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TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



knock down all the targets with the least possible number of 

 shots, time thirty seconds. 



Exercise 13 : From 200 to 500 meters, targets falling or dis- 

 appearing silhouettes. Will be used in this exercise what are 

 left of the 95 cartridges allowed for the indiAddual practice. 



The insignia of marksman and honorable mention will be 

 given on the same conditions as for recruits, that is, a total of 

 140 points made with minimum of cartridges in exercises 1 

 to 7, and without repeating exercises 8 and 9. 



Similar problems are given in collective firing to those pre- 

 viously described in the recruit course. 



The course of practice for the newly appointed officers is a 

 little more difficult, and each officer is allowed 15 cartridges 

 for preliminary practice, after which the following program 

 is followed : 



Kind of file. 



Single shots _ 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



8 t do 



9 I Magazine fire 



10 I do 



11 i Single shots . 



Disappearing target visible five second; 

 12 I Single shots 



Kneeling 



Prone 



Standing 



Prone, with rest 



Kneeling 



do 



Prone 



Kneeling, with rest . 



Kneeling 



Prone 



Kneeling 



begin aim after target appears. 

 200 F Prone 



Five targets (falling) in line of skirmishers. 



Exercises 1 to 8 and 11, in 5 consecutive shots, maximum & 

 cartridges; exercise 9, magazine filled with 13 cartridges, 

 time thirty seconds; exercise 10, 4 cartridges in magazine, 

 refill once, time forty seconds ; exercise 12, 5 shots, time forty 

 seconds. Numbers 9, 10, and 12 may be repeated once. In 

 case of failure to make the requisite scores the officer is 

 reported "restd." 



The officer is given other practice in collective fire and as 

 instructor of men. 



After the courses of instruction in the schools previously 

 described, the men are expected to keep themselves in prac- 

 tice by exercises at the shooting stands and at their homes, 

 but during the cours de repetitions of the ^lite the men are 



