§ MR. COURTHOPETo ask the Secretary of State for War whether, owing to the extreme frequency with which the force of the wind changes in this climate, he will withdraw paragraph 18 of the new musketry instructions, which prohibits the alteration of the wind gauge after the first shot of a classification practice has been fired.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) It is owing to the extreme frequency with which the wind changes in this climate, and to the difficulties and inaccuracies which would arise on active service from frequent alteration of the wind gauge, that it is considered more advisable to practice making allowance for wind in this country by "aiming off."