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Show called upon to fire at stationary targets tar-gets and careful records have been kept of the result of each man. As soon as he qualified In the slow fire he was graduated to the rapid-fire class, where quickness plays a large part in the scores. Today the artillerymen rose to the point where they were given work with the disappearing targets and the polishing-off process. With their pistols pis-tols in their holsters the men stood at readiness while the targets appeared from an underground pit. As soon as the target rose Into full view the artillerymen drew forth their arms and began their rapid fire eight shots In ten seconds and the target quickly disappeared from view. Quickness Quick-ness of the men was necessary, for , their score was lowered by shots they failed to fire In the required time. The average results, however, were reported report-ed as exceptionally good. (Lieutenant Marcus S. Johnson was In charge of the range work. Junior officers continued their firing of the big guns, with IMajor W, K. iKneas supervising the work. Gunners of and D batteries were on the guns, with C batterymen doing the work In the morning and D batterymen In the afternoon. Tomorrow Major Alex It. Thomas, commanding the Third battalion, bat-talion, will resume the range work and ; will assign men of K and P batteries to the pieces. JOINS FLYING CORP3 Camp Kearney, March 5. AVhile Utah's big guns roared in the distance today the crack of small arras came from a near-by canyon as the artillerymen artillery-men rushed their pistol practice and completed their tests. IA11 units, with the exception of C and D baterles, who wore working the big guns, hied to the pistol range and throughout the entire day pumped away at small targets, known as "bodies," and graduated Into In-to the ranks of experienced pistoliers. The finishing-up test called upon the men for their best marksmanship and tonight there are hundreds of men in the command who have won the "perfect "per-fect score" honor. liuring the weeks of practice with the siuull arma the men have been |