=4. Solano Elementary and Instructional Targets.=--These targets have been officially approved by the Army Council for miniature range practices (see Appendix, VIII). =5. Nomenclature of Targets.=--In the subsequent Sections of this chapter the Solano Target will be referred to as =The Target=, Figure Targets as =Figures=, and Landscape Targets as =Landscapes=. Section =72=.--Preliminary Training =1. Instruction to Precede Firing.=--(i) As already stated, range and field practices carried out before men have been thoroughly instructed in preliminary training will merely result in waste of ammunition. Therefore, before firing on miniature ranges commences men should be thoroughly trained in the following duties: (_a_) Quick and accurate adjustment of sights; (_b_) laying an absolutely correct aim from aiming-rest at easy aiming-mark; (_c_) correct trigger pressing; (_d_) assuming correct loading and firing positions, including adjustment of sights, aiming, and release of trigger without disturbing aim. (ii) Particular subjects of instruction which relate to different firing practices should precede them as follows:[30] (_a_) _Before firing from cover_: Adapting the firing position to different kinds of cover. (_b_) _Before application practices_: Aiming-off; the extent being reckoned by the breadth of the aiming-mark as ordered, and aim being laid from aiming-rest. (_c_) _Before firing at moving targets_: Aiming-off for movement at crossing figures on the Solano Target; aim being tested with aim-corrector. (_d_) _Before snapshooting practices_: Combining rapidity with accuracy of aim; aim being tested with aiming-disc. (_e_) =Before firing at the Target with scenery and figures or at landscapes=: Marking down an enemy, and aiming at ground and service targets; aim being laid from aiming-rest at points or targets indicated. =2. Instruction in Aiming.=--(i) This training can be carried out on the Target without scenery (Fig. 53), as described in Chapter III. _Elementary training_ should be carried out as described in Sec. 70, para. 1. _Aiming at service targets and ground_ can be taught on the Target with scenery and figures and on landscapes as described in Sec. 19, para. 2 (ii). _Marking down an enemy_ can be taught on the Target with scenery and figures as described in Sec. 19, para. 3 (ii), a number of figures representing men at different distances being exposed from behind cover or in the open to represent the movements of the fatigue-men.