Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-11
NATIONAL GUARD
TARGET PRACTISE.
Comprehensive General Order Is.
sued From Headquarters Of
First Brigade Today.
SOME OF ITS PROVISIONS.
Touches Gallery and Range Practise,
Rifle Classification ald SkiImish
And Pit Firing,

A long general order was issued to-
day from headquarters Of the First
brigade Of the national guard govern.
Ing target practise until further order.
Salient features OF the order are as
follows.
Target year will be from Jan, to
Dec. 81 range practise season win be
from May to oct, 81, Field and s,aff
and non-commissioned STAFF will fire
with rifle. line officers will fire with the
arm OF their command provided all OIL
GERS may In addition thereto practise
with revolver. No sighting shots are
permitted either In gallery or range
practise, and score dive shots) once
begun must be completed before an
other is taken up The gun sling may
be used In any manner whatever. Be-
fore entering upon range work each
recruit must be thoroughly instructed
In sighting, position and aiming drills.
He must make at least 50 per cent Of
q possible score before firing for quail
iication upon the range.
GALLERY PRACTISE
In the matter Of gallery practise;
For b0.foot gallery, the target will be
seven inches high by six inches wide,
with a bullseye one inch In diameter,
and two other circular divisions three
and five Inches respectively II gallery
Is 10 feet increase dimension Of target
one-half; IL 100 feet they will be dou-
bled. The 5O.foot gallery Is preferable.
Gallery practise viii be conducted In
scores of five shots. a paper target
Will be assigned each firer, his name
written thereon, together with the num-
Der OF the score, whether first or fourth,
and the target preserved as a refer
ence and guidance TO the firer, who
should have access TO them whenever
necessary A shot striking the bulls
eye counts FIVE; In the ring next near
est the bullseye, called a center, four;
within the next nearest ring, called an
inner, three; and In the remainder OF
the target, calleu n out, two.
RANGE PRACTISE.
In range practise, the flrings at 200
yards will be standing at an "a" tar
get at 300 yards, k,eelng or sitting
at an "a target; at 90 and COO yards
the prone position will be used, firing at
81 target and at 500 and 1000
yards, target &c" will be used,
RIFLE CLASSIFICATION.
Rife classification Is made as fol-
lows
Fourth Cass-All who have not
fired. Third Class--Al who report
for practise and are unable TO score 10
out Of "A possible % at 200 yards III any
score or who have fired two or more
full scores at 200 300 and 800 yards,
and from the best two have made an
aggregate OF less than e. Second
Class-All who have fired two or more
full scores at 200. 300 and 500 yards, and
from the best two have made a total
OF 81 out Of possible $50, First Glass
All who have fired two or more full
scores nj 200, 300 and 500 yards, and
from the best two have made total
of SO out of o possible lbO Marksmen
--Alf who have fired two or more full
scores at 200, 300 and 500 yards, and
from the best two have made total Of
| QS out OF a possible $50. Sharpshooters
All who have fred two or more full
scores at 200. 300, 500 and 800 yards, and
| from the best two at each range have
made total of 100; and have fired two
| or more full scores, time fired, ut 200
| yards $50 seconds firing interval In each
| score), and In the best two have made
| a total Of 20; and have made one skirm-
| ish run Of 20 shots, advancing from 500
| to 200 yards; tho total OF all scores be.
| ing not less than 2S5. Experts-All
who have made the necessary total to
| qualify as sharpshooter and have fired
/ two or more full scol ss at 800 and 600
yards and from the hest two have made
a total OF 40 at 500, and 50 at 1000
| yards,
REVOLVER PRACTISE.
Detailed instruction and advice is
| given az to skirmsh firing, and at
Thine Fired Practise" the score must
be fred within 30 seconds, standing, at
| 200 yards. The following classification
| VIII prevail In revolver practise, the SS-
caliber Colts revolver being used
Marksmen--T who have fired two
or more full scores at % yards, so yards
and Is yards and from the best two
scores at each OF these ranges have
made total of 100 out Of possible
1850 points. Time being an important
element in revolver practise an. officer
or enlisted man who can make tho total
as prescribed for marksmen, firing each
score as prescribed therein within 10
SECONDS win be classed as expert
PIT FIRING.
In the matter Of pit firing the figure
merit will be compul 4 by multiplying
the number of eXper rihemen by 200;
81 sharpshoot.rs by o, Of marksm, n
by 1907 OF first class rt' by 20, Of Sec
ond class men by so; thlrd class men
by 10; OF fourth class men by 0, anu
dividing the sum OF the products thus
obtained by the total number Of OIL
GERS and men into the above seven
classes, Marksmen In revolver prac-
tise viii be computed same as marks
men I'm rifle practise, by 100, experts