English

A system of target practice. For the use of troops when armed with the musket, rifle-musket, rifle, or carbine

"1 March 1858" -- T.p. verso · "Published by order of the War Department" -- Cover · "Chiefly a translation from the French ʻInstruction provisoire sur le tir, à l'usage des bataillons de chasseurs à pied.'." -- Preface · First lesson : Exercise preparatory to firing. Aiming ; Position of a skirmisher aiming, standing ; Position of a soldier kneeling and aiming ; Keeping the piece steady when pulling the trigger ; Simulated firing with caps ; Simulated firing with blank cartridges ; Estimating distances -- Second lesson : Firing with ball cartridges at different distances, and formation of classes -- Third lesson : Firing as skirmishers -- Fourth lesson : Firing by file, by company or rank, and by platoon -- List of forms : I. Record of company firing, classes, &c ; II. Record of company firing as skirmishers ; III. Record of company firing by file, by company or rank, and by platoon · A later issue, 1862, published at the Government Printing Office, Washington · Reprinted edition, 1998, published by J.W. Henry Pub., Ind · 48 p. : 19 cm

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