Part 5

The training necessary to make a “war shot” does not stop with making the recruits skillful in shooting. Other qualities must receive attention and be developed. This is accomplished in his other drills.

His development into a war shot must be systematic and progressive. In the diagram this idea is carried out.

+----------------+ |Care of arms, | | |pages 25 |-|--+ |and 83–84. | | | +----------------+ | |Sighting | | | |drills, |-|--| |pages 25 to 35. | | | +----------------+ |--+Gallery Practice. |Position and | | | | |aiming drills, |-|--| | |pages 35 to 47. | | | | +----------------+ | | |Deflection | | | | |and elevation |-|--+ | |drills, pages | | | |47 to 50. | | +----------------+ |--+Known distance |Effect of wind | | | practice. |and advice to | | | | |riflemen, pages |-|-----| | |50 to 51; | | | | |78 to 82. | | | +----------------+ | | |Self-control. |-|-----+ | +----------------+ | |Use of ground | | | | |and cover, |-+--------+--Combat practice. +-- WAR SHOT. |Infantry Drill | | | | |Regulations. | | +----------------+ | |Estimating | | | |distance, |-|--------| |pages 53 to 57. | | | +----------------+ | |Target |-|--------| |description. | | +----------------+ | |Fire | | |discipline, | | | |Infantry Drill |-|--------+ |Regulations, | | |page 65. | +----------------+

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in underscores.