196 TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



In case of failure to make the required scores, exercises 9 

 and 10 may be repeated once. Any recruit who has not ful- 

 filled the conditions has noted on his record "restd," and he 

 passes to the following exercises : 



Applied Fire. — This individual applied fire at field targets 

 is to habituate the i*ecruit to put in practice the training he 

 has received, and he is allowed to assume his own position 

 and select his own point of aim. 



Program. — Exercise 11: Single shots 300 meters at target 

 F disapxjearing (visible during six seconds). 



Exercise 12: Single shots at less than 300 meters, at 5 fall- 

 ing targets G, arranged as a line of skirmishers, five shots at 

 each exercise. 



After the firing the results are criticised by the instructor. 



Insignia of Good Shots. — Those who fulfill all the condi- 

 tions in the fire with single cartridges with the minimum 

 number of shots, and the magazine fire without repeating the 

 exercise, and make a total of 140 points, by the addition of 

 all the points and hits of the fire with conditions, will receive 

 the insignia of marksman (bon tireur). Others who fill the 

 conditions 1 to 8 with 45 cartridges, and 9 and 10 without repe- 

 tition, receive honorable mention, which is also noted in the 

 soldier's target book, which contains a record of his target 

 practice during all the years of his service. 



The individual practice completed, the recruits are then 

 practiced in collective firing, both by section and by company. 

 These consist of varied exercises illustrative of campaign 

 work. The following exercises will serve as illustrations: 



1. Exercises by section in extended line, firing as single 

 loader, at 400 meters, at a line of skirmishers formed of fall- 

 ing targets H and G mixed. 



2. Exercise by section in extended line, at 500 meters at an 

 extended line of falling targets G and F mixed. 



3. Exercise by section in line in close order at GOO meters, 

 at a line in close order of falling targets F and G. The front 

 of the targets should always exceed half tlie front of the 

 section, and in the appreciation of the results, the time 

 employed enters as an important factor; 25 ball-cartridges 

 are allowed for this kind of practice. 



The recruits are next practiced in the fire of combat, which 

 is in fact more an instruction for the commander than for the 

 men in the ranks. For this purpose several sets of targets 



