Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-23
(By Fred A. KuenzIi.)
Continued.

turn Of this annual test To be filed is
July ID. To insure a good return one
can practice on the shooting range when
ever he chooses from early spring until
such time as he feels himself fl to take
the compulsory test The federal gov
M refunds 10 all those who pass
the cost Of the ammunition used. and
pays to each rifle club the sum IF Two
francs 90 ccntsJ for each man comiag
up To the required work.
Woe &" the chap that fails in this
rigid test, He j. looked down upon nv
sil his companions and i'm November or
December has 10 don his uniform. shoul-
der his rifle. and go Ia the nearest re.
c~ruiting station, where he has 10 under
60 shooting practice under the ewes Of
special instructors until he passes the
mark required for the 10 shots.
This consistent and persistent system
81 rifle practEr makes every Swiss sol
der a crack shot and is primarily re-
spOnsible for the high state Of efficiency
Of the army. That the proficiency in
shooting grows immensely from year to
.N'' F" ~ ~ NJ i'lAtN ~ idfiN.
Federal =. .huctzcnfcsts" are he'd
every three years aud the highest award
IN these events H. the title If "Mcistcr
schuctzc" given 10 those who mark -
hits out IF 100 shots within AN S-inch
circle. in knccling position. al a dis
tancc Of so yards.
In 1000 AT Lucerne 1 Meistcrschutzcn
were pro- .laimoi in 1901 AT ~. Gall IL.
~ 1907 al Il rich -; in 1910 AT E;erne
rs.
Undoubtedly there are hundreds. if
not thousands. If Swiss who could make
this mark, but every Swiss has not the
money to spend 10 take part in a federal
ScIuetzenfcst.
The extent of interest ia these S-huct
zcnfcsts can he imagined from the fact
that at Bcrnc in 1910. 200 gallery stands
were erected, and in use. At every stand
were from thirty To forty men waiting
for their turn, some Of them waiting for
ten or twelve hours. The same year the
Rheims he Sc~huctzeufcSt" took place
in Germany at Karlsruhe for Il district
five times the size Of Switzerland and
there only ~ gallery stands we're i'm use
and rarely more than three men at "A
time waiting for their turn TO shoot.
During the same year, 1910. there
were "A total of II. 900 10000 shots fired in
rifle practice in Switzerland. with it's
1000, 900 population. In Germany pop
ulation 81, 00O, 600 there were only 10.
600 ,OO practice shots fired and in
France, population 10000, 000) 90,
COG, 90 shots.
So mg"h for rifle practice, now to turn
To the training of The army officers. ANY
Swiss that has the ambition and the in
tclligencc can become an officer Of the
army. After completing The course Of
67 days in the Recruiting Srhool. if his
conduct during that time warrants u
recommendation from his Suncriors h.
gets a call tn attend a school for non.
commissioned officers lasting three weeks
after whirh he receives The rank of cor
poral. As such he attends another Re
cruiting School a year later and the cor
poral with good record aud the ambi
ton 10 become IN officer enters the
school for officers for a period Of 10
days There he is taught all that a lien
tenant and first lieutenant need Ia fill
their positions. For practical and train
ing purposes a school for non commits
STONED officers j. ronnc ted with the
school for officers.
After serving this 10 DAYS course the
lieutenant goes through 4 IL day rcgu
lar first line course and the following
year spends 81 days AT the school for
recruits a. 4 lie itcnant. - that after
serving 81 plu> II plus 81 plus 100 plus
IL plus o. DAYS cqua,> 80 days h. is a
full ncdecd lieutenant Of infantry.
For four years the lieutenant must
serve IL days a year and then may ic-
come first lieutenant. To advance - III
rank of captain a first lieutenant mus
4 ii DAYS course ia the Central
Srhool No 1.
A 6 DAYS course in the Central
School M. III permits 4 captain - bc
promoted 10 ma ior. while IN additional
course Of so DAYS in Central School No.
III brings the major to "A lieutenant
colonclship.
To reach the highest RANK In lie
Swiss arny-that of colonel a leutcn-
ant coloiel must - through II course IF
100 days in Central School No. ".
The Swiss soldier gets small py. The
private receives 30 ccnticm, (l6 cc.ts.
a day; the lieutenant from 4 10 eight
francs Isl 10 Sl.60l. There j. one int
e~resting fact that ought 10 IL mc,.tioned.
Each cavalr,man can buy M mou1 at
auOion from the Military Department