VT.-RUSSIA. 



[Reported by Capt. S. L'H. Slocum, Eighth Cavalry, Uiiiteci States Military Attache at St. Petersburg.] 



INFANTRY. 



Instruction begins on the first of May and is conducted by 

 the subaltern officers of the company under the superintend- 

 ence and responsibility of the company commanders. The 

 usual preliminary instruction is given and all preliminary 

 drills are executed with fixed bayonets. 



Every soldier fires 100 rounds annually with aiming tubes 

 and shot. 



For an infantry regiment the following number of drills is 

 recommended : 



The targets used for ordinary practice are of two sizes. 

 No. 1 is 70 inches high, 52^ inches broad, divided into three 

 vertical belts, the outer belts being painted light gray and 

 the center one white with a black band 4i inches broad and 

 widening in the center to a circle down the middle. No. 2 is 

 84 inches in length and 70 inches broad, painted light gray 

 and divided by narrow black lines into 6 equal horizontal 

 bands. There are also in use targets 17^ inches broad and, 

 respectively, 70, 35, and 17^ inches high, on which are painted 

 full-length, half-length, and head figures of Russian soldiers. 

 For prize firing, a circular target ll inches in radius and 

 divided into 14 rings is used. Figures may be painted on 

 No. 1 target. 



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