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PART III. — MATERIALS FOR TARGET PRACTICE, AND THE RIFLE RANGE. 



Chapter 1 — Targets and Marking Instruments. — The 

 targets are made of wood and bamboo frames, covered with 

 cloth and paper. 



1. Ordinary target, a white rectangle 1.65 meters long and 

 1 meter in width, on which ten black concentric circles are 

 painted ; the intervening spaces or zones between the circles 

 counting from 1 (outer) to 10 (bull's-eye). The eighth and 

 ninth zones and bull's-eye are all in black, the eighth and 

 ninth circle painted in white. The diameter of the central 

 zone is 10 centimeters. 



2. Ordinary target with head figure covering eighth, ninth, 

 and tenth zone, the black figure showing the head and shoul- 

 ders of a soldier. 



3. The figure target, complete figure of an infantry soldier 

 in black, widest part of figure being 40 centimeters. 



There are four kinds of figure targets : 



(a) Whole body figure standing, 1.65 meters high. 

 (6) Kneeling figure, 1 meter high. 



(c) Breast figure, 50 centimeters high. 



(d) Head figure, 35 centimeters high. 



4. Figure target of several figures ; the figures are in black 

 on a white rectangle, 1.65 by 1 meter in size. 



Targets are of three kinds, fixed, disappearing, and mova- 

 ble. The fixed (ordinary) target is on a double revolving 

 frame, similar to those in the United States in manner of 

 construction. The disappearing target is handled by a sys- 

 tem of ropes and pulleys, appearing and disappearing from a 

 fixed location. The movable target is arranged so that it can 

 be moved (within certain limits) in any direction — up, down, 

 right, and left. 



Signal flags and markers are constructed and used generally 

 in a similar manner to those in the American army. 



Chapter 2 — The Ranges. — The ordinary ranges for drill 

 practice are exceedingly well planned, constructed, and ar- 

 ranged for the different firing stands from 1 00 up to 600 meters. 

 They are well protected by traverses, so that every range can 

 be used at the same time; a long bricked-up gallery leading 

 from the longest range (at the side) to the long continuous 

 line of pits where the targets are placed, 16 targets on each 

 side. 



