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What order are the dwarves in the "u" list?

Some of my marksdwarves aren't picking up their ammunition.  In the m-f screen, it shows that the squad is assigned 100 metal bolts, and 100 wood bolts.  The specific bunches of 25 bolts for each metal and wood appear, and some of them have check marks next to them.  Does the check mark mean they have picked it up?  If so, why haven't they picked up the other ones?  They're just sitting in the meeting hall right now...

When I look at the marksdwarves I have assigned to a burrow in an archer tower, they don't have any bolts with them either.

Is there something I'm missing to get them to pick the bolts up and equip them?

I created an archery range with 5 targets, and assigned my marksdwarves squad ZTIQ.  Also on the military page, they all have checkmarks next to "crossbow" and the squad has 200 bolts assigned to them (but only one set of bolts shows a checkmark - maybe that's what's wrong).

However, they take turns using the archery range.  I know they shouldn't share a single target, but only one dwarf will practice in the room at a time.

Any ideas?

So, I initially dug a tile out as "Down Stairs", but later wanted it to be up/down stairs.
I went one z-level up (the surface), and dug some "Down stairs", then did a b-C-x to construct an Up/Down Stair on top of my dug out Down Stairs.

However, the Up/Down Stairs don't connect for some reason with the surface Down Stairs, and I can't remove the stairs by a d-n "Remove Construction".

Am I missing something here?

I added it to the request list under the name "Create constructions using Designations interface."
It is currently number 252, with my single vote.  Vote for it at http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/eternal_voting.php if you want to see this feature.

When you create a zone, you can designate it as a pit, and throw animals in it.

Why does this feature even exist?  I've never seen a reason to throw animals in a pit...

Thanks for the info.  I realized while writing the post that I could specify the climate, but was hoping I could still cycle through the results.  I'll probably stick to manual finding for now then. 

I'm coming back to DF after a few months of break since I got married.  When I left, it was practically impossible to make marksdwarves actually train, and difficult to get anybody to train at all.  The wiki says:

Barracks are still necessary for training, but due to a bug it appears that your dwarves will only train when Inactive, despite what the Train command may have you believe. Marksdwarf training also appears to still be a bit glitchy.

Are either of those sentences still true?  Will my marksdwarves train if I get them crossbows, bolts, an archery range, then set them to active duty (training) and hit assign the squad to "T" (train) at the specific archery range?

What are the other assignments at the barracks that you can assign to squads?  I know T means train, but what about I, Q, and the other one?

If somebody could help me out here, I'd be happy to update the wiki myself.