THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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Some enthusiasts in the “ Kriegs Spiel 33 in Prussia, have gone so far 
as to say that it may take the place of the autumn manoeuvres—that 
both are not necessary. A little reflection, however, will show that this 
cannot be so. The autumn manoeuvres give practice to officers and 
men in the appropriation and utilisation of ground, and in accustoming 
the eye to measurements; they also give practice to general officers and 
their staff in the giving and execution of orders; and again to all ranks 
in the carrying out of evolutions, in rapidly changing from the order 
of march to the order of battle, and the like; and last, not least, they 
test the supply and transport departments. 
In the “ Kriegs Spiel 33 we are not tied down in our operations to the 
actual troops in garrison, nor have we to adopt false movements from 
consideration for the crops; and again, we can represent many varying 
circumstances of the fight on the same ground. 
Each is an useful complement of, but can never be a substitute for, 
the other. 
February, 1872. 
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