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The school shot 37 drill series and. 46 field series as follows : 



Hours. 



Against immovable uncovered target, shell 4 



Against immovable uncovered target, shell and shrapnel. 19 

 Against immovable uncovered target, shell and shrapnel- 4 



27 



Against immovable covered target, shell .- 4 



Against immovable covered target, shrapnel 3 



Against immovable covered target, shell and shrapnel. .- 2 



9 



Against targets representing balloon, shrapnel 3 



Against marked ship's deck, shell 1 



Against towed target, and distance measure 17 



Against towed target, shell 8 



Against towed target, shell and shrapnel 16 



Against anchored target on the sea, and mitrailleuse 2 



43 



Of this year's shooting the one which took place on the 23d 

 of May with a 24-centimeter howitzer, model 94, was especially 

 interesting. 



From this shooting it is apparent that the pieces in question 

 could be used with advantage against an anchored fleet or 

 even against a large anchored vessel in windy weather. 



The target represented the deck of the German armored 

 vessel Filrst Bismarck ^ and it was struck by not less than 45 

 per cent of the shots, although the wind blew with a force of 

 at least 4, that is, 10 to 15 meters in a second. 



In connection with the subject of target practice under 

 "field conditions," it is suggested that such exercises might 

 be made to conform still more closely to reality if, after offi- 

 cers and men have first been practiced deliberately in this 

 kind of firing, the problem should be so arranged as to simu- 

 late the disturbing influences which affect both officers and 

 men in action. 



This can be effected to some extent if they understand that 

 a few seconds more or less may turn the scale of the battle 

 for or against them, if noncommissioned officers and soldiers 

 who acquit themselves creditably are rewarded by prizes or 

 even by promotion, and if, in case of failure, the exercises 

 are repeated under more arduous conditions, and if by all 

 possible means the men are given to understand that their 

 own record and that of their company or regiment depends 

 upon their exertions for each fraction of a second during the 

 decisive period. 



