MILITIA ARTILLERY COMPETITIVE PRACTICE. 
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5. —Credit will be given for the discipline. In case of a tie, reference 
will be made to the score when the prize will be awarded to the regiment 
excelling in points in the following order : — 1st, hits ; 2nd, time; 3rd, 
discipline. 
6. —Competition to be carried out from R.M.L. guns, 7-inch and 
10-incli. 
7. —The Ammunition to be that issued for annual practice. 
8. —Regiments using their own specialists will receive special marks. 
9. —The major will fill one vacancy amongst captains, should such 
exist, in the capacity of B.C., otherwise the senior company officer will 
command his own company as B.C. 
10. —It is optional to employ two G.O.’s or one, but they must both 
belong to the company. The P.S. N.C.O.’s are available for this duty 
after the company officers are exhausted. 
11. —Each B.C. to have a D.R.F. and the C.O. acting as F.C. and 
in charge of practice to have another instrument, P.F. or D.R.F. 
(umpire’s rule 2, p. 38, cancelled). 
12. — Time allowed 15 minutes per company, to be reckoned from 
“commence fire - ” (guns run back and unloaded), all rounds to com¬ 
plete practice will be fired, but any not judged by the umpires to be 
within the 15 minutes, will not count, except in the case of a tie—both 
ties being overtime (para. 11, p. 31, A.P.S.R., 1896, is cancelled). 
13. —The practice to be carried out half an hour after tide has turned 
and the mean range will be as near as possible 2000 yards. 
14. —On “cease fire” being sounded by the C.O. the time will be 
noted by the umpires, and if the cause is that the range is blocked, 
allowance will bo made by deducting the minutes till “commence” 
again sounds, during “ cease fire” no work must go on at the guns or 
the regiment will be disqualified. 
15. —Cun-layers to be selected by O.C. companies from amongst 
their own men. 
16. —Credits will be awarded as follows :— 
Company Credits. 
Six hits, each 36 . 
Drill series 
B. C., G.C.C. and adjuncts . 
Time allowance 10 per every minute, under 
minutes—possible . 
Regimental Credits 
Communications, etc. 
C. O. command (power of) . 
Arrangements for control . . 
Regimental specialists . 
Practice reports and criticisms thereon 
Grand total ... 
17. —The practice reports must be in the district colonel’s office by 
mid-day on the day but one following the practice or no marks will be 
36 
Total of Points.. 
... 216 ^ 
... 50 | 
... 20 336 
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10 
10 
14 
20 
64 
400 
