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THE TECHNICAL TRAINING OP OFFICERS 
IN 
GARRISON ARTILLERY. 
BY 
CAPTAIN C. G. VEREKER, R.A 
LIVE AND LEARN.” 
DUNCAN” COMMENDED ESSAY, 1899. 
O N consideration of the heading of this Essay, we are at once con¬ 
fronted by three main questions requiring answers, viz.: — 
I. What may be required of Garrison Artillery Officers. 
II. What training is necessary to enable them to carry out their 
work efficiently ? 
III. How is this training to be obtained ? 
We propose to divide the subject under these three heads and to 
examine each question separately. 
CHAPTER I. 
What may be required of Garrison Artillery Officers ? 
The expression “ Garrison Artillery,” though usually taken as 
synonymous with Coast Artillery, embraces three classes of service, 
Coast Defence, Fortress Defence and Siege Work, distinct from one 
another, yet blending together in such a manner that it is difficult to 
say where one ends and the other begins. 
An officer’s career may be connected with all or any of these, and 
he may be called upon to serve in every variety of station and climate ; 
in an Indian inland town armed only with smooth-bores, or in a mod¬ 
ern coast fortress provided with all the latest productions of science; 
with siege trains and heavy batteries, or in command of Maxim or 
quick-firing guns; and his training must be on sufficiently broad lines 
to enable him to readily adapt himself to the exigencies of the service. 
All training being with a view to preparation for war, it is necessary 
to first enquire, what are the ways in which this country is likely to be 
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