110 TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



A good shot is expected to hit the bnll's-eye in the first 

 exercise, and the figure target in the other shooting, at every 

 shot. 



Ofiicers of the train fire 5 shots at 20 meters, using a rest, at 

 the ring target, and 5 shots, offhand, at the figure target. 



Revolver practice is always under the direction of a com- 

 missioned officer ; no exception to this rule ig permitted. 



FIELD ARTILLERY. 



The target practice for field artillery is divided into firing 

 at known distances (school j^ractice), and the field or combat 

 firing. The school practice is carried on in the battery ; the 

 field firing in the battery, battalion, or regiment, on troop 

 exercise grounds, artillery j^ractice grounds, and in the open 

 country, which latter gives opportunity for the use of unknown 

 ground offering difficulties differing according to the season. 



The practice period is in summer, the time for which is 

 fixed by the corps commander. The duration of the practice 

 is from twenty-one to twenty-three days, when two regiments 

 are present, and from twenty-seven to thirty days, when three 

 or four regiments are on the ground at the same time. Prac- 

 tice in the open country is carried on after the field firing, and 

 before the autumn maneuvers. 



As soon as the higher authorities issue the orders for tar- 

 get practice, the regimental commander makes general 

 arrangements for the program to be carried out, assigning 

 days, time, and place for the different firings, directs the divi- 

 sion of the ammunition among the batteries, assigns officers 

 temporarily attached for instruction, and gives general instruc- 

 tions for the batteries and battalions in carrying out the pro- 

 gram. He also arranges the exercises that seem to him most 

 useful. For this purpose he calls for suggestions and recom- 

 mendations from battery and battalion commanders as to 

 nature and place of targets, positions of batteries, etc. Fatigue 

 parties are sent ahead by each regiment to make preparations 

 for its practice and get the targets ready. 



The various targets used have already been referred to. 

 The batteries report for practice with six guns and, if possible, 

 three caissons. 



SCHOOL PRACTICE. 



The school practice is regarded simply as preparation for 

 the combat firing, and is limited to the amount considered to 



