Note 138 — THE FORMAL TACTICS OF INFANTRY. (continued 3)
Walter Krueger translation
Lieutenant-General Rohne, Das Gefechtsmäszige Abteilungsschieszen der Infanterie, 4th Edition, p. 12.
The following statement is taken from a report made at the British Musketry School at Hythe (5th Nov., 1905). In a great number of estimates under 700 yards (630 m.) the results given below were obtained:
———Error———
Correct ±50 yards ±100 yards Greater errors
Officers of the Regular Army 15 49 20 14%
Officers of Militia and Volunteers 20 44 22 20%
France: Officers made errors of 20% at the beginning of the period of instruction, 12% at its close; rank and file of the Regular Army and non-commissioned officers of the Reserve made errors of 30%.