anging the sight.

The _sighting notch_, A, used when the range is 2850 yards, is hardly
ever used, because the rifle is very, very seldom, if ever, fired at
that range.

By _battle sight_ we mean the position of the rear sight with the leaf
down, and it corresponds to a sight setting of 530 yards. The notch,
H, that is used when the leaf is down is called the _battle sight
notch_. The battle sight is the only one used in _rapid fire_. In
unexpected, close encounters the side that first opens a rapid and
accurate fire has a great advantage over the other.

[Illustration: Fig. 4]

[Illustration: Fig. 5]

FOOTNOTES:

[17] Wooden stoppers or plugs that are put into the muzzles of rifles
and other arms to keep out dirt and water.

PART IV

RIFLE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION

(Based on Small-Arms Firing Manual)

=1344. Object of system of instruction.= The object of the system of
rifle training and instruction employed in our Army is two-fold:

1. _To make of INDIVIDUALS, shots who in battle will make hits
instead of misses._

2. _To make of ORGANIZATIONS, pliable, manageable MACHINES,
capable of delivering in battle a volume of EFFECTIVE fire._

=1345. To make of INDIVIDUALS shots who in battle will make hits
instead of misses.= This is accomplished by INDIVIDUAL training and
instruction whereby the skill of the soldier as a rifleman is so
developed as to be up to the capabilities of his rifle, which is
probably the best and most accurate rifle in the world,--that is to
say--

_Effort is made to so develop the shooting skill of the soldier
that he will be able to make his rifle do the things that it is
capable of doing._

To accomplish this end the soldier is put through a course of
individual instruction that divides itself into three main phases or
stages, viz:--

1. _Preliminary drills._ By means of preliminary drills in the
form of sighting drills; position and aiming drills; and
deflection and correction elevation drills, he is taught the
theoretical, fundamental principles of shooting.

2. _Gallery practice._ Having been taught the theoretical,
fundamental principles of shooting by means of the preliminary
drills mentioned in the proceeding paragraph, the soldier is then
shown how to apply them in a simple, elementary way by being put
through a course of gallery practice with the .22 Cal. Gallery
Practice Rifle, us