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targets, tliougii some are so arranged as to fall down wlieu 

 hit. Petards are used to disclose a hidden enemy's position, 

 and trenches are dug and walls built to give every sort of 

 useful target. 



Each year, for certain days of this practice, the battery is 

 mobilized on a regular war footing to combine campaign 

 service with shooting, drill being had in bringing up and 

 replacing men, horses, and ammunition under fire. 



3. War Practice op Masses. — Every year groups of horse 

 batteries and regiments of field artillery are sent to the camp 

 of Chalons to constitute, on almost a war footing, the whole 

 artillery and ammunition train of an army corps. These 

 troops begin work together with the instruction described 

 under 1 (b) and (c) and proceed up to actual firing, following 

 every phase of battle in which the artillery takes part. Sep- 

 arate exercises are had for divisional artillery, corps artillery, 

 horse artillery, and then all working together. Some of 

 these are in combination with infantry and cavalry troops. 



The orders for the target practice of field and siege artil- 

 lery for the summer of 1902 direct the following series of 

 practice for the troops named at the camp of Chalons : 



Series 1. — From April 30 to May 25, directed by General Feld- 

 mann, commanding the artillery of the sixth region : Six 

 field batteries of the twenty-fifth regiment ; 7 of the fortieth ; 

 9 of the eighth ; 2 horse batteries of the fifth division of cav- 

 alry; 4 batteries of the fifth battalion of foot artillery; 1 

 battery of the fourth battalion of foot; total, 29 batteries. 



Series 2. — From May 30 to June 25, directed by General 

 Groth, commanding the artillery of the twentieth region: 

 Six field batteries of the twenty-fifth regiment ; 6 of the for- 

 tieth ; 9 of the thirty-ninth ; 2 horse batteries of the fourth 

 division of cavalry; total, 23 batteries. 



Series 3. — From June 30 to July 31 : Four field batteries of 

 the second battalion of foot artillery ; G batteries of the fourth 

 battalion ; 5 of the fifth ; 5 of the sixth ; 6 of the seventh ; G of 

 the eighth; 7 of the ninth; (3 of the sixteenth; total, 45 bat- 

 teries. 



WORK AT THE CAMPS OF INSTRUCTION. 



As before stated, all the target practice using real projec- 

 tiles takes place on the polygon, or camp of instruction, at 

 the disposal of the regiment concerned. The general com- 

 manding the artillery of each army corps has the direction 



