84 TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Each battalion receives a money allowance for target- 

 practice material allotted under this head in the annual 

 estimates. 



VALUE OF HITS. 



On the ring, ring-head, and ring-bust targets, from 1 to 12, 

 according to the number of the ring struck. 



On the section targets (400, 500, and 600 meters) all direct 

 hits in the center band, either in the figures or in the inter- 

 vals, count 2, hits in the outer bands count 1. 



On the section-figure target all direct hits either in the fig- 

 ures or in the intervals are counted 1. 



The location of ricochet shots is first shown by placing the 

 disk over them, and they are then signaled as misses by wav- 

 ing the disk in front of the target. 



The value of the hits is shown by rectangular tablets on 

 which the figures from 1 to 6 are in black on white ground, 

 the Roman character V being used instead of tlie figure 5; 

 from 7 to 12 the figures are in white on a black ground, 10 

 being indicated by a white circle, 11 by a vertical white band, 

 and 12 by two white squares placed diagonally on the tablet. 

 A white cross indicates a hit in the target outside the rings. 



Grooves are arranged in the marker's shelters, in which the 

 signals are made to slide in and out of view. They are manip- 

 ulated under the direction of the noncommissioned officer at 

 the butt, 



ALLOWANCE OF AMMUNITION. 



Of the ammunition allowed to each company there are 

 reserved : 



1. For field firing, 60 rounds per man of the effective 

 strength on which the allowance is based. 



2. For special practice of officers, 500 rounds. 



3. For instruction firing, at least 200 rounds. 



4. For competitive firing, 15 rounds for each officer and 

 noncommissioned officer. 



5. For special practice prescribed by higher authorities, 12 

 rounds for each noncommissioned officer and private. This 

 number must not be exceeded. 



Cartridges are allowed for testing and regulating rifles. 

 At the beginning of the target year a general testing and regu- 

 lating of all arms issued to recruits is recommended. The 

 remainder of the allowance is used for range firing. No sav- 

 ings should be made in the allowance for field firing, for 



