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THE TRAINING TOGETHER IN PEACE TIME THE GARRISON 
ARTILLERY FORCES OF THE EMPIRE, INCLUDING REGULAR, 
MILITIA, VOLUNTEER & COLONIAL ARTILLERY. 
BY 
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. W. WHITH, R.A. 
“ WIENS SANS IN CORPORE SANO.”” 
COMMENDED ESSAY, 1895. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
Minirary training is the means to an end. Unlike the pursuit of liter-  mnitary 
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ature and art, it has no merit in itself; it affords no cultivation to the generally. 
intellect, nor does it help to swell those powers by which civilization 
wrings subsistence from the crude forces of nature. Let us therefore 
approach the subject in a purely utilitarian spirit, endeavour to recu- 
late supply to demand, and seek our wares in the cheapest market, 
Our demand is military efficiency ; the means of supply is military 
training, and this, according to the principle just enunciated, we would 
fain minimise to the utmost compatable with the complete satisfaction 
of our requirements. 
With this idea as a starting point, we may now proceed to consider The training 
the question of the training of that portion of our military forces whose Artillery. 
function is the defence of the great maritime fortresses of the empire, 
and of those docks and coaling stations upon the secure possession of 
which our naval supremacy depends. 
Let us here glance at the constitution of the force with which we are garrison 
concerned. its composi- 
Our GARRISON ARTILLERY is made up of three component “sitieieney.* 
parts. 
Ist. The Professional. 
By this is meant the embodied units, including the Regular Artillery, 
and certain local companies in permanent military employ. 
2nd. The Semi-Professional. 
Under this heading is included the Militia of the British Isles, and 
those companies in the Colonies which, though not permanently em- 
bodied, are brought under military discipline at stated periods. 
3rd. The Non-Professional. 
_ This includes all Garrison Artillery that is under training, but not 
embodied and subject to military discipline in time of peace. In this 
category must be placed the Volunteer Garrison Artillery of the United 
Kingdom, and the great bulk of the Colonial Artillery. 
7. VOU. XXII, 
