14 TARGET PRACTICE IX FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



withdrawn, hole pasted up, and the location of the hit signaled 

 when the target is again exposed. 



The service of marking the target at long-range, and in 

 field firing, is always under the supervision of an officer, who 

 receives the necessary instructions from the leader of the 

 practice. The number of hits is signaled by swinging a flag 

 to the right for tens, to the left for units. The flags are also 

 used to show whether the shots are too high or low, or going 

 to the right or left. 



AT THE FIRING STANDS. 



To each target five or six men are assigned for practice 

 under an instructor, who sees that each man fires in the proper 

 position of body, rifle, etc. A noncomn;iissioned officer or 

 soldier acts as scorer. Men are called in succession to the 

 firing point and deliver their fire. Before each shot the man 

 announces the target he is to fire at, the distance and point 

 of aim, and after firing states, or indicates on a small target, 

 where the gun was held when the shot was fired. This point 

 is insisted on, carelessness in this regard not being permitted ; 

 if the soldier does not know Avhere the gun was held at the 

 moment of firing, he must so state. 



When the shot has been signaled the soldier calls out the 

 result and it is recorded by the scorer, who notes the hit as 

 correct or incorrect with regard to the point of aim. When 

 the soldier has gained skill in shooting he may fire an entire 

 score of the regular practice without interruption, announc- 

 ing the result after each shot. 



When firing at moving and disappearing targets, the gun 

 is not raised until the target appears. 



RECORDS, REPORTS, ETC. 



A complete record of every shot fired at known distances, 

 and in the individual field firing by each officer, noncommis- 

 sioned officer and soldier during the target year is kept on 

 separate shot sheets for each person. It is closed at the end 

 of the target year and signed by the company commander. 

 These sheets go to make up a man's record, and if the man 

 be transferred, the sheet for the last complete year is sent 

 with his descriptive list to his new company. 



In the school target only hits in the center band are 

 counted; they are marked 1, if within the oval 1 + . Shots 

 that fail to hit the target or hit in the outer bands are counted 



