...that every man, who has no defect in his eyes, may be made a good shot at a fixed object. The firelock is placed in the soldier's hands for the destruction of his enemy; his own safety depends on his efficient use of it, and no degree of perfection he may have attained...

...gleaned from this and my two preceding Lectures. It is stated in our book of Instruction, at pages 10, " The rifle is placed in the soldier's hands for the destruction of his enemy ; his own safety depends upon Tiis efficient use of it; it cannot, therefore, be too strongly inculcated,...

...musketry drill and practice. Q. To this great object can too much care and attention be devoted ? A. No : because the rifle is placed in the soldier's hands...destruction of his enemy, and his own safety depends much upon his efficient use of it. Q. What cannot be too strongly impressed upon the mind of the soldier...

...first importance ; and we are told, in The Book of Musketry Instruction for the Army, page 10, that " The rifle is placed in the soldier's hands for the destruction of his enemy ; his own safety depends upon his efficient use of it : it cannot, therefore, be too strongly inculcated,...

...ANSWERS. His course of musketry drill and practice. No, because the rifle is placed in the soldier-s hands for the destruction of his enemy, and his own safety depends upon his efficient use of it. That every man who has no defect in his eyes can be made a good shot. It places him in the best possible...

...for the Hythe School, issued from the HorseGuards, contains the following preliminary remarks: — "The rifle is placed in the soldier's hands for the destruction of his enemy ; his own safety depends upon his efficient use of it : it cannot, therefore, be too strongly inculcated,...

...fire with precision, so as 'to kill his enemy' (italics in the original). 'The firelock', it went on, 'is placed in the soldier's hands for the destruction of his enemy; his own safety depends on his efficient use of it, and no degree of perfection he may have attained...

...for the Hythe School, issued from the HorseGuards, contains the following preliminary remarks: — "The rifle is placed in the soldier's hands for the destruction of his enemy ; his own safety depends upon his efficient use of it : it cannot, therefore, be too strongly inculcated,...

...first importance ; and we are told, in The Book of Musketry Instruction for the Army, page 10, that " The rifle is placed in the soldier's hands for the destruction of his enemy ; his own safety depends upon his efficient use of it : it cannot, therefore, be too strongly inculcated,...