144 TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



On targets with pasted figures the lower part is shaded by 

 dashes or gray color to represent the cover behind which the 

 target is supposed to appear. 



To each practice ground is assigned : 



One officer as chief, the necessary number of officers or 

 underofficers as detachment commanders, and the necessary 

 number of underofficers as squad commanders. 



Shooting squads, one to each target; one or two men to 

 each target as markers, and one underofficer for each group 

 of four targets, to have charge of the markers for these tar- 

 gets, and, if the shooting is directed against more than one 

 group of targets, one officer for the markers' detachment'. 



If the practice ground is arranged with swing targets, one 

 man for each signal apparatus, and if the ground is arranged 

 for fixed targets, one, or, when shooting at long distances and 

 in windy weather, two buglers or drummers, and finally, men 

 for the necessary posts as sentries. 



At precision drills, which are not competitive, the squad 

 commander orders the position for firing, the placing of the 

 sight, and the aim. When the command "Fire" has been 

 given by the commander, the man himself fires when he is 

 ready. When the man has fired, he reports to the squad 

 commander how the line of sight seemed to be directed with 

 relation to the center of the target, at the moment he fired. 



The squad commander takes, during the shooting, a place 

 from which he can observe the whole firing without causing 

 the man any discomfort. He observes whether the man han- 

 dles his gun properly, and tries during the drill by means of 

 the controlling mirror to observe the errors, and gives the 

 necessary information and instruction, but avoids disturbing 

 the man while shooting. 



During individual application drills, and during competi- 

 tive precision drills, the men must have more freedom, but 

 are still under the supervision of the squad commanders. If 

 the ground is arranged for swinging targets each shot is 

 usually marked as soon as it is fired. 



When the ground is arranged for fixed targets the mark- 

 ing, as a rule, is made after every second or third shot. 



In application drills in detachments, the respective detach- 

 ment chiefs bring the detachment to the firing position, and 

 order the fire according to the drill regulations. The mark- 

 ing, as a rule, is done after the shooting is completed. 



