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Show ou USE MORTARS IN TARGET PRACTICE Honolulu, Aug. 13. Artillery men engaging in target practice with twelve-inch mortars behind Diamond Head attempted to demonstrate yesterday yes-terday that It Is possible to destroy any hostile warship at a long distance by mortars. The firing was at a small target set 4800 yards off shore. In ten shots fired there was one hit and certain officers believe that most of the shots were rather too wide of tho. mark Major Edward J. Tlm-berland Tlm-berland who was in charge of the battery said, however, that while the practice showed poor percentage of hits, the test had proved the efficiency effi-ciency of the mortars. The small percentage of hits was partially due to high wind. - |