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field and siege artillery, but infantry troops also use them 

 for their collective-combat and long-distance practice. The 

 principle of their existence contemplates one for each army 

 corps or equivalent ; actually there are seventeen such camps 

 in France and one in Algeria. The army corps which have 

 none use the camps nearest to their region. 



By far the best and most important of these camps is the 

 one at Chalons. This is the only place in France where field 

 artillery can maneuver a fire as on the field of battle, and 

 where combat practice of masses of artillery can be had. At 

 this camp is situated also the normal school of target practice, 

 which furnishes instructors to the infantry. 



The camp at Fontainebleau is also used by the artillery 

 school of application situated there ; the one at Bourges as a 

 proving ground for the government foundry of Bourges ; the 

 one at Poitiers by the commission of practical study of artil- 

 lery target practice which has its seat there. 



The brigades of field artillery (each of two regiments) use 

 their respective camps in turn, but in order that they may 

 not get to know the ground too well, they are sent every two 

 or three years to a different camp. When the camp is over 

 7 or 8 miles from the garrison, the troops go into camp on the 

 ground, and to this end temporary and even permanent shelter 

 has been erected at some of them. 



The artillery regiments pass from twenty to twenty-five 

 days each year at these camps. 



Infantry collective-combat practice demands a range 500 by 

 4,000 or 5,000 meters; a range for all arms must be 9,000 or 

 10,000 by 6,000 or 7,000 meters. 



CAVALRY. 



What has thus far been written applies in its entirety to 

 infantry target practice. The cavalry allowance of ammuni- 

 tion and the ranges at which it is shot can be seen in the 

 tables, p. 48. 



The cavalry troops generally have no special target ranges ; 

 they use whatever ones the region affords. The targets are 

 the same for both arms, except that the cavalry does not use 

 silhouette targets of men lying and men kneeling ; the bust 

 and standing silhouettes are the same. 



The revolver practice (with ball cartridge) is executed only 

 on foot. 



