ii. The care of horses, saddlery, and equipment and

stable management, combined with practical illustration. (_See_ Animal Management.)

6. The instruction in signalling, range-finding and reconnaissance duties should be carried out under the direct instructions of the brigade commander, who will also supervise the training of the officers in professional duties.

COLLECTIVE TRAINING.

_See also_ T. and Man. Regs., Chap. III.

=7.= _Section training._

1. At the commencement of battery training each section will be trained in the field under its own section commander to such an extent as the battery commander considers desirable. For this purpose one or two sections, as convenient, can be lent the horses and carriages of the remainder, the latter being meanwhile trained in dismounted work, gun drill, laying, fuze setting, semaphore signalling, &c. Arrangements should be made so that every man may be trained with his own section during this time.

2. The battery commander will personally supervise the section commanders and thus ensure that each section is fit to take its place in the battery.

The period of section training offers a convenient time for the education of the battery headquarters by the battery commander or captain.

=8.= _Battery training._

1. To ensure efficiency in the command of a battery it is essential that its training should be devoted to foreseeing and removing all possible causes of friction between its component parts.

2. Each battery should be struck off duty for at least 36 days (inclusive of section training). It will seldom be possible for these to be consecutive, but the brigade commander is responsible for making the best arrangements possible for the general good of his command.

3. The chief points to which the battery commander should devote his attention are:--

i. Fire discipline. ii. Supply and replenishment of ammunition.