IGO tar(;et practice in foreign countries. 



Field artillery practice in Sweden is partly regimental and 

 partly special. The former is conducted by battery, division, 

 etc., the latter in the shooting schools. 



The exercises in firing comprise instruction shooting for 

 recruits, practice shooting, field shooting, and prize shooting. 



If local conditions and other circumstances permit, there 

 is held yearly, during the repetition exercises, instruction 

 shooting for recruits, practice shooting and field shooting 

 with the whole battery, field shooting in division with the 

 wliole division, and prize shooting. 



At the summer exercises of the constable school, practice 

 shooting and field shooting by battery. 



The artillery ammunition assigned to every regiment for 

 its year's shooting is divided among the batteries by the 

 regimental commander after he has set aside what is required 

 for instruction shooting, prize shooting, and the constable 

 school ; and he then takes into consideration the proficiency 

 of the dift'erent batteries, so. that, as far as possible, all the 

 batteries may obtain the same skill in shooting. The chief 

 of the regiment indicates also the amount of ammunition 

 which is considered sufficient for field shooting by division. 

 He also instructs the proper chief of division, or the chief of 

 the underofficers' school, about the distribution of the ammu- 

 nition for various kinds of shooting. For field shooting it is 

 not definitely stipulated how much ammunition should be 

 used. The battery commander only indicates what kind of 

 ammunition is available, and the shooting continues until it 

 is stopped by the leader when he considers that the object has 

 been attained, or when the ammunition has been used up. 



The captain who, as below indicated, directs the instruction 

 shooting for recruits, draws up a program for the purpose, 

 which is submitted to the chief of division who supervises 

 the shooting. 



To carry out the practice shooting, and the field shooting 

 by battery, more definite instructions are given by the chief 

 of division, or the chief of the underofiicers' school, and for 

 the field shooting by division, by the chief of the regiment. 



As it is impossible in one year to solve all the problems 

 which should be considered, it is necessarj^ to follow a scheme 

 prepared beforehand for several years. 



In assigning the problems, consideration is taken of the 

 relative proficiency of the officers. 



