PLAN OF A NEW CORPS. l\)^. 



means pretend to say that I can make any 

 soldier lire, with the same precision at 300 

 yards as he can at 100, for that 1 know 

 the most expert jager or American woods^ 

 man cannot do ; but I will prove that the 

 gun can perform what I have stated. Pro- 

 vided I prove this, which I bind myself to 

 do, it must be allowed that I obviate the 

 greatest difficulty and obstacle in teaching 

 British soldiers to be marksmen at all dis- 

 tances ; for at once I can obviate their want 

 of discrimination of distances and totally do 

 awa}^ the grand obstacle in teaching British 

 soldiers to be formidable marksmen. 



Another very great advantage will, by 

 my medod, be gained. It will take only 

 one fifth part of the time to make thie soldier 

 a good marksman ; for, when he is taught 

 to fire well at one hundred yards only, he 

 can shoot well at every other distance from 

 100 yards as far as 300 ; for it is the gun, 

 from its construction and regulation, iviiich 

 performs the duty, not the man. 



I judge it necessary to mention minutely 

 and explicitly what this gun of mine can 

 do. Let the figure of a man, about tv/o 



