Each man takes with him in the car, from the starting point, his sea kit and immediate personal equipment, from which he is not permitted to part until it is handed aboard for stowage in the precise place assigned to it in the vessel.

The muskets, when carried by the men on the journey, are marked each with a label corresponding to the rack where it is to stand in the ship.

Upon arrival at the port, {p.090} and during the operation of transferring, a naval officer is in charge so far as general direction on the dock and on board the ship is concerned, but without superseding the military ordering and management of the troops by their own officers.

The same general arrangement continues at sea.
That is, the discipline, routine, and supervision of the troops are in the hands of the military officers, as though in a garrison; but they can give no orders as to the management or movements of the ship to the sea captain who commands her.

On board, the mode of life is fixed by regulation--subject, of course, to the changes and interruptions inseparable from sea conditions.