 On 30 December, "Justice", "Vérité", and the destroyers and carried relief aid to Messina, Sicily to help survivors of an earthquake there.The entire squadron was moored in Villefranche in February 1909 and thereafter conducted training exercises off Corsica, followed by a naval review in Villefranche for President Armand Fallières on 26 April.During this period of training, on 17 March, "Justice" and the battleships "Liberté", , and conducted shooting training, using the old ironclad as a target.