The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-08
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headquarters Of the department Of the
Platte. Omaha, Geb., Dee. 2. 1851. are
as follows:
For the purpose OF improving rife
practice Ia this department, the follow
ing instructions will be strictly OBJ
served:
Companies not already supplied there
with will at once procure the necessary
material for gallery practice, as provi-
ded for in General Order No. SO, series
of 1880. adjutant generals office.
Post commanders will when it is pos
sible, afford facilities for frequent prac-
tice under cover OF in quarters during
the winter months.
At every post schools for the instruc-
tion of officers and non-commissioned
officers in Laidley's rifle Firing"
(revised edition. will be opened this
winter. The officers school will be un-
der the direction of the commanding
officer, who viii transmit to these head
quarters a monthly report of the pro-
gress.
Instruction 10 non-commissioned Of
ficers impaired in the form of brief lee
lures is preferable to r~ecitations.
The record Of best firing from 30-c.)
should contain two scores. The total
is that of each score The per cent.
should be that of both scores, or one
score of ten shots. and in reporting
practice for the Nevada trophy will be
footed up giving the per cent. Of the
entire record. When a man fires but
one score Of Eve shots during the month
it will not be entered upon this form,
but will appear IN form BOD, with an
explanatory remark.
Attention will be given to estimating
distances. in which drill every company
will be required to have annual CLASSIC
fication.
In paragraph PIT, Laidley'a 'sRiile
Firing" revised edition). there is an
omission to be supplied by authority Of
the author, as follows: After 'points"
insert; Gin eight consecutive esti-
mates"
For purpose OF thorough instruction
the drill may be indefinitely prolonged,
as provided for in paragraphs 1856. 1872,
20S and others; but in order to obtain a
classification, eight consecutive esti-
mates will be made by every man, and
fourteen points will be required for ad-
vancement.
The Aiming and Pointing drill Part.
IL, Chapter l. and II. should not be
neglected during the season of practice.
Recruits will be carefully instructed
In the preliminary drills, and will not
be permitted to fire the service car
fridge until they have acquired steadi-
ness In gallery practice.
Sufficient Importance is not attached
to preliminary drill and theoretical in
struction. The companies which have
given the most attention to this are
known to be the farthest advanced in
practice, while those which have been
neglected. show a very unsatisfactory
state Of progress.
The troops will be allowed all the
time necessary for careful practice on
the range and all hurry will be avoided.
In the annual classification provided
for in paragraph 522, Revised Laidley'l
Rife Firing, the required per cent will
be that Of two scores Of Eve shots, or OF
one score of ten shots.
Rifle practice is regarded as a very
important part Of the instruction of a
soldier in garrison, and no details on
extra duty, daily duty or fatigue, must
be allowed to. interfere with the proper
instruction of troops in this duty.
General orders of Nov. 80 direct that
insane soldiers sent to Washington for
admission to the insane asylum be here
after escorted by non-commissioned Of
fcers. with p~rivates if necessary.
As a matter Of interest we give the
present composition of G.. C.-M. before
which Lieut.. Flipper is being tried
Bvt. Major Gen. G. Pennypacker, colo
mel 10th inf., president; Lieut.. Col. Jas
Van voast, 10th inf; Bvt. Brig. Gen.
N. B. Sweitzer, lieutenant colonel 9th
cavalry; Bvt. Col. J. F. Wade. lleuten-
ant colonel 10th cavalry; Bvt. Col. G.
w. Schofeld, major 10th cavalry; Surg.
W. e. Waters, Medical Dept, U. s. A..
Capt. Fergus Walker, LIST inf; Capt.
VIM. Fletcher. Goth inf; Capt. w. N.
Tisdarl. LIST inf; Capt. R. G. Heiner,
LIST inf. {; Bvt. Major E. s. Ewing, cap
tain 10th inf; Bvt. Capt. W. v. Rich
ards. LIST lieutenant, R. Q. M, 16tt
inf; Capt. ]. w. Clous. oath inf,
judge advocate. Bvt. Major Merritt
Barber, captain 10th inf, is counsel Tor
accused, and I. ]. Tilley, Topeka, Kan
sas, stenographer for the court. Col.
Van Vosst and Gen. Sweitzer are NOT
sitting as members Of this court, but
are in attendance waiting the com
mencement Of y second trial upon the
additional charges.-Army and Navy
Journal.
Poverty and Distress.
That poverty which produces the
greatest distress is not of the purse but
of the blood. Deprived of its richness