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Members of the Manchester [Rifles are reminded of the parade fco-niorrow night full dffess. ' At a recent volunteer gathering in England Lord Wolseley said - that, ' with regard to shooting, what was re- . quired was that the. bulk of men of a corps should shoot well; that there should be a high average of shooting rather than a small number of ' men who could hit- a bull's-eye at great distances, - It was the greatest possible delusion to ( imagine, that , shooting at these long distances, and ; .being able to hit bull's-eye at ,800 or 1.0 01) yards was a very wonderful ~- military feat. It was interesting front* a shooting point of. view, 1 but it was no great feat from a military point of view. Military efficiency lay in having a large proportion of average shots in a regiment. " Alluding to the new drill, which bad jusfc been * published, His Lordship ..aid he would beg all the students' oi war, whether volunteer or regular, to take not so much the actual letter of the book as the spirit which pervades the whole work from beginning to .end. There was a very great difference between ■ ihe ordinary drill which took place ia the barracks yard- and the manoeuvres required on the day of battle. What are required was that they shouldkeep their faces fixed very steadily on the enemy, and go straight, for him. All 1 those wonderful formations which they had hitherto been in the habit of practising were absolutely, as useless for war purposes as if the men were to be taught to shoot with the orossbow. . ' The second competition for the Manchester Eifles Company prizes was fired on Saturday last. The following are the respective scores for the Ist and 2nd competitions : —
Ist com. 2nd com. Tl. Corpl. Gosling "... 41 ' "47' —88 Col-Sergfc Bilderbeck 45 46 91 Vol. Fitzgerald ... 26 44 7Q Sergt. Henson ... 47' 48 —90 Vol. Humphries ..., 46 43 — 89 Sergt. Evans ... 45 42 87 Vol. Henson ... 48 39 87 Vol. Bennett ... — 38 38 Vol. Pope ... ... 33 37 ' — 70 Corpl. Eeid... "... 41 35 —76 Bandm. J." Belfit ... 4S 32 78 Vol. T. Wiekhatn ... 35 82 87 Vol. Keen ... . ... 83 '25 —53 Vol. C. Wickham ... 83 ' 10—48
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 60, 7 November 1889, Page 2
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