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The dimensions and arrangement of the various targets 

 mentioned above will be given with the description of each 

 kind of practice now to follow. 



1. TiRS d'Instruction.— For this preliminary individual 

 practice, the target is a wooden frame 2 meters square, cov- 

 ered with paper traced with two concentric circles of dimen- 

 sions, according to the range, as follows: 



100 meters -_. diameter, 0.25 and 0.50 meters. 



200 meters diameter, 0. 50 and 1 . 00 meters. 



300 meters diameter, 0. 75 and 1 . 50 meters. 



400 meters diameter, 1. 00 and 2. 00 meters. 



Horizontal and vertical axes, intersecting at the centers, 8 

 centimeters wide, complete the target. 



A hit in the inner circle counts 2 points ; in the outer circle, 



1 point; outside of this, zero; ricochet hits, zero. 



Each man fires 42 shots during the season at these targets 

 as shown in the tables on page 47. He must make, out of a 

 possible 84, a score of 25 before he is passed on to applied 

 practice (No. 2). To this end he may be obliged to fire some 

 of his applied allowance at preliminary practice. 



2. TiRS d'Application. — For this applied practice the 

 targets are all silhouettes of men 5 feet 6 inches tall, lying, 

 kneeling, or standing. The silhouettes are traced in black 

 on a target frame covered with white paper. The progress 

 of this practice is given in the tables page 47. For practices 

 numbered 8, 9, and 10, the silhouettes are drawn on the lower 

 part of a panel 1 meter wide and 2 meters high. A horizontal 

 line passing through the top of the silhouette limits the part 

 of the panel to be struck. Every hit in the silhouette counts 



2 points; if below the horizontal line and outside the sil- 

 houette, 1 point. 



For practice at Nos. 11 and 13, two silhouettes are traced 

 on the panel 2 meters square. The silhouettes are framed in 

 a rectangle of the height of the figure and 1.50 meters wide. 

 A hit in the rectangle counts 2 points. 



For practice at No. 12, the 4 silhouettes are traced on a 

 panel 3 meters wide by 2 high. A horizontal line across the 

 top of the figures limits the space in which a hit counts. A 

 hit in the rectangle counts 2 points. 



In practice No. 14, the bust silhouette on the end of a pole 

 is moved up and down by a marker in the target pit. The 

 targets for the different men shooting are marked distinctly ; 



