COAST. I ARTILLERY JOURNAL, - Air Defense Artillery

PROFESSIONAL NOTES 473
more than 90% of the ammunition of the different nations. I considered that
this work of mine should greatly help Ordnance authorities of different States
in case of the necessity of burning out the explosives,and also having in view
humanity. Many lives have already been lost in recent years in handling explosives.
It must never be forgotten that "explosive is always explosive"; that
to deal with this kind of matter it is necessary to study explosives,to know their
potential energies, and never to be under the commandof explosivesin the least.
R. O. T. C. Graduates Appointed
To date 4842 graduates of the 1926 school year from institutions having
reserve officers'training corps units have been appointed in the officers'reserve
corps. By branches these appointments are as follows: Infantry, 2105; cavalry,
197; field artillery, 570; coast artillery corps, 366; air corps, 80; corps of engineers,
400; signal corps, 115; quartermaster corps,2; ordnance department, 144;
chemical warfare service, 15; medical corps, 601;' dental corps, 217; veterinary
corps, 30. Graduates of schools located in the 7th Corps Area, comprising the
states of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and North and
South Dakota, head the list of appointments by corps areas with 857. The 4th
Corps Area, of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, and Louisiana, is second with 831. The 3d Corps Area, of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia,is third with 694. The
other corps areas have approximatelythe same number from each. From Hawaii
IS graduates have been appointed, all in the infantry.-Army and Navy Register.
Pacific Coast Antiaircraft Artillery
Battery "B," 63d Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), from Fort Winfield Scott,
California, apparently established a world record in night target practice when
firing 3-inch antiaircraft guns at towed sleeve targets. The battery, commanded
by Captain William C. Braly, 63d C. A. (AA), fired seventy-sevenshots in a
minute and one-half at sleeve target moving90 miles per hour. The records show
the small sleeve was in the danger zone of 25 of the bursting shells, and there
were more than 300 holes in the sleeve made by the shrapnel shells as they exploded
in the air. This number of holes is unprecedented and established what
is believedto be a world's record. The target was two miles from the battery and
approximatelyone mile in the sky.
519th Coast Artillery Reserve
Officersof the 519th Coast Artillery Reserve (Antiaircraft) firing their first
antiaircraft machine gun practice at moving aerial targets at Camp ::\fcQuade,
Calif., recently scored ll3 hits using only four guns. The 5191hCoast Artillery
Reserve is a Los Angeles and San Diego unit associated for training ",-iththe 63d
Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), San Francisco's Sky Defense Regiment. In one
firing, Captain Arens, 519th C. A., of Los Angeles, commandedthe battery which
made 56 hits per battery per minute on a sleeve target moving80 miles per hour
at an average range of 700 yards and an average elevation of 700 feet.-Army
amI Navy Journal.