344 APPENDIX. 



With reference to the duties of the company officers, the 

 translation reads : 



"These officers and noncommissioned officers are not only 

 to be well acquainted with theory of firing, but to be well 

 furnished with skill to correct the bad rifle." 



Chapter 2 takes up the modes of instruction — a general out- 

 line — elementary drills for recruits, sighting drill, position 

 and aiming drills. One quotation is very pat and well 

 expressed: . 



"In all firings, the selection of a proper position, accuracy 

 in estimating distances, quickness of loading, correctness of 

 sighting, quickness of aiming, and the presence of mind, are 

 the necessary conditions of a soldier, and one who lacks them 

 can not be called a skilled marksman." 



Chapter 3 — preliminary drills — goes into the details of aim- 

 ing drills, a complete discussion of the sights, use of tripods 

 and sand bags for proper instruction in aiming, methods of 

 correcting errors, tests by means of the triangle, and describes 

 the proper standing, kneeling, and prone positions. 



With regard to the use of the trigger and hammer, para- 

 graph 55 of the translation reads : 



"The use of trigger has great influences upon the firing, 

 therefore, it must be minutely instructed and it needs con- 

 stant attention." 



Chapter 4 — estimating distances — is very full and complete. 

 It provides that every officer, noncommissioned officer, and 

 soldier must become skillful in estimating distances for short 

 range (up to 600 meters), for middle range (between 600 and 

 1,000 meters), and become accustomed to estimate distances 

 for long range (over 1,000 meters). 



Three methods are provided : 



First, estimating by sight by the use of soldiers either 

 mounted or dismounted in various positions. After the dis- 

 tance is estimated by sight it will be actually measured by 

 the step or by the surveyor's chain, except for the longer 

 ranges, when maps and instruments are used. 



Second, by sound. The velocity with which sound travels 

 being given as a guide. 



Third, by pacing. 



(The above methods are very similar to those used in the 

 United States army.) 



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