New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-28

olu''tJ wei Win INC ZANE STOCK. 1be right arm 10
raised to make the shoulder convenient bed for tho
butt, while the right hand is placed SO as 10 keep its
muscles free 70 put the forenger on the trigger and
TO obey the impulse from the brain by which the trigger
issowly but certainly squeezed into actiong
In the kncelng position, the body IL supported on
three points almost equdsant the recoil is again made
to thrust the body truly to the rear turning tbs
LEFT angle and thus keeping the barrel nearly horizon
tall The right foot, which ought 20 wear thick, sif
boot, supports the body soat The LETT hand bal
ances the rihe and hollow in the bend Of the elbow
comfortably fits the front Of the raised knee-oin Tue
right hand 10 free, nc ore.
These positions diff from tho French in some re
spects the French ;jier when kneelne does not "A
on his heel and when standing does not point Che Ie
foot directly forward while in both positions bis lsa
arm is less extended.
The establishment at Hythe was founded IN 1854
The school and barracks arc situated on rising ground
about mile from the sea, aud overlooking a erayeuy
plain which was used even in olden times for training
in the art OF war. Major General Hay is at ia head
with arSe staff and something Ike one hundred in.
strneors. The accommodations are sufficient TO enable
SIXTY officers and three hundred non-commissioned off,
GERS and pnyates to be instructed at one time The to.
tai annual expense Is about $4,000.
There is long course of ten weeks, in which officers
can be thoroughly instructed teach whole bat.
tslions when they leave Young officers and recrai.s
have to attend about fifty lessons and drills and thirty
preliminary fixing practices, while each drilled soldier
has to attend about half as many before the regular
nua course Of m1sketry The advantages Of the course
have been lately extended to the volunteers and seven
regiments have ayailed themselves Of it. The names
now entered are sufficient to FIJI up the classes for the
next three years.
The course of instruction consists in teaching the
limbs by poson-drill" which carried on in the bar.
racky ard while the eye is taught by the aiming and
judging-distance-drc conducted on the seashOre and
the mind is enlightened by explanatory lectures in suit
able rooms fitted up with models and appropriate pic
lures.
For physical training, the are divided into see
tons Of more tran ten each under one instructor,
for it is by individual practice that individual excel
lcnce can be attained.
The explanations of the construction of the rifle and
of how to clean it, impaired to squads separately.
The importance of keeping rifle clean ia very great.
The mean deviation of an Enfield Rife in twenty one
shots at 700 yards has been found TO be from six to
eight feet when not cleaned and only two feet when
cleaned.
In the ecture-room, which accommodates hundred
auditors tie best information is impaired in the most
lively popular and impressive style on the construction
of the rifle the use manufacture aud preservation Of
its several parts the qualities of powder and the max
ing OF cartridges the circumstances affecting the explo
sion of the powder aud the flight Of the bullet, the
proper way conduct targetpEctiee, and the Kgua-
tions for keeping shooting registers.
d-sn ,l.,Il e TAD n.r
causing the pupil to Gay" bis rife on a sand.bag
tripod, resting as to align the two sights and the
bull seye Of a distant target The instructor carefully
observes the performance oorreeis mistakes, aud III
vites the observation and criticism of tie rest Of the
squad Of whom each in succession aims in the same
manner. Two things notable in this department:
first, that very few aim correctly at first and
second that nearly every man with good sight can
learn how to aim correctly.
On the other hand, the ability to Judge distances
recy possessed by many persons to high degree,
whereas acquire II is only possible for limited num-
Der, and after much practice. Men accustomed to
country fe buders surveyors and those whose occu-
patton sharpens this faculty. very readily give excellent
guesscs at mans distance, judging from disappearance
alone. But for most persons long series OF trials Is
required. The Judging -dsance-dril Is one OF the
most interesting portions Of the course which involves
many hours marching in the breezy air OF the sea- and
over the pebbly plain, under the wholesome excite
ment Of competition between the sections, which arc
directed TO march back to the barracks in the order of
the merit of their performance during each day. The
eve is practiced in Judging distance by placing men as
intervals of fifty yards and causing each section to OBJ
serve the appearance Of the face and dress at known
intervals as well as the hue OF the background and
the state Of the atmosphere. Afer this men are placed
at unknown distances aud each pupil Is directed to es
innate the number Of yards. The correct distance 10
then declared, and each man ia marked in proportion
to the accuracy of his estimate.
In the position-drl, the first practice Is purely
eymnastic exercise for the body and limbs without
aiming In the secoud practice the head has part;
the eve takes aim, ard the finger presses trigger.
This should be done, says Captain Wfred, as if one
had to squeeze one drop from orange. by aiming
at the instructors eye the pupil enables him
many faults The third practice is to enable men to
load and fire in the ranks without disturbing one an
other Over and over this exercise has to be perform
ed with strict attention to he placing of the feet posing
of the body thopostion of the arms and head and that
magic sympathy between the rf e-sighs and the rife
seye trigger and finger which shall enable the
whole to cooperate when the moment is seized by the
brain for discharging the piece. This practice can Do
carried indoors and without any instructor with th'
most evident and speedy results. The kneeling Poa-
ton ought to be practeed to become one Of com
fort, in which may sit on bis heel, shave ane
read his newspaper"
Amer this twenty rounds are frei by the recruit az
preliminary ball practice and then he is brought to tho
target for his regular cassshootng, which is the teal
Of the manner in which he has profted by the fore
coine instruction Each section Of ten men Is taken