Lord Wolsely on Good Shooting.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 106, 19 May 1883, Page 3

Lord Wolsely on Good Shooting.

mm In speaking at a volunteer dinner in London recently, Lord Wolsely made some remarks that might be worthy of attention by our own local volunteer forces. He said that although much had been done in the way of musketry instruction, still we do not shoot well, although we shot just as well as the rest of the world. The art of shaoting with arms of precision had not been entered on by the great nations, which were satisfied with a very low standard. H with every 20,000 men there were 1000 good shots, he believed that 1000 would be equal to 6000 men. Thousands of rounds were fired in the air, and many men could not hit a hay stack. As it obtained better arms of precision the world would turn more attention to shooting, and the nation that had the wisdom to set about teaching its soldiers to become really good shots would prove itself a great military and successful Power. The army that could march best and shoot hest would be the one that would win. Musketry instruction should not be delegated to one man, but every officer should be an instructor, and teach his own men, and an order had recently been issued on that point. He hoped the volunteers would receive a much larger allowance of ammunition than hitherto. It was absurd to expect a man to keep up his shooting with 90 rounds a year. — Home Paper.