Part 2

VERTICAL CLOCK FACE SYSTEM (USED WHEN TARGETS ARE SMALL OR INDISTINCT). ]

┌──────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM. │ EXAMPLE A. │ EXAMPLE B. │ EXAMPLE C. │ ├──────────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┤ │1. Announce the │Reference point │Reference point │Reference point │ │ general │ at 12 o’clock │ to our right │ to our right │ │ direction of the│ │ front │ front. │ │ reference point │ │ │ │ │2. Announce the │Single house │High peak │High peak. │ │ reference point │ with 2 │ │ │ │ (the most │ chimneys │ │ │ │ prominent object│ │ │ │ │ in the zone │ │ │ │ │ indicated) │ │ │ │ │3. Announce │Target at 8 │Target at 5 │Target at 4 │ │ position of │ o’clock │ o’clock │ o’clock. │ │ target with │ │ │ │ │ respect to │ │ │ │ │ reference point │ │ │ │ │4. Announce the │Machine-gun │A hostile patrol│A hostile │ │ objective │ │ │ patrol. │ │5. Announce range │Range 1,000 │Range 900 │Range 800. │ └──────────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────┘

PROCEDURE.

1. All men look in direction indicated by 1.

2. Reference point is found in the indicated direction.

3. A clock face (vertical) is imagined centered on reference point and look along the line through the indicated o’clock, and

4. Find the objective at —

5. ...... yards from the firing line.

CASE (D).

┌──────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM │ EXAMPLE A. │ EXAMPLE B. │ EXAMPLE C. │ ├──────────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┤ │1. Announce │Reference point │Reference point │Reference point │ │ direction of │ at 12 o’clock │ at 1 o’clock │ at 1 o’clock. │ │ reference point │ │ │ │ │ using horizontal│ │ │ │ │ clock system if │ │ │ │ │ necessary │ │ │ │ │2. Announce │House, with │Distant hill │Distant hill. │ │ reference point │ fence around │ │ │ │ │ it, on hill │ │ │ │3. Announce │Target, 8 │Target, 8 │Target, 5.30 │ │ position of │ o’clock 2 │ o’clock 4 │ o’clock. │ │ target with │ units │ units │ │ │ respect to the │ │ │ │ │ reference point │ │ │ │ │4. Announce the │Line of │Skirmish line, 2│Skirmish line, 2│ │ objective │ intrenchments,│ units │ units. │ │ │ 3 units │ │ │ │5. Announce the │Range 900 │Range 800 │Range 1,000. │ │ range │ │ │ │ └──────────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────┘

NOTE.—“Units” mean 50 mils = finger = sight leaf. It is usual to indicate in this system the point of the target nearest the reference point.

When he is fairly familiar with the use of the horizontal and the vertical clock system for indicating directions, and with the use of fingers and sight leaf for measuring lateral distances from a reference point, work him up from simple to difficult examples of target designation.

With case (_d_) as an illustration, call the _direction_ of the reference point. See that all look in the right direction. _Name_ the reference point. Require it to be indicated on paper, _at the center of a clock dial_. Call, “Target 8 o’clock.” Have a line drawn from the center of the dial in the proper direction. Announce, “Four units.” Have these estimated by fingers and with the sight leaf in the proper direction and endeavor to then locate some object that should serve as a check on the work. Continue similarly with the actual announcement of the character of the target: “Skirmish line, etc.”

It may sometimes be advantageous to indicate the range and have the sights set before describing the target, as men frequently lose the target while their eyes are off it in sight-setting.

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. | +----------------+

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_.