90 TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



BADGES, PHIZES, ETC. 



Each year after the firing is completed badges are given to 

 the best shots, six to the special class, five to the first class, 

 and four to the second class. The competitions for badges, 

 honor, and other prizes are conducted as in the infantry, 75 

 marks being allowed to each battalion for the purchase of 

 prizes — 15 marks to each company and 15 marks for the bat- 

 talion noncommissioned officers. 



CASH GRATUITIES. 



In addition to the badges and prizes mentioned, a monthly 

 allowance of 360 marks is made to the battalion of the guards 

 and 180 marks to the other rifle battalions for distribution in 

 equal parts to the 30 best shots of each company. 



The right to receive this gratuity is determined at the end 

 of the target year by competition among those men who have 

 qualified in their class in the regular practice at full distances. 

 Men who have been tried and convicted by court-martial for- 

 feit the right. In special cases, on the recommendation of 

 the company commander, approved by the battalion com- 

 mander, their right may be restored. Noncommissioned 

 officers and one-year volunteers are excluded. Men of class 

 A who receive the gratuity while serving with the colors lose 

 their right to it when transferred to the reserve. 



The gratuity is awarded to the 30 men in each company 

 who have qualified in the regular practice in the least num- 

 ber of shots ; when the number of shots is equal, to the great- 

 est number of hits in figure targets, and, lastly, to the highest 

 number of hits and points. A board, composed of a lieuten- 

 ant, a noncommissioned officer, and a private selected by the 

 men of the company, the selection approved by the battalion 

 commander, makes out the lists from the records of the 

 companies which are submitted to them. The names are 

 published in orders. 



ALLOWANCE OF AMMUNITION. 



Of the ammunition allowed to each company, 90 rounds 

 per man are reserved for field firing, 1,000 rounds for special 

 practice for officers ; for instruction fire, a minimum of 200 

 rounds; for competitions, 15 rounds for each officer and non- 

 commissioned officer and 3 rounds for noncommissioned 

 officers and privates ; for special exercises directed by company 



