. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . 1 1=. t » kL > S— THE FIRST OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP 215. LIMBERING UP STUNTS 2. To train officers and their assistants so that they may utilize theweapons at their disposal to the best advantage. (Conduct of fire.) Problems involving the use of the parallax and parallel methods of com-puting fire data and formulas for figuring the site and crest problems gavemany men a preliminary taste of the intricacies of the work ahead. To theman with a limited training in mathematics the subject seemed almost impos-sible. To
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . 1 1=. t » kL > S— THE FIRST OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP 215. LIMBERING UP STUNTS 2. To train officers and their assistants so that they may utilize theweapons at their disposal to the best advantage. (Conduct of fire.) Problems involving the use of the parallax and parallel methods of com-puting fire data and formulas for figuring the site and crest problems gavemany men a preliminary taste of the intricacies of the work ahead. To theman with a limited training in mathematics the subject seemed almost impos-sible. To many others more highly schooled it seemed the same. But it wouldtake more than seeming impossibility to down the spirits of these eager can-didates. By diligent study and working together—those of some experiencehelping those w^ho were new—all strove and hoped to finish the course withsuccess. Practice in semaphore was given up for work with the buzzer. In-structors asked for any men who had a knowledge of wireless or the Morsecode to volunteer their services in helping to teach the other men the useof these strange little ins
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