COURSE:  1.  SLOW FIRE.—­10 yards.  Minimum of one maximum of five scores. 2.  QUICK FIRE.—­10 yards.  Minimum of one maximum of three scores. 3.  AUTOMATIC FIRE.—­10 yards.  Minimum of one maximum of three scores. 4.  TRENCH FIRE.—­Minimum of one maximum of three scores.

Bayonet Training.

A. THE FUNCTIONS OF BAYONET TRAINING ARE: 

   1.  To teach the correct use of the bayonet until it becomes
      instinctive.
   2.  To develop the fighting spirit.
   3.  To develop speed, accuracy, and cooerdination.

B. GENERAL PRINCIPLES: 

   1.  Fencing, in modern combat, is out of the question.  Almost every
      fight will consist of but one or two motions.  Hence the class
      must be taught that the best defence is the quickest offensive.
   2.  Every available means of offence, with hands and feet as well as
      with rifle and bayonet, is a part of bayonet training.
   3.  Teamwork is essential.  Men must be taught, especially in the
      combat, to exercise, to seize every opportunity to act together.
   4.  Personal control during combat, especially at night, will be
      nearly impossible.  Control should be practiced, therefore, in
      the form of clear instructions delivered to the men before
      assault, and fulfilled individually.
   5.  In every assault and combat exercise, the men must be taught
      never to leave an enemy alive, or who may be alive, behind them.

C. TECHNIQUE OF BAYONET COMBAT: 

   1.  The point is the main reliance.  Its use should be practiced
      in every possible situation, until a correct choice or
      combination of long point, short point, and jab, and the
      execution thereof, becomes a matter of instinct.
   2.  The point must always be directed at a definite target.  The most
      vulnerable points of the body are:  Lower abdomen, base of the
      neck, small of the back (on either side of the spine), chest,
      and thighs.  Bony parts of the trunk must be avoided by accurate
      aim.
   3.  The use of the rifle as a club, swinging or striking, is
      valuable only: 
      a.  When the point is not available.
      b.  In sudden encounters at close quarters, when a sharp butt
         swing to the crotch may catch an opponent unguarded.
      c.  After parrying a swinging butt blow, when a butt strike to
         the jaw is often the quickest possible riposte. 
      The use of butt swings overhead or sidewise to the head or
      neck, is to be avoided; they are slow, inaccurate, easily
      parried or side-stepped, and leave the whole body unguarded. 
      After every butt blow a thrust must immediately follow, since
      no butt blow, of itself, is apt to be fatal.
   4.  The parries must be regarded and practiced chiefly as means of
      opening the opponent’s