When ties are to be divided, it must be so stated in the conditions of the match. 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 (3) By the greatest number of hits on figure in rapid fire. (4) By the fewest misses in slow fire. (7) If still a tie, by firing single shots at the longest 48. In skirmish fire (1) By the greatest number of penalties imposed. (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 fire 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. Willful 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 competition 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; (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 positions 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 to another name with the consent of the executive officer; any erasure or substitution of a purchaser's name on a ticket, not made by the statistical officer, will forfeit the ticket. 56. All entries made in individual matches after the opening of the meeting will be post entries. No exception will be made to the post entry penalty. 57. No entry fee will be refunded unless the competitor is prevented by sickness from appearing on the range, and then only on order of the executive officer. 58. Team captains can expedite matters by securing from the statistical officer blank forms of entry in advance, and having them filled out with the names of the team, which should be written plainly and in full, with military rank, if any. 59. Entry tickets for individual matches will not be exchanged under any circumstances. 60. All entries not otherwise provided for in the program must be made not later then thirty minutes before the hour for calling the match. 61. All civilians, as well as members of the organized militia, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, are eligible to compete in all the individual matches that are open to everybody, provided they shoot with the arm called for in the conditions of the match. 62. HANDICAP.-In all team and individual matches the carbine will be allowed a handicap of 4 per cent at 600 yards; 6 per cent at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards. 63. No handicap will be allowed unless noted on score card by a range officer. Competitors must see that this is done. 64. CHALLENGES.-If a competitor desires to challenge his shot just fired, either for alleged incorrect marking or from failure of any record from the pit of such shot, he must pay 50 cents. If competitor's challenge is sustained, the money will be returned to him. If a competitor in the national match desires to challenge his shot just fired for alleged incorrect marking, he must pay $1. If the competitor's challenge is sustained, the money will returned to him. 65. HOURS OF FIRING.-Assembly will be sounded and firing begun at 8 o'clock a. m. and "Cease firing" will be sounded at 6 p. m., unless otherwise ordered by the executive officer. 66. The range will be closed for an hour in the middle of the day for lunch. 67. SKIRMISH FIRING.-In skirmish fire, twenty cartridges will be issued before each run to each competitor and the latter will not be permitted to have any other cartridges about his person. If any cartridge fails to explode it will be replaced by the scorer with a new one. If a gun becomes disabled, the incomplete score will not be considered, but the competitor will repeat the run. Hits, direct or ricochet, will be scored. 68. No two competitors from the same team shall be allowed to skirmish on adjoining targets in individual skirmish competitions. 69. SKIRMISH FIRING.-In skirmish competitions the group target "G" will be used, one group for each skirmisher. Targets in line, with intervals of not less than 5 yards between centers of groups. The value of shots; hit, direct or ricochet, on lying figure, 5; kneeling, 4; miss, 0. Hits on or within the steel frame only count. 70. In skirmish competitions, each competitor will fire twenty shots, 700 to 200 yards. Six halts at the following distances: 600, 500, 400, 350, 300, and 200 yards. At all distances, with the exception of the 200 yards, the time limit will be thirty seconds, and at the 200 yards twenty seconds. Any position for firing will be permitted. 71. SKIRMISH FIRE.-Target.-Group target G. One group for each skirmisher. Targets in line, with intervals of not less than 5 yards between centers of groups. Procedure.-A squad of convenient number is formed in line opposite the targets at a distance exceeding 600 yards; twenty rounds of ammunition per man are issued; magazines are filled and cut off, and, in accordance with Infantry Drill Regulations, the line is advanced in quick time to the 600yard firing line. Here the line is halted and each skirmisher, without further command, takes one of the authorized positions and at the preparatory command for firing loads his piece from the belt. The commands for firing are: 1. Fire two rounds, 2. At 600 yards, 3. At the targets, 4. COMMENCE FIRING. After the command of execution the firing opens at will and each skirmisher fires two rounds within the time limit of thirty seconds, the piece being used as a single-loader. At the expiration of time limit the command "Cease firing" will have been given. The firing having ceased, the advance is resumed and continued to the 500-yard firing line, where two rounds are fired in the same manner as at 600 yards; the advance then continues to the 400 and 350 yard firing lines, at each of which three rounds are similarly fired, and then to 300 and 200 yards, at each of which five rounds are fired from the magazine. The time limit at 200 yards, it should be noted, is twenty instead of thirty seconds, as at the other halts. Commands, in all cases, conform to the Infantry Drill Regulations. The advance between 600 and 200 yards will be, between any two successive halts, the first half at quick and the second at double time: and it is enjoined upon the instructor to see that the double time is maintained as nearly as possible according to Infantry Drill Regulations, i. e., length of step 36 inches, and cadence 180 steps per minute. The firing is completed at 200 yards. Pieces will not be loaded during the advance, but only at the preparatory command for firing after a halt. The time limit extends from the last note of "commence firing" to the last note of "cease firing.” The instructor will see that the signals are properly sounded, not permitting the last note of "cease firing" to be unduly prolonged. For each shot fired by the soldier before the commencement or after the close of the time limit, or for each shot fired in excess of the number ordered for the halt, five points will be deducted from his score. Five points will also be deducted for a failure to fire the number prescribed for a halt. A defective cartridge may be replaced by a file closer, but must be turned in before the advance is resumed. The substituted cartridge must be fired, if at all, at the halt where the missfire occurred and before "cease firing" shall have been sounded. A piece disabled through no fault of the firer entitles the latter to another run. The instructor may find it advantageous after the "cease firing" at 200 yards to march the line forward to inspect the result of the firing. Such advance will be made in line and will not approach closer than 10 feet from the targets, and in all cases the instructor will retain command of the line until dismissal, which will not take place in advance of the point of original formation. When more than twenty hits are found in a group target, the score will not be counted, and the soldier will make another run. In this class of fire the muzzle of the rifle must be pointed toward the targets when marching or at the halts. 72. In skirmish competitions, where teams run as teams, the team captain will direct the firing of the team under the supervision of a range officer. The aggregate value of all shots in all the figures of the groups will be the team's total for the run. 73. In skirmish competitions, where teams run together, the firing will be directed by a range officer detailed for that purpose. Each competitor will be assigned to a group target. No two competitors from the same team will be allowed to skirmish on adjoining groups. 74. GENERAL.-In case any member of a team becomes ill during the shooting, the executive officer may, in his discre tion, upon certificate of the post surgeon, permit a substitution of an alternate member of the same team in place of the one taken ill. 75. Prizes not claimed within thirty days after having been won shall be forfeited to the Association. 76. No arms shall be loaded except at the firing point, the muzzle of the rifle, pistol, or revolver being kept in the direction of the target till the arm is either discharged or unloaded. 77. These regulations and such special rules or directions as the executive officer may give must be rigidly complied with by competitors and all other persons upon the range grounds. 78. Competitors and all others connected with the competitions must make themselves acquainted with the foregoing regulations as well as with the conditions of competitive firing in which they may be participating, as the plea of ignorance of either of them will not be entertained. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: W. P. HALL, ADNA R. CHAFFEE, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff. Acting Adjutant General. |