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Show SOLDIERS SEE j SNAKESON THEM Washington, March 21. It must be pretty hard to shoot at a target while pnakes are crawling around your lees, yet that Is what the bluejackets in the Philippines have been dolip. according ac-cording to an official report to the navy department. fnsLgn Morrison, who conducted the tarret practice of the men on the Callo at the naval range at Olongupo, eays It Is the most difficult range that can be Imagined, and when the men wore not running through water ankle deep or lying clown In two Incbe6 of soft red mud they were teset with insects and reptiles, and when the ground w as dry tho timekeepers of the sklrrul3h runs were busy killing the snakes that were crawling nronnd the men lying on the ground flrlni; uf the tarfot. Three typhoons also added an element ele-ment of excitement and uncertainty while the practice whb golnp: on. |