Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Royal Army Medical Corps training, 1908 / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Royal Army Medical Corps training, 1908 / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![upright poles, and will be 7 feet apart. With each end peg as centre, in a semi-circle, with a radius of 6 yards, lay 13 pegs with their points inwards where they are to be driven. This will be easiest done as follows :—Step 6 yards from one of the end pegs and, in a straight line with the three standard pegs, lay the centre peg of the semi-circle ; next step 6 yards to each side of the end peg, and, on a line at right angles to the three standard pegs, lay a peg for each end of the semi-circle ; then lay at each side, between the centre peg of the semi-circle and the two end pegs, equal distances apart, five pegs, and the semi-circle of 13 pegs is complete. The other end will be done in the same way. For the sides of the marquee, on a straight line parallel to the three standard pegs, and 5 yards distant, lay six pegs, the first and the last of which will be 18 inches distant from the lines formed by each end standard peg and the two end pegs of each semi-circle. Now the pegs for the outer roof are all laid, and should be driven in before proceeding further. For the inner roof, lay a peg between each two pegs of the outer roof, but ona line 1 foot further in. The space, however, between the third and fourth pegs on each straight line is to be left blank for the doorway. These driven, the pegs are complete for the marquee, except the four weather line pegs. These are each driven at a corner where two lines would meet to form a right angle if drawn from each end and centre peg of the semi-circle. 62. Arrangement of Marquee before raising.—The ground being laid out, carry the marquee within the line of pegs, unlace the valise, and arrange and spread out the marquee, the roofs one inside the other, in such a manner that the base and ridge will be parallel] with the line of the standard pegs and the former touching them. Roll up the upper side of the outer roof as far as the ridge, so as to expose the web slings of the inner roof, insert the ridge pole, and roll up the upper side of the inner roof in a similar manner. Fix the two pieces of each standard pole together by their numbers. This done, pass them through the openings in the inner roof, and their pins through the holes in the ridge pole, through the eyelet in the two end web slings, and also through the eyelet holes in the ridge of the outer roof. Now fit the vases on the pins of the end standards and pass the opening lines of the ventilators through the holes in the ridge of the inner roof by the side of the standards. Next pass the lines for opening and shutting the windows through the corresponding eyelets in the inner roof. Unroll the inner and outer roofs to their proper position, bring the ends of the standard poles so as to prop against the three standard pegs, and square the ridge pole on the three standards thus placed. 63. Raising the Marquee—To raise the marquee, ten men and one N.C.O. will be required. These will be styled four weather-line men, six standard men, and one director. One weather-line man will take up a position at each large peg, holding ‘in his right hand the runner and in his left the line, with a loop ready at any moment to slip on the peg. Two standard men will](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32173994_0305.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
