The purpose of the entire self-study process is improvement through a structural evaluation. Writing a self-study in glowing terms while glossing over weak areas fools no one, most of all a skilled team of accrediting experts.
"The present text-book has been compiled with the object of presenting as clearly as possible the elementary principles of the course in Ordnance and Gunnery as taught at the Military Academy, and of so arranging it that it can be readily used for...