362 COMMENDED ESSAY, 1895, 
After these preliminaries on each day drills and lectures would be 
commenced, the latter for Officers and a few of the senior N.C. 
Officers. At first, in the absence of the Officers attending the lectures, 
the drill would be carried out under the N.C. Officers of the Perman- 
ent Staff of the Corps assisted by others lent by the Regulars, the 
whole being under the supervision of Officers of the Regular Artillery. 
Tt will facilitate explanation of the following programme of drills 
and lectures if the different stages of the former are lettered A, B, C, 
D, and those of the latter a, b, c. 
An endeavour has been made so to arrange the courses of drills and 
lectures that the senior N.C. officers and the officers should, beginning 
with the juniors, successively leave the lectures to join the drill at the 
earliest possible moment. 
The programme does not enter into much detail, as it is thought 
that the absence of this will make it more generally applicable. 
DRILLs. 
Single gun-drill, with such explanations of construction of gun 
and mounting as is practically necessary. 
Similar instruction in ammunition. 
Service of ammunition, and its preparation. 
A 
B Laying of every description. 
C Drill by groups. 
D Manning the Battery. 
LEcTURES. 
( Extracts from Fort Book. 
| Range-finding—Depression Range-finding or Position-finding, or 
as both as the case might be. 
| Duties of Gun Group Officer. 
{ Duties of Amunition Officer 
b Duties of Battery Commander. 
ce Duties of Fire Commander. 
It is proposed that of the 12 days available 4 stage of drill should 
occupy 3, B stage 2, C stage 3, and D stage 4 (including 1 or perhaps 
2 days’ practice). 
All the Officers and senior N.C. Officers would attend stage (a) of 
the lectures, which would be carried on simultaneously with 4 drills. 
On the termination of the former the subalterns and senior N.C. 
Officers would fall in with their men for stage B of drill. Field 
Officers and Captains would attend lectures (b), which would be simul- 
taneous with B drills, the Captains joining their groups for C stage of 
drill. The final stage (c) of lectures would be for Field Officers only, 
who would in their turn fall in for drill in stage D, so that all ranks 
would be in their proper places for the full manning of the Battery. 
It has been assumed above that all Officers would be acquainted with 
stage A of drills, as even the last Joined subalterns would probably 
