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alternate member of the same team in place of one who may be taken ill during the shooting. He will have the following call sounded in camp before the time set for firing to begin: First call 15 minutes prior to time set for firing to commence.

(b) Assistant executive officer.-The assistant executive officer shall report to and receive instructions from the executive officer and assist him in the management of the competitions. He shall also act as chief range officer. In the national matches the assistant executive officers shall perform such duties as the executive officer may direct.

(c) Adjutant.-The adjutant shall discharge the duties of adjutant to the executive officer, issue by direction of the executive officer the necessary orders, and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him.

(d) Quartermaster.-The quartermaster shall have charge of the issue of stores and supplies to the competitors, and discharge such other duties as may be assigned to him by the executive officer.

(e) Statistical officer and assistants.-The statistical officer and his assistants will assign the competitors to targets and to order of firing, their determinations being generally by lot. They will verify the additions of the scores as reported by the score keepers, grade them in order of excellence, and prepare the results for official announcement.

(f) Range officers.-The range officers will supervise the marking and scoring; they will see that the competitors do not evade any of the regulations; they may examine at any time the rifles used by competitors; they will inspect the ammunition before the beginning of all matches.

In team and individual matches the range officers will, at the completion of the score at each range, verify the scores on the score card with the blackboard and see that they agree. When the matches are finished they will add up the totals, certify to the correctness of same, and return the card or cards to the statistical officer, requiring the team captain or contestant to initial the card.

During the shooting of all competitions a range officer shall be detailed to the pit at each distance, who shall remain in the pit until the firing at that distance is finished.

The range officer in charge of the firing point must witness any alteration of a score card and must indorse the alteration with his initials.

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A range officer desiring to be relieved from his post of duty will report to the executive officer, so that a substitute may be detailed.

Range officers will be chosen, so far as it is prac ticable, from distinguished marksmen, expert rifle men, sharpshooters, and officers experienced in range work.

The executive officer and chief range officer will formally assemble and instruct the range officers in their duties before the opening of the match, and the range officers shall be placed on duty during the preliminary practice for their practical instruc tion. No range officer will have a rank higher than that of captain.

(g) Surgeon.-The surgeon shall have charge of the health and sanitary condition of the camp and rifle range, and shall perform such other duties as pertain to his profession.

(h) Ordnance officer. The ordnance officer shall make timely requisition for all ordnance stores needed in the matches, and during the progress of the matches shail supply those stores as required.

(i) Signal officer.—The signal officer shall have charge of the electrical equipment of the range.

(j) Assistant to the adjutant. The assistant to the adjutant shall have personal charge of all range details and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the adjutant.

(k) Assistant to the quartermaster.-The assistant to the quartermaster shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the quartermaster of the match. (1) Officers must report.--All officers of the competitions will report to the executive officer at his headquar ters each morning at 8 o'clock, or such hour as he may designate, when they will be assigned to their several stations and given their badges.

The adjutant, quartermaster, and surgeon will be on duty continuously at headquarters.

RULES FOR PITS.

34. In team matches a representative for each team must be selected by the team captain at each distance (before the drawing of the targets at that distance), who shall receive from the executive officer a card directing him to remain in the target pit during the firing at the distance about to be begun. The representatives from the various teams in the target pit will call the attention of the range officer on duty in the pit to any irregularity of marking or other matter deemed by them necessary, and the decision of the range officer in the pit as to the matter complained of will be final and binding. This provision is mandatory and

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must be observed. A range officer will be placed in charge of team representatives and will verify their presence in the pit. They will be assigned to targets by the chief pit officer.

RULES FOR FIRING POINTS.

35. Rapid fire. In rapid fire, time is regulated at the target, the signal at the firing point being given as a warning to the range officer in charge of the pit that all is ready at the firing point for the target to appear.

36. Procedure, rapid fire; rifle.-The officer in charge of the line will command "Load." The magazine will be filled, the piece loaded with one cartridge therefrom, and the safety fock turned to "Safe." When all is ready in the pit the targets to be fired upon will be drawn fully down (the rear targets being blank or targets of another class than those being fired upon) and a red flag hoisted at the center target. When the red flag is displayed, the officer in charge of the firing line will command "Ready," when the safety lock will be turned to the ready and the position of "Ready" standing assumed, with the sling, if used, on the arm.

The officer in charge of the firing line will then call so that all may hear "Ready on the right; ready on the left." When the officer in charge calls out "Ready on the right," etc., anyone who is not ready must call out, "Not ready on target If any soldier fails to so call, it will be assumed that he is ready, and if he fails to fire when the target appears, he will be given a total miss for that score.

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The firing line being ready, the pit is signaled or telephoned, "Ready on the firing line." When this signal is received in the pit, the red flag is waved and lowered, and five seconds thereafter the targets appear, remaining in sight one minute and a half, and then disappear. The soldier, without coming to the "Order," takes the kneeling position as soon as any part of the target appears, begins to fire, and attempts to fire 10 shots, reloading with a full clip which is taken from the belt, and continues to fire until 10 shots are fired or until the target disappears. Each unfired cartridge counts a miss.

In case of a defective cartridge or a disabled piece, or when more than 10 hits are made on a target, the score is repeated.

At 300 yards the procedure is the same, except that the soldier assumes the prone position as soon as any part of the target appears, the time limit being two minutes.

At all ranges, in rapid fire, firing is from a full clip, and the second clip must be loaded from the belt. In case a clip jams or breaks cartridges may be loaded singly.

At the expiration of the time limit the target is pulled down and marked, all hits being given their proper value.

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In case of more than 10 hits on a target the target will not be marked, but the firing line will be notified and the firing on that target repeated. In case a soldier fires on the wrong target only such shots as he may have fired on his own target will be counted on his score. He will be given misses for the remainder of his score.

In firing rapid fire, if more than one target is used, the first order of men at the firing point will fire together, one man at each target, all targets being fired upon at one time. 37. Procedure, rapid fire; pistol.-The officer in charge of the line will command "Load." The magazine will be inserted in the pistol, the pistol loaded with one cartridge therefrom, and the safety lock engaged with the thumb of the right hand. When all is ready in the pit, the targets to be fired upon will be drawn fully down (the rear targets being blank or targets of another class than those being fired upon) and a red flag hoisted at the center target. When the red flag is displayed, the officer in charge of the firing line will command "Ready," when the safety lock will be disengaged and the position of "Raise pistol" assumed.

The officer in charge of the firing line will then call so that all may hear, "Ready on the right; ready on the left." When the officer in charge calls out, "Ready on the right," etc., anyone who is not ready must call out, "Not ready on target If any soldier fails to so call, it will be assumed that he is ready, and if he fails to fire when the target appears he will be given a total miss for that score.

The firing line being ready, the pit is signaled or telephoned "Ready on the firing line.' When this signal is received in the pit, the red flag is waved and lowered, and five seconds thereafter the targets appear. At exactly the proper number of seconds after the target is in position the range officer commands or signals "Down," having preceded this command two or three seconds by the warning command or signal "Ready.' The target must be fully exposed and stationary for the number of seconds called for in the match and then must be withdrawn as quickly as possible. The number and value of the hits and the number of misses will be signaled in the usual manner after the score has been fired.

In case of a defective cartridge or a disabled pistol, or when more than seven hits are made on the target, the score will be repeated. In case a competitor fires on the wrong target only such shots as he may have fired on his own target will be counted on his score. He will be given misses for the remainder of his score.

38. Slow fire.-During the progress of a match or competition no one except the officers on duty at the range, the competitors, and score keepers will be permitted within the ropes without special permission of the officer in charge.

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39. Five yards in rear.-The squads of competitors will be stationed 5 yards in rear of firing point, where each competitor must remain until called by the score keeper or range officer to take his position at the firing point and until he has completed his score.

All expression on the part of the competitor of approbation or disappointment, with reference to any scores made by himself or others, must not be uttered loud enough to be heard at the firing point.

40. Competitors present punctually.-Competitors must be present at the firing points punctually at the time or in the order stated on their score cards. In team matches, only the first pair need be present 15 minutes after first call is sounded as provided in paragraph 30 (a). No application on the part of a competitor for an alteration of his assignment will be entertained, except that team captains may change the order of firing of the members of their teams if they so desire.

41. Fire alternately. In team competitions the competitors will place themselves at the firing point by twos and fire alternately, the odd number of each pair being on the right and firing first.

42. Target withdrawn while firing. In slow fire, if, just as the shot is fired, the target is withdrawn from the firing position, the scorer at that firing point will at once report the fact to one of the range officers, who, if satisfied, upon investigation, that the case is as represented, will direct that the shot fired be not considered, that the competitor fire another shot, and that credit be given for time lost. 43. Time limit.-In slow fire, competitors may fire with the deliberation they deem necessary, provided that the time limit for the total number of shots required be not exceeded. For individual competitors this time limit is determined (a) for 600 yards range and less by multiplying one minute by the total number of shots required; if firing alone, by multiplying two minutes by the number of shots required; and (b) for longer ranges by multiplying one and one-half minutes by the total number of shots required; if firing alone, by multiplying three minutes by the total number of shots required.

For team competitions the time limit is determined (a) for 600 yards range and less by multiplying one minute by the total number of shots required of the team, and in addition thereto at the 600 yards range by adding two minutes for each pair, and (b) for longer ranges by multiplying one and one-half minutes by the total number of shots required of the team.

The time will be taken from the firing of the first shot to the firing of the last shot required at each range; no time credit will be carried back from one range to another.

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