III.-FRANCE. 



[Reported by Capt. T. Bentley Mutt, Artillery Corps, I'uittMi Stativs Military Attaclii', Paris.] 



Target practice to he executed each year. 



Kind of piactice. 



Numlier of 

 cartridges. 



Blank. Ball 



100 

 100 

 200 

 300 

 400 

 300 

 200 



200 

 300 

 300 

 400 

 600 

 250 



800 



1,0(XI 



800 



600-400 

 a50 



200 

 300 



250 



800-600 

 300 



-Infantry. 



((t) GaUerij practice. 



Active army, 60 



Keserves and territorials, 5 full or 15 reduced . 



(6) Individual preliminary practice (Tirs d^instructioh). 



Standing, with rest, target 0.50 meter in diameter. 



Kneeling, target 0.50 meter in diameter 



Standing, target 1 meter in diameter 



Kneeling, target 1..50 meters in diameter 



Lying, target 2 meters in diameter 



Standing, target 1.50 meters in diameter 



Kneeling, target 1 meter in diameter 



(c) Applied practice {Tirx d'application). 



Kneeling, .silhouette, man lying 



M'ith rest, in trench, silhouette, man kneeling 



Standing, silhouette, man standing 



Lying, 2 silhouettes, man kneeling 



Kneeling, 4 silhouettes, man standing at 0.15-meter interval 



Magazine tire, 30 seconds, 2 silhouettes, man standing, at 0.1.5-meter 



interval 



Standing, at disappearing bust target 



(d) Collective firiw] {Fenx collect if »). 



Volleys by section : 



Standing or kneeling, word of command by sergeants 



Standing or kneeling, word of command by chiefs of sections. _. 

 Standing or kneeling, 45 seconds 



Fire at will : 



Fire at will advancing, directed by chiefs of sections 



Rapid fire, directed by chiefs of sections, sight at 400 meters, 



time 30 seconds 



Magazine fire, standing or kneeling, word of command by chiefs 

 of sections, time 30 seconds 



Total. 



RESERVE ARMV. 



(o) Individual practice. 



3 cartridges standing and 3 kneeling, at target 1 meter in diameter . 



3 cartridges standing and 3 lying, at target 1.50 meters in diameter. 



Magazine fire at 2 silhouettes, man standing, at interval of 0.15 meter, 



time 30 seconds 



(h ) Collective practice. 



Volley firing by section standing or kneeling, word of command In- 

 reserve officers and noncommissioned officers 



Rapid fire, time 30 seconds, word of command by chiefs of sections 

 (sight of 400 meters) 



Total for reserves . 



8 

 120 



(47) 



