service cartridge for the arm, as manufactured and issued by the Ordnance Department. Any competitor having any ammunition in his belt or about his person when he takes his place at the firing stand, other than that authorized, will be immediately disbarred, and his score will not count for record.

29. Firing, Order of, etc.-Military competitors will wear the service uniform, with or without blouse and with the belt. Sheds or shelters for the firer will not be permitted at the firing point at any range. Competitors must be present at the firing points punctually at the time, or in order stated on their score cards; no application on the part of a competitor for any alteration in his assignment will be entertained, except that team captains may change the order of firing of the members of their teams, if they so desire.

30. In competitions or matches embracing more than ong distance, the firing will be commenced at the shortest dis tance, and be followed in order by each of the longer distances, the firing at the longest range being held last.

31. In competitions, slow fire in any one day will be completed for all ranges before being followed by rapid fire. 32. In individual matches that are squadded, the squadding of the competitors will be done before the beginning of the match.

33. In slow fire, the competitors will place themselves at the firing point by twos and will fire alternately, the odd number of each pair being on the right and firing first.

34. In slow fire, if, just as the shot is fired, the target is withdrawn from the firing position, the scorer at that firing point will at once report the fact to one of the range officers, who, if upon investigation is satisfied that the case is as represented, will direct that the shot fired be not considered and that the competitor fire another shot.

35. In slow fire, competitors will not be hurried in their firing, but such slight delay permitted after each shot as they may desire; provided the time of firing the total score with rifle and carbine does not exceed an average of one minute per shot for ranges of 600 yards and less, and of two minutes per shot for ranges above 600 yards, no time credit being allowed.

If an accident to a target, or any other cause over which the competitor has no control, prevents him from completing his score within a reasonable interval, he will be permitted such additional time as a range officer may decide. The executive officer shall have power to extend the time in his discretion.

36. RAPID FIRE.-Target.-F at both ranges.

Procedure. The magazine is filled, one cartridge loaded therefrom, and the piece then held at position "ready."

At a signal given at the firing point (trumpet or telephone) the target appears, remains in sight twenty seconds at 200 yards and thirty seconds at 500 yards, then disappears. No sighting shots will be permitted. The competitor attempts to fire five shots, emptying the magazine and firing at will, without command, from the instant any portion of the target appears until it has completely disappeared. Each unfired cartridge counts as a miss. In case of a defective cartridge or disabled piece the practice is repeated.

Time is regulated at the target, the signal at the firing point being given as a warning to the noncommissioned officer, or person, in the pit in charge of the target that all is ready at the firing point for the target to appear.

Marking, rapid fire.—In rapid fire, with rifle or carbine, at the disappearing target, the noncommissioned officer, or person, in charge of the target, at the signal from the firing point, commands "Ready." As soon as all is in readiness to run up the target, he commands "Up." Exactly twenty seconds after the target is in position he commands 'Down," having preceded this command two or three seconds by the warning command "Ready." The target must be exposed and withdrawn as quickly as possible.

The number and value of the hits are signaled with the usual disks in the usual manner after the score has been fired, the number of misses being carefully indicated by the flag as a check on the accuracy of the number of hits signaled.

When the single rolling, or Cushing, target is used the method of marking will be varied to meet the conditions.

In rapid fire with the pistol at the disappearing target the manipulation of the target is as in rapid fire with the rifle or carbine, except that the target remains exposed ten, or eight, seconds instead of twenty.

37. Targets in fixed-distance team firing will be drawn at each range by team captains at the executive officer's headquarters.

38. Targets for skirmish firing, where teams run together, will be drawn by competitors immediately preceding the commencement of the runs. In skirmish competitions by teams, targets will be assigned by a range officer.

39. No two competitors shall shoot in any competition with the same rifle; nor shall a competitor change his rifle during any competition, unless his first rifle has become unserviceable through an accident, which must be verified by a range officer. Wilful or intentional violation of this regulation will warrant the officer in charge, in his discretion, excluding the offender from further competition. 40. CLEANING.-Pieces can only be cleaned upon the completion of a score. In competitions at more than one distance cleaning will be permitted between distances. While,

with these restrictions, cleaning will be permitted, it will not be required. Cleaning will be allowed between shots when it is so specified in the conditions of the match.

41. Revolver and pistol.--In match shooting, competitors may clean their arms between scores or between series of shots, providing such cleaning does not delay the firing beyond the limit provided for in the conditions of the match.

42. COACHING. No coaching or communication of any kind with men at the firing point will be permitted except by the team captain, and then only for the sole purpose of preventing infractions of the conditions of the match. When competing for the Dryden Trophy, or in other special team matches, coaching is authorized.

43. In team matches, at least three yards in rear of each firing point, there will be permitted one team captain, one coach, and one spotter, who may observe the firing of the members of their team and check the value of each

shot as called by the scorer. The captain, coach, and spotter shall not be permitted to shield a competitor from the wind, throw a shade upon his sight, or aid him in any other way.

44. In skirmish competitions by teams, the teams will run under the command of the team captain, who may coach his men on the run. One or more range officers will accompany each team to see that the conditions of the match are not violated.

45. SIGHTING SHOTS.-In all matches pool targets shall be abolished, and two sighting shots at each range, slow fire, provided for, which must be taken. Whenever, because of storm, or for any other reason, the executive officer shall postpone an unfinished match, two sighting shots will be allowed on the unfinished score of each man when the match is resumed.

46. TIES.-Ties will be decided as follows:

(a) In individual shooting, at known distances-

(1) When the firing takes place at more than one
distance, by the total score made at the
longest distance, and if still a tie, and there
be three or more distances in the competi
tion, by the total score at the second dis-
tance, and so on for each of the successive
distances.

(2) By the fewest misses in the entire score.
(3) By the fewest outers in the entire score.
(4) By the fewest inners in the entire score.
(5) If still a tie, by inverse order of shots, count-
ing singly from the last to the first.
(6) By firing single shots at the longest distance.

(7) In case a tie is of the highest possible score, extra shots will be fired by those tieing until the tie is broken.

(b) In team shooting at known distances

(1) By the aggregate of the total scores made at
the different distances in inverse order.
(2) By the fewest misses in the entire score.
(3) By the fewest outers in the entire score.
(4) By the fewest inners in the entire score.
(5) By the totals, for the team, of the final shot
of each competitor.

(6) By the totals, for the team, of these successive
closing shots in inverse order.

When the ties are to be divided, it must be so stated in the conditions of the match; but the winners may by utual consent divide the prizes.

47. Ties, when rapid fire is included in the match, will be decided as follows:

(a) In slow and rapid fire

(1) By the highest total score made in rapid fire; if still a tie, by the highest score made in rapid fire at 500 yards; if still a tie, by the highest score in rapid fire at 300 yards; if still a tie, by the highest score in rapid fire at 200 yards. In the same manner the decision will be regulated by the highest total scores in succession made at 600, 500, 300, and 200 yards, slow fire.

(2) By the fewest misses in rapid fire.

(3) By the greatest number of hits on figure in
rapid fire.

(4) By the fewest misses in slow fire.
(5) By the fewest outers in slow fire.
(6) By the fewest inners in slow fire.

(7) If still a tie, by firing single shots at the
longest range, slow fire.

48. In skirmish fire

(1) By the greatest number of penalties imposed. (2) By the greatest number of hits.

(3) By the fewest hits in kneeling figures.

(4) If still a tie, a special run in skirmish fire. 49. Ties, when rapid and skirmish fires are included in the aggregate score, will be decided by giving precedence to the competitor having the best total score in the skirmish fire. If the scores in the skirmish fire are also of the same total, the order of merit for that fire (and therefore the final order of merit) will be determined in accordance with paragraph 47.

50. PENALTIES.-No two competitors shall in any match or competition use the same rifle, unless it is a special condition of the match, nor shall a competitor change his rifle during any competition, unless it has become unserviceable, which fact must be verified by a range officer. Wilful violation of this regulation will warrant the executive officer (in his discretion) in excluding the competitor from further competition.

51. Any person, whether a competitor or not, interfering with any of the firing squads, or annoying them in any way, will be warned to desist, and if he repeats the offense he will be at once ordered off the range grounds.

52. Any competitor

(a) Who shall fire in a name other than that under which he entered, or who shall fire twice for the same prize, unless permitted by the conditions of the competi tion to do so;

(b) Who shall be guilty of any conduct considered by the executive committee to be discreditable;

(c) Who shall be guilty of falsifying his score or being accessory thereto;

(d) Who shall offer a bribe of any kind to any employee or other person;

(e) Who shall be detected in an evasion of the conditions prescribed for the conducting of any match;

(f) Who shall refuse to obey any instructions of the executive officer or a range officer;

(g) Who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct or being intoxicated, shall, upon the offense being proved to the satisfaction of the executive committee, forfeit all his entrance fees, be forever disqualified from competing at any time in the meetings of the Association, and shall not be entitled to have any prize won by him at the time of meeting awarded to him.

53. POSITIONS.-Rifle and carbine.-The following posi tions only will be permitted in competitive firing: At 200 yards, the standing position, the body and arm being free from any artificial support; at 300 yards, sitting or kneeling; at 500, 600, 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, prone, with head toward target.

The use of the strap as a sling permitted at all ranges provided it is attached to its proper swivels and is used only in connection with the arm of the competitor as a brace.

54. ENTRIES.-Competitors who make entries for any match will be ruled out and will forfeit their entrance fees if not on the range at the hour designated for the match.

55. Entry tickets must be marked with the purchaser's name at the time of the purchase; they may be transferred