DEFENCE NOTES

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 9

DEFENCE NOTES

. (Br Echelon.) BISLEY, IM9. •' Several alterations liavo been mado in ths regulations for the Bislcy meeting in July, l iere will bo no chaneo in the dimensions of tho first, sccond, and third-class targets, but the wliolo of tho inner of tho 200 yards target will bo white. For match rifles tho weight of barrel, not including any removable appliances, i s not to exceed 4lb. Tho: disallowance of a Bcoro of an individual in a team match shall involve tho disallowance 0 ..H e Bc 9 r ® of the whole team. In;a competition in which . each shot is separately \ signalled tho score of a competitor who fnila ' to nro tho requisite number of, eliots shall uo disallowed unless such failure shall' i.bo'i occasioned by illness or, other urgent causa allowed b>; the Bisloy Co'nimittoo. Charger ' loading ivill not bo allowed, except where , mentioned in tbo special conditions of a particular competition. Tho Con an Doylo com--1 petition will bo shot for in ono stago only * | tho distances being 200. 500, and COO yard*!, II ho outranco foo will bo ss. Shooting will 1 talco placo with tho Stock Exchange, a com-' I petitor entering ( for both competitions toi 1 s l lo0 m . m .°° n c u rrently. To each, unit o'f\ 552 f e rritorial Forco aud contingent of thoi Officers' Training Corps which shall apply* 1 for it a special l)adc© will' bo given as ar memento of tho, Jubiloo of the N.R.A. for/ 7 <x>mpetition amongst such of its members aa havo never competed in any competition at a meeting of tho N.R.A. The winning of, .this badgo will carry with it the right of' : aireeientryfor tliis year to tho King's andi ?i , co , r ß°' s competitions." Tho winning on tho badge to be subject to. tho..following conditions; (1) -.That tlio winner attends at 1 Bisley and , sboots: in tbo King'B and St?| George's competitions by virtuo 'of hißi.froo entry; (2) that badges bo not actually given) until the winner Imb so done; (3) that the. winner of _ the badge is to bo. tbo memberi of tho unit taking the highest placo in' the) competition for the badge who,complies witlil tho conditions of attendance at Bisley: In.' Grand Aggregate competitions except ii° -Alexandra two practice shots, will bo' allowed immediately before, tho sighting! shot and at tho-sarno target as that at which the competitor is about to firo in tho competition. In tie shooting .in match riflo competitions centrals are to count as six, and there aro to: be five tie shots, instead of three. Tho automatic rifles competition will tako placo if not less than threo'rifles-aro entered. In addition to men over fifty, tho' Cortis competition will; bo open also,to tyros under twenty years of ago., Tho abovo aro of special interest,to New] Zealand riflemen, as tlio rules and conditional for the Dominion Riflo Asscciation'.s annual) meeting at -Trentham. aro usually, to, suit tlio changes ; made; from'timo'" t*y time, in tho N.R.A. rules.

_ Mr. Solano, whoso target, as previousljj described in. detail in these notes, has been] recognised and adopted by the British Wax! Office for -future use in tno Army,| in a re-] cent criticism of the bull's-eye target, stated) that this ; form of shooting liad ■ been discarded by every military i'oivcr in tho world-' and was only used by them for a short, recruit course. In fact, it was only useful for tho purpose of, tho pot-hunter,'for under no conditions of act-ivo warfare, would .1. pian bo/ called oil to.shoot at black against white—' all would be of neutral colours. A Batch of Books. ■ I have to thank, tho publishers, ..rMessra. Gale and;l'olden, Limited, of Londo'Vfor al number, of interesting and instructive text) ■books on, .various subpecis wjthi Army training. They are written in an ik tractive' conversational style,. and ; are clear,] ooncise,. and free from thopo teohriicalitieai' which frequently render books of similar clasaj stodgy and dull. The ideas am in lino witty the most up-to-date principles and in, tho art of ,war. .Tho books aro also cheapo , and. every maii who takes his" soldiering at. Ala serio.usly-'should possess himself from time tot time'; of•theg6'\'aud other: worksi r 6f r & similar]' kind, which, information in nutshell, point the way to an intelligent Midi efficient grasp of. the game; ' J. 1. ''Lessons from 100 .Notes made io.;. Peace and War."—By Major-General E. A.| H. Aldorson, C.8.; 2s. not. Alderson .has drawn a, number <rf lessons. : wWch. every man in - a company,) from the O.C. to tho bugler, may read with 1 interest and profit. In a.valuable series of tappendices thc-ro aro also presented notes on;* orders, communications, : gallopers, writing} of reports, outlino of an appreciation of a. situation, and so on.. 2. "Military Sketching' and Map-Reading. ' for 'Non-Coms.' and Men."—By-Oaptaiu B» IV keggo. Captain iLoggo .is ; a' scion of a very military family, and ought to know Ilia subject. In an interesting and profusely iW lustrated treatise on military sketching/ written.in terms' which may bo readily understood by all ranks, ho has contributed! * something of merit to tho literaturor of his profession. Ho discusses scales, tech-1 meal terms, tho compass, instruments,; traversing, plane tables, eyc-sketohing, con-' touring, map-reading, visibility of points,/ copying, enlarging, and reducing maps, and) reconnaissance for "non-coms." on patrol' • duty, and concludes with a number of an- ' swers to model problems, which should enable students of this important branch of the. war game to work out their tasks bj simple methods. ■■ i