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In order to develop uniformity in their instruction, the 

 problems should be interchanged as much as possible. 



After the battery officers have reported upon their task, 

 explaining how it was solved by them, and the motive for a 

 possible deviation from the regulations, the leader holds a 

 critique in the held. He criticises the selection of the firing 

 position, the method of coming into battery, the battery 

 commanders' method of conducting the fire, arrangements 

 for the observer, etc. 



Immediately after the written report of the shooting of the 

 school has been received, the leader holds another critique in 

 which he explains how far the problem has been solved and 

 whether it was solved in the simplest manner. 



Special attention is given to the effect of errors in obser- 

 vation. 



In criticising field shooting, great attention is given to the 

 time required to develop an effective fire, and the nature and 

 extent of the results of this fire. 



POINTING DRILLS. 



The men are taught, first, to point the. gun at a vertical and 

 then at a horizontal line, then at a bull's-eye, then at a target 

 moving forward and back; and then, for firing with canister, 

 against disappearing targets; and finally against such targets 

 and other objects as would be presented in the field. 



INSTRUCTION SHOOTING FOR RECRUITS. 



The object of this shooting is partly to accustom the troops 

 to firing with loaded ammunition, partly to show the accu- 

 racy of the piece and what influence the changes in elevation 

 and azimuth exert on the shot, and partly to show the effect 

 of the projectile and the circumstances which influence it. 



The firing is conducted with one gun at a distance of from 

 300 to 1,000 meters, and it is instructive in its nature, so that 

 no change is made in elevation or azimuth, or in setting the 

 fuse, without explaining the object to be attained and show- 

 ing immediately the result. 



In firing with shells the influence of greater or less accuracy 

 in pointing is shown, as well as that of changing the elevation 

 or azimuth, that of the point of burst, and of the nature of 

 the ground where the shell strikes. 



