Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-27

REVISED SMALL Aims FiRih1
REGULATIONS.
FIGURES OF KEs&RE NON TARGETS.
soldier. Taught TO Aim solely nj
The Heads and Iicnvts Of Their
EncmEcs-This Means Increased
slaughter I'm Hattie.

Correspondence OF the Dispatch)
WASHING june 26-The United
States Government has just adopted lor
the army revised edition OF the small
arms firing regulations OF that body
Death Is written IN every line o. tho new
regulations. II they are faithfully OBJ
served. aa they probably win be. the
eaecuveuCss Of orr soldiers in time Of
battle viii be no. DE.
The key note Of THIS new Gispcnsation Is
10 train The United states soldier to IRE
az tho head and heart OF his enemy Few
persons arc aware Of the fact that the
tarsct practice .n which every member ~
the army required 20 bear arms must
hereafter participate has for It's objective
point representation Of human figures IN
the various positions in which the soldier
would encounter his enemy IN action. y
glance at tho accompanying Illustration
Will convey better than it Is possible Tor
words 20 10. the fun meaning Of this fact
The targets ,anre IN their distance from
the soldier from 2.O TO 0o0 yards. Care
fui calculation has shown that it is Within
thcs, points of distance that the soldier
must 90 his effective firing. IL would pe
nonsense to talk OF firing with accuracy
with q government small arm ~ great
or distance than 5000 feet. When the
conflict becomes very much closer than
CO feet the only things for the s0'blei
T. remember are % keep cool AID snoOt
az tie head ami the heart
The first OF these targets ia calIei
short range Sometimes BE- s. uac4 ioI
q 1OJ-yards practice chat is 80 % distance
Of ly yards from tie marksmen more
often IL is used al zp yards. ana occd-
slouaUv az 80 yards On THIS target 90
silhouette. is the figure of "a soldier lyihb
down ms he does in action sometimes.
In such n case as this the soldier Us
seen lying directly on his face, his head
being c.eva ei from The ground as ne
leans on ole elbow while taking a!H4. iu
other words. it is the, exact position on
the skirmishcI. and tie siirmishcr ls lhe
man at whom the soldier must ordinarily
first fire. as every advance Of an army
Is lcd by a skrmsh lHe
The centre Of the target IS rcciangle-
thaf Is. q space Of any desired SIZE, lne
four Sides Of which are right angles Inc
rcctaugle may Doe iu form az square
oblong. or diamond shaped. rms cehlIt'
as n is called IS y inches high. just the
height of q soldier who is lyhs GOWN anu
feet wide. t.s latter being the Widtn
OF the target This centre is one OF lhe
three divisions into which the target b.
plated. The next division is known as
The inner. aDI the thIc or OUTSIDE ole
vision u known as the outer. The score
fl solder makes Is made up in hsh CT
low dearecs by The portion OF the target
which bic bullet strikes.
These three divisions are suhdNlccd H
two sections each these two portions
bclug known as the right ana left cen-
tres Tho same rule applies to the inner
ana outer. ro ihnroushly understand just
what as meant. picture % yourself some
thing like this Take target i'et Ai5n
and 4 feet wide. divide it into three sec
lions after the fashion Of the measul O.
mcnts given. the sections running from
r'ubt TO LETT. Then draw line Directly
through tie centre OF this target from top
10 bottom First YOU have the centre. 81
Inches high and Z foot wide. Then come
the inner. which is q rcctongle also. I4's
Inner runs IN depth from "a point ~ inche
above the bottom OF the target 10 the
lower line of he centre. The outer is inc
rest az the target The entire target
forms rectangle feet high and 4 feet
wide.
There Is no bulls eye-Creedmoor
fashion hootlng iu This sort of target
Iractice. Tho soldier is taught 10 aim az
The head ana heaft OF lle it'Di''u'
figure. The nearer ne comes 10 ~,
marks. the higher lis his score. Ni'it
careful study OF the Iac's gwen III. ''-
foregoing paragraph viii show what "a
tremendous weapon this concentrated ace
curacv will DE in the hands of the United
G..r. f.s
NIL foct thot tn Great trouble i'm throw
g. ,,.,sses ~ mon into conflict with one
orotber MAS ma the fighting was not
cor1r,.,d intallicortlv bv The private
..t1i.~. not D.. 0t,d roel,lrss'v with the
onn~rD,,t i5c,' mat n did not make much
d,ference Ara what direction the bullet
-. 80 -, a.. .,,,trfdoo lcft the eun.
81 nj, il,e tr,lt.l states soldier goes
~ - -. ..in D., inst two roin+e
INC h"''I. Wv W. - ~, r,t,,o
OF ms e'e"y W",N" ,.t " -, 'i'' a,5 boart
anu '"os WI i' ..r,.l,..,, an
i.io os' ,'I 80 ,sr~et intended for
-, o., forr IA sl- hundred
ne tho ,l,rf hundred Yards target
fo~ distances of from seven hundred %
oicst b,,rsr,d wards, the thousand yards
80 a. - t,a ,0r,a ,yould
"seN' i' M, - ,,i,,i,Jo 1ee,rihed
.,,-. - ,,r,et Governs ar
l WY '-"ho ,'" -, dif
49, - ...9 o. ,-r,o.,,.,n.ti SING
lnsrre In me- s,es of The Target. FI
s,,.orc. ne rnis-rares tarret is a
sn,5rc Six fcet on "a s,ie. which is SIN
r'ctare,,lar qbo figure on this is the
si,bouctte of a soldier I'm knollns posi-
tor.
mn oieht hundred Yards ta,eet. as II
T. called. that ieing che limit 81 distance
from The marksman at which tAc target
can be placed. is feet h.sn ana T. feet
wide. Ou this target IS the Silhouette
o. soldier standing. ON The TARGET
with the thousand yard range VS. ln'