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TARGET PRACTICE IX FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The prize shooting is conducted on principles similar to that 

 of field artillery. 



TARGETS. 



All kinds of figures may be set up at points visible or 

 invisible from the guns. 



Torpedo boat targets are made of a wooden framework 

 covered with a network or with strips of cloth (figs. 55, 56, 

 and 57). 



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Fig. 57. 



EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE SHOOTING SCHOOL FOR THE ARMY AND 

 NAVY FORTIFICATION CORPS, 1900. 



The session lasted from the 1st of May to the 11th of June. 



Those who took the course of instruction were 2 captains, 

 3 subaltern officers, 3 underofficers, and 17 constables, of which 

 2 captains and 7 constables were from the artillery corps of 

 the navy. 



To the instruction company there were ordered 80 pupils, 

 of whom 10 were from the artillery corps of the navy. 



The daily work was on the average eight hours. 



The time was divided for the officers and underofficers as 

 follows : 



Hours. 



45 

 9 

 9 



Lectures, shooting regulations and making reports 



Distance measuring 



Examination of materiel 



Visiting the forts at Vaxholm and Oscar Fredericksborge 



and Karlskrona - 



Bursting drills, etc -- 



Firing with guns and revolver 128 



39 



Total 



338 



