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Show '' B, The target practice In the A met lean Iff navy Is apparently having good ic- '.' tip. suits. In a lccent trial the gun point- ', Hp crsof three of the tltlitccn Inch guns ' IL on the Indiana made 100 per cent of ; hits In target woik, and the pointets if each of the four thh teen Inch guns on 4 the Illinois made 75 per cent. The j 1. targets weie 17 feet high by 21 feet 11 , long, the mlnhnum distance 1000 'Mi yauls. In both Instances the ships ifl were In motion at the time of llrlng. II V Rig battleships ate essential to the l' ' prowess of our navy, but it Is after all l'r the "men behind the guns" who do U; , ', the business. m & . |