 | Thomas James Thackeray - Enfield rifle - 1858 - 100 pages
...have obtained at least seven points in the first class, firing between 600 and 900 yards, and possess competent knowledge of the laws affecting the flight...skill in judging distances, being at least in the first class at the final classification of the judging distance practice. " 7. Should it happen that... | |
 | 1860 - 860 pages
...the first class at the final classification of the judging-distance practice. He must also possess a competent knowledge of the laws affecting the flight...the rifle under all circumstances and conditions. This * is to be ascertained by examination, conducted in the presence of his commanding officer by... | |
 | Military art and science - 1860 - 936 pages
...class at the final classification of the judging distance practice — and possess a competent knowlege of the laws affecting the flight of the bullet, and...of the rifle under all circumstances and conditions : which is to be ascertained by examination, conducted in the presence of the commanding officer, by... | |
 | Aubrey William O. Saunders - 1861 - 162 pages
...sification of the Judging Distance Practice : he must have a competent knowledge of the laws aifecting the flight of the bullet ; and the rules to be attended to in maintaining the efficiency of his rifle under all circumstances and conditions. How is it to be ascertained that he is acquainted... | |
 | John Millar Bannatyne - Infantry - 1863 - 464 pages
...between 600 and 900 yards; must have displayed the requisite skill in judging distances; and possess a competent knowledge of the laws affecting the flight...the efficiency of the rifle under all circumstances. [Idem. Q. Should more than 100 men be qualified as " marksmen" in a battalion, how are the men to be... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - Great Britain - 1871 - 394 pages
...little, if any, guarantee that even the marksmen clearly understand the reasons for the rules which have to be attended to, in maintaining the efficiency of...the rifle under all circumstances and conditions. '' I could wish that we had the power of measuring by a figure, as we do in shooting and judging distance,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1860 - 836 pages
...the first class at the final classification of the judging-distance practice. He muet also possess a competent knowledge of the laws affecting the flight...the rifle under all circumstances and conditions. This is to be ascertained by examination, conducted in the presence of his commanding officer by an... | |
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... competent knowledge of the laws affecting the flight of the bullet, and the rules to be attended to in maintaining the efficiency of the rifle under all circumstances and conditions... 