ing reduced charges. This practice may be called
the _transitory_ phase or period of individual instruction, during
which The soldier passes from his acquisition of the theoretical,
fundamental principles of shooting to their application to actual
firing, on the target range, with the regulation Army rifle.

3. _Range practice._ Having gone through the course in gallery
practice, the soldier then fires on the target range, applying and
putting into practice, with the regulation Army rifle; the
theoretical principles of shooting taught him during the
preliminary drills, and in the application and practice of which
he was also instructed during the gallery practice.

=1346. Other Instruction.= While the above phases embody the principal
subjects in which a soldier is trained and instructed in developing
his skill in shooting, he is also instructed in other matters that
are necessary to round out and complete his skill in
marksmanship,--for example, the care of the rifle, estimating
distances, the effect of light, wind, and temperature, etc.

=1347. To make of ORGANIZATIONS pliable, manageable MACHINES, capable
of delivering in battle a volume of EFFECTIVE fire.= This is
accomplished by _collective_ training and instruction, in which a
number of soldiers (for example, a squad, platoon, or company), under
command of a leader, fire, under assumed tactical situations, at
targets which simulate the appearance of an enemy under conditions
approaching those found in war. This kind of training and instruction
is called, "Combat practice."

In combat practice the individual is trained in firing as part of a
tactical unit,--that is to say, in cooeperation with others,--and the
commanders of the tactical units are taught how to direct and control
the fire of their units,[18] obtaining the maximum efficiency of fire
by cooerdination of the skill and efforts of all the individuals of the
unit.

PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION

=1348.= The following outline of the program of instruction gives a
sort of bird's-eye view of the system:

1. INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION

{ (a) Theory of sighting. (The trajectory;
{ The line of sight; Sighting or aiming.)
1. Sights and Sighting. { (b) Kinds of sights. (Open; Peep; Battle.)
{ (c) Kinds of sight. (That is, amount of
{ front sight taken.) (Normal;