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will sound the “ cease firing.'' No round fired after the latter sound 
has ceased will count for the company. The guns loaded at the time 
will be unloaded, if possible, otherwise they will be fired at the target, 
by order of the umpire. 
During the practice the battery commander will give no orders by 
trumpet sound. The umpire will, usually, be able to arrange so that 
the range shall be clear for the short time allowed for the practice, 
but should it become blocked, he will sound “ stand fast '' and then 
“ go on '' when the range is clear, giving, on the whole, the specified 
time allowed before he sounds “ cease firing.” 
He will order casualties but must, for any one work, give each 
commander the same number and nature of casualties for each series 
of practice, though not necessarily in the same sequence. 
The umpire will cause all the necessary records, as to rounds fired, 
to be made in A.F., B 79—which he is responsible for—by himself, 
assistant, or time-keepers; and will also keep (or cause to be kept) 
notes as to any defects in, or accidents to, materiel; and also as to 
any patent faults in drill or tactical working which affected the 
accuracy or rapidity of the fire. 
S.—After the firing is completed. 
(a) . The range officer will, at once, signal to the umpire, 
the range, under or over, of each round fired.* He will then land at 
the nearest point to the work and proceed there as quickly as he can 
with his range record book and the diagram of the course. 
(b) . The umpire will go round the work with the battery 
commander and the latter will then direct the manning detail to wash 
out the guns, to clean mountings, etc., to fill up dep6ts, and generally 
to proceed as they would do in war time after being in action against 
a hostile ship and expecting soon to engage another. 
(cj. The umpire and battery commander will then conjointly 
proceed with their assistants to complete in ink in the work itself the 
Practice Report (A.F., B 269) in duplicate. The particular portions 
for which they are severally responsible are given below;— 
Umpire:—columns five, six, seven, eight, nine, eleven and nineteen.t 
The umpire's estimate of right or left from centre of target will be 
entered in another column to be ruled in the report and numbered 
twenty. 
Battery Commander:—columns one, two, three, four, ten, twelve, 
thirteen, fourteen and fifteen.t 
To assist in preparing these practice reports : 
The P,F. operators (of P.F.'s covering the fire area of the work) will 
be marched down, with their reports, tables of corrections, etc., with¬ 
in a reasonable time. 
The Gun group Commander's will complete their reports in ink and 
* Column nineteen of Practice Report can then be filled in in pencil by umpire, pending arrival 
of Range Officer. 
f The numbers refer to the latest edition of A.F., B 269. 
