170 TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The shooting school expended during the exercises the fol- 

 lowing 8-centimeter ammunition with smokeless powder : 



Shots. 



8-centimeter shrapnel, model '93 3,300 



8-centimeter shrapnel, model '88 500 



8-centimeter shells, model '87 100 



8-centimeter canister, model '87 100 



Total 4,000 



The firing took place every day, and the allowance of 

 ammunition proved to be well calculated for the time of the 

 shooting. 



The following record shows the distribution of the work : 



When shooting by battery : Shots. 



Against nnlimbered battery 51 



Against battery in gun column — 3 



Against battery protected by guns or other means 7 



Against skirmish line, standing still 26 



Against skirmish line with reserve 5 



Against advancing skirmish line 5 



Agair st skirmish line advancing at a run 5 



Against retreating skirmish lines 5 



Against companies in file, deploying to skirmish line -- 2 



Against companies in line, deploying to skirmish line . 6 



Against advancing cavalry 4 



Against retreating cavalry 2 



When shooting by division : 



Against nnlimbered battery 8 



Against advancing skirmish line 3 



Against retreating skirmish line 3 



Against advancing cavalry — 1 



Targets were changed 46 times during the series. In one 

 series indirect fire was practiced. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE SUBALTERN SHOOTING SCHOOL FOR 

 FIELD ARTILLERY, 1900. 



The course lasted from the 18th of May to the 8th of June. 

 Twenty-one subaltern officers were detailed to attend the 

 course, an average of 3 to each regiment. 

 The following exercises were carried out : 



Hours. 



1. Lectures, alternately by both teachers, as an introduc- 



tion and preparation to the other exercises and to dis- 

 cuss the results of the shooting. 8 



2. Aiming exercises 2| 



3. Practice in battery _ 4i 



