MANTTAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OrFICERS. 101 



In this method it is necessary that the target be visible to 

 the naked eye and that each man be able to estimate distances 

 with fair accuracy. 



Second method: That in which an imaginary clock dial is 

 assumed to be vertical, its center being at a prominent, distant 

 point selected by the commander and called the reference 

 point. ■* 



To designate a target the commander announce??, for ex- 

 nmple: Reference point, that clump of trees on hill crest. 

 When the men have located the reference point he announces : 

 Target at 4 o'clock, 2 finger widths, range 1,000 yards, a gun 

 pit. By a finger width is meant the distance on the face of 

 the assumed vertical clock (actually on the landscape) inter- 

 cepted by the breadth of a man's finger held perpendicularly 

 to his hand and arm, the latter being fully extended in the 

 direction of the reference point. 



Each man looks along the center-4 o'clock line of the imagi- 

 nary (vertical) dial, measures, on this line, a point distant 2. 

 finger-widths from the reference point (the center of the 

 dial), and thus locates the gun pit. 



A combination of the two methods may be necessary when, 

 in using the second method, the reference point is not readily 

 identified. Thus, in the case mentioned, it may, for example, 

 be necessary to say : Reference point at 1 o'clock, clump of 

 trees on hill crest. 



In both methods the sequence of commands laid down should 

 be observed. 



Various devices for pointing out indistinct targets may be 

 improvised and used. 



THE USE OF COVEE. 



142. The recruit should be given careful instruction in the 

 individual use of cover. 



It should be impressed upon him that, in taking advantage 

 of natural cover, he must be able to fire easily and effectively 

 upon the enemy ; if advancing on an enemy, he must do so 

 steadily and as rapidly as practicable, taking advantage of any 

 available cover while setting the sights, firing, or advancing. 



