PRIZES FOR GOOD SHOOTING.

1. A system of prizes.

2. Three.

3. The best shot of the battalion.

4. Not less than four companies, all of which must have been exercised in the yearly course.

5. The badge consists of " cross muskets and crown," worked in gold, and entitles the wearer of it to two-pence extra pay a day.

6. No.

7. The best shot of each company.

8. Forty at the least, not including recruits in a musketry sense.

9. The badge consists of "cross muskets" only, worked in gold; the extra pay is one penny per diem.

10. Certain of the first class shots called marksmen, at the rate of ten per cent. of the number of men exercised through the yearly course.

11. One hundred.

12. It is a badge of "cross muskets," worked in worsted, carrying with it additional pay of one penny per diem.

13. On the left arm, immediately above the slashed flap of the sleeve.

14. Yes.

15. That he should be in the first class, at the final classification of the judging distance practice.

16. Three pence per diem.

17. The practice returns and registers.

18. The man who obtains the greatest number of points over seven, in the practice of the first class.

19. The soldier who, in the practice of his company, obtains the greatest number of points over seven.

20. He must, in the first class of target practice, have obtained, at least, seven points; he must be in the first class, at the final classification of judging distance practice; and he must have a competent knowledge of the theory and practice of musketry.

21. By an examination.

22. Either an inspector of musketry, or the officer instructor.

23. Those men who have obtained the greatest number of points.

24. He who has obtained the greatest number of points in the second and third periods of target practice.

25. To him, who is the best judge of distance. 26. Yes; provided they have not been exercised in the yearly course of practice, before joining the school. 27. Yes; it is.

28. A supplementary prize of "cross muskets and crown," worked in gold, is to be worn on the right arm by the sergeants of the best shooting company

29. No; it does not.

30. No; he is to resign it.

31. Yes.

32. They are to be equalized. 33. No.

34. They are to be surrendered at the succeeding annual course, unless the holders of them can again maintain the superiority, by which they won the badges in the first instance.

35. No; the additional pay also will be suspended.

36. No; it will not.

37. The battalion, in which such irregularity has taken place, will be liable to forfeit the rewards for good shooting. 38. Thus; 10 service companies.

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39. It is to commence on the first day of the quarter succeeding that in which the annual report of practice is made up, and is to be drawn for one year.

40. Until an opportunity occurs of their being challenged by another yearly course of instruction.

41. They are to be transmitted in triplicate to the Inspector-General of Musketry, who will forward them to the Adjutant-General to the Forces.

42. The prizes are to be presented on parade, and the names of the prize-holders are to be published in regimental orders.

43. No; it is not.

44. No.

45. No; it will not.

46. On cloth, the color of the facings of the battalion.

RETURNS.

FOR RECRUITS.

1. The names of young officers and recruits, in order as they join.

2. Yes.

3. A fine line is to be drawn through their names and performances, and the date and cause of their being struck off specified in the remarks.

4. The officer instructor, assisted by the battalion sergeant instructor.

5. The day and month, on which the preliminary drills were executed; also, the points obtained by each recruit in the several practices during the year.

6. On the 31st March in each year, and transmitted to the Inspector-General of Musketry.

7. They are transcribed into a new return.

COMPANY RETURNS.

1. The name of every man borne on the strength of the company, except the regimental staff sergeants, drummers, and recruits in a musketry sense.

2. By squads, or sections; the non-commissioned officers heading the list of their respective squads.

3. The day and month, on which each man performed his preliminary drills; also, the points obtained at the several distances.

4. A fine line is to be ruled through their names and performances, and the date and cause of their being struck off specified in the remarks.

5. By a 66 mean average of points."

6. Multiply the number of non-effective men by the mean average of points."

7. When the "Annual Musketry Practice Return" is prepared, at the conclusion of the course.

8. The captain of the company.

9. Yes.

10. A memorandum detailing their performances, signed by the captain of the company.

11. All men (excepting musketry recruits) that join a company after the course has commenced.

12. They are to be dotted through.

13. A cypher.

14. It is to be ruled through.

Target Practice Register.

15. To record the result of each shot fired by every man of a squad, at two distances.

16. In the same order as they appear in the "Musketry Drill and Practice Return."

17. The "marker," company instructor, and the captain of the company.

18. That the practices were conducted according to regulation, and that the points recorded were obtained by the men opposite whose names they appear.

19. It is to be specified in the columns "total points," and "duplicate total points," as briefly as possible.

20. It is to be endorsed and filed.

21. The captain of the company.

22. They are to be initialed by the officer instructor,

who is to keep them to check the entries made in the