30 TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



motion riding past the target, at 15 paces. The train troops 

 fire from horseback at a halt, approaching the firing stand 

 first at a walk, and then at a gallop. 



Officers and cadet officers of all troops practice separately. 



CAVALRY. 



GENERAL RULES. 



The method and course of instruction is the same as for 

 infantry, except that demonstration firing is omitted. The 

 men are classed as in infantry, and similar targets are used 

 for the known-distance, long-range, and field firing. When 

 possible the infantry ranges are used and the service of mark- 

 ing, signaling, scoring, and recording is carried on as pre- 

 scribed for infantry. 



No soldier is to fire with ball cartridges on the range until 

 he has gone through the course of preparatory instruction. 

 The practice for recruits should be during the months of 

 April, May, and June, and only in favorable weather ; trained 

 soldiers should frequently practice in bad weather. 



The time for long-range and field firing is fixed by regi- 

 mental commanders, unless otherwise specially ordered, as 

 might be the case in large garrisons. The long-range firing 

 and the individual preparatory field firing are confined to men 

 in their first year of service, and to such men of higher classes 

 as may have missed the practice in their first year. 



The practice at known distances is in ordinary drill uniform, 

 the long-range and field practice in full field equipment. 



ALLOWANCE OF AMMUNITION. 



The yearly allowance of carbine ammunition for target 

 practice is as follows : For every officer and cadet officer, 30 

 rounds; for every soldier of the authorized strength armed 

 with the carbine, 50 rounds; and for every noncommis- 

 sioned ofiBcer armed with a revolver, 30 rounds of revolver 

 ammunition. 



Of the 50 rounds of carbine ammunition, 35 rounds per man 

 are reserved for range firing; and from the total allowance 

 of the squadron, 10 rounds per man are allotted for each man 

 required to go through the individual preparatory field firing, 

 and 9 rounds per man for those who are to take part in the 

 long-range firing. 



