(3) _Rapid fire by individual guns._--Each gun fires as rapidly as possible; used only as a last resort, or against a specially favourable target. The section (2 guns) is regarded as the unit, and the spirit of the Regulations is that the machine guns are particularly for use with cavalry, and must possess to the full the mobility and dash of that arm. Dismounted action for the cavalry is not favourably regarded, and the machine guns are expected to relieve the cavalry of this duty. PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD. LONDON AND AYLESBURY. [Illustration: A MAP SHEWING the approximate allotment of Machine Guns for the DEFENCE OF PORT ARTHUR] FOOTNOTES: [1] Lieutenant A. E. Phillips, in the _Journal U.S.A. Cavalry Association_, July 1909. [2] The Germans consider its fire value equal to 120 rifles. [3] Balck’s _Modern European Tactics_. [4] These are still in use in the Territorial Army. [5] _Journal of U.S.A. Cavalry Association_, July 1909. [6] United States Official Report of Russo-Japanese War. [7] See pages 12 and 13. [8] See Chap. VII., “Cavalry Training.” [9] _Cavalry Training_, 1907, p. 226. [10] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I. [11] _Cavalry Training_, 1907. [12] _France Militaire_, April 15th, 1905. [13] _Cavalry Training_, 1907, p. 218. [14] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I. chap. vii. p. 133. [15] _Cavalry Training_, 1907, chap. vii. p. 229. [16] Captain F. Culmann in _R.U.S.I. Journal_, August, 1909. [17] _Infantry Training_, 1905, p. 116. [18] The Austrian regulations say 1,000 yards. [19] Captain von Beckmann. [20] _Times History of the War in South Africa._ [21] A Japanese machine gun fired 25,000 rounds in one day in Manchuria.--AUTHOR. [22] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I. p. 119. [23] _Mitrailleuses à l’Etranger_, par Lieut. M. [24] _The Great Siege_, by W. Norregaard. [25] Captain Niessel in _Enseignements techniques de la guerre Russo-Japonaise_. [26] Captain von Beckmann. [27] Von Ullrich. [28] _The Great Siege_, by W. Norregaard. [29] Von Ullrich, War Correspondent of _Gazette de Cologne_. [30] British Officer’s Report, Russo-Japanese War. [31] _Ibid._ [32] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, p. 83. [33] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, p. 83. [34] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, p. 85. [35] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, p. 84. [36] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, p. 86. [37] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, pp. 87-9. [38] Between 400 and 500 is the usual rate of fire.--AUTHOR. [39] See _Handbook for ·303 Machine Guns_, pp. 88-9. [40] See map; the Japanese name for this work is Ban-ru-san Nishi Hodai. [41] See _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, p. 153. [42] _The Great Siege_, by W. Norregaard. [43] _Ibid._ [44] _The Great Siege_, by W. Norregaard. [45] Von Ullrich.