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ADDENDUM TO THE DRILL REGULATIONS OE 
THE FOOT ARTILLERY. 
BERLIN, 1880. 
Section 1. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF A BATTERY. 
The Establishment o£ every Battery 001181811110’ of 4 or more pieces of 
ordnance of the same nature is as follows :—- 
1 battery commander; 
the divisional commanders; 
the service establishment of gunners; 
also a reserve of men for ff look out purposes, for the supply of 
ammunition, and to provide for the subsistence of the men. 
The guns are numbered from right to left. 
The battery is further divided into divisions of two guns, num¬ 
bered from the right. 
Section 2. 
POSITION OF OFFICERS AND MEN. 
The battery commander (an officer or competent n.c. officer) takes 
up a position, in action, whence he can observe the effect produced by 
his guns, and insure his word of command being heard. 
The divisional commanders stand between the guns of their 
division, facing the parapet. 
The detachments take post in the usual manner. 
The man detailed for observing errors indirection stands close to the 
battery commander or in any position ordered by the latter where by 
aid of his instrument he can best see the object fired at. 
The men attending to the ammunition go to the magazine. 
Supernumeraries clear of the battery under cover. 
Section 3. 
SPECIAL DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS, &c. 
The battery commander conducts the fire of the battery in 
accordance with the directions received by him; he superintends the 
working of the guns and is responsible that the regulations connected 
therewith are strictly adhered to. 
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