abilities in that regard, but decided to follow Impatient’s lead, if only for the sake of the new hands.
From their own deck, the officers with glasses could see the red coats among the Impatient’s gun crews. Apparently, Impatient also had received a draft of foot soldiers aboard and was using them as gunners. Mullins decided to try the same experiment with his own troops.... While they had trained as infantry and were probably ignorant of the big guns, still it would be easier to train them to handle the guns than to attempt to make seamen out of them.
While he was happy with the number of able seamen he had aboard, he knew well that number would fall every week as men were injured, became ill or became casualties in combat. If he could train the soldiers to man the guns, he would have more seamen to handle the complex duties that untrained men might take years to master.MoreLess
From their own deck, the officers with glasses could see the red coats among the Impatient’s gun crews. Apparently, Impatient also had received a draft of foot soldiers aboard and was using them as gunners. Mullins decided to try the same experiment with his own troops.... While they had trained as infantry and were probably ignorant of the big guns, still it would be easier to train them to handle the guns than to attempt to make seamen out of them.
While he was happy with the number of able seamen he had aboard, he knew well that number would fall every week as men were injured, became ill or became casualties in combat. If he could train the soldiers to man the guns, he would have more seamen to handle the complex duties that untrained men might take years to master.MoreLess
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