. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . object was to get three dots very close to-gether and equidistant, so that w^hen lines were drawn connecting the points,the result w^ould be a minute equilateral triangle. A man w^ho could accom-plish that, proved himself a skillful aimer. After demolishing the barracks with triangular broadsides the marksmenventured onto the range and there were shown how to hold the weapon andthe proper posture to take in firing. Six to eight targets were used, behind andbeneath which men w^ere stationed to point out with long ma
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . object was to get three dots very close to-gether and equidistant, so that w^hen lines were drawn connecting the points,the result w^ould be a minute equilateral triangle. A man w^ho could accom-plish that, proved himself a skillful aimer. After demolishing the barracks with triangular broadsides the marksmenventured onto the range and there were shown how to hold the weapon andthe proper posture to take in firing. Six to eight targets were used, behind andbeneath which men w^ere stationed to point out with long markers the spotwhere a bullet hit, and then to lower the target and paste over the holes so asto be able to distinguish the perforations of the succeeding marksmen. Thesemen who fired stood in single file facing the target, a line of equal length foreach target. Men who had fired helped load clips for those who had man fired once at fifteen yards and again at twenty-five, five shots eachtime. After that firing w^as continued at tw^enty-five yards by men in turn until. THE ARTILLERY WAS THERE THE FIRST OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP 217
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