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chance of hitting. At tirst he is allowed plenty of time to 

 consider what should be done, but in the final exercises 

 rapidity should be taken into consideration as well as accuracy. 

 He is then practiced in all these exercises while he himself 

 is in movement when the targets appear. 



Then the men are practiced in squads, platoons, com- 

 panies, etc. 



GALLERY PRACTICE. 



Gallery practice begins after the recruits have received the 

 elementary instruction in aiming and pulling the trigger, and 

 firing blank cartridges. 



It is conducted with reduced charges and reduced targets, 

 at very short range either indoors or in the open air, as 

 explained in the following tables : 



Target. 



Riiifl taiget- 



do 



__-do 



Lyiug, with support 



do 



Lying, without sup- 

 port. 



.do Kneeling, with sup- 

 port. 



do [ Standing, without 



I support. 



Full-length figure__ do 



do Kneeling, without 



j support. 



Special shooting. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 shots. 



Without knap- 

 sacks; required 

 before firing 

 with full 

 charges. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



With knapsacks 

 do 



Pointof aim, cen- 

 ter of bull's- 

 eye. 



Do. 



Man tries to hit 



the bull's-eye, 



or widest part 



of the figure. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Dc. 



Apjwrtionnient of exercises. 



The targets for gallery practice are, first, the ring target, 

 30 centimeters square with a black bull's-eye of 6-centimeter 



