=7. Night Firing.=--The automatic alignment of rifles may be practised on miniature ranges. Aim may be taken at a strip of brown or grey paper representing a line of standing figures at 100 and 200 yards’ distance, scaled down to size for 25 yards, and attached to the landscape target screen faced with blank paper (Fig. 57). Men may also be taught to aim rifles from improvised night-firing rests at objectives on the Solano Target or Landscape Targets. The field of fire containing the objectives may then be concealed by a paper screen, the rifles fired, and results examined. As there is no recoil with the miniature cartridge, this practice will not prove the utility of the rest. =8. Miniature Range Cadet Competitions.=--The rules regarding competitions set out in Sec. 69 apply also to miniature ranges. The various practices laid down in this chapter and Chapter VIII will serve as the basis of various competitions on miniature as well as open ranges. Tests in grouping and application may be found suitable for cadet competitions in elementary forms of shooting. Regulation as well as Solano elementary and instructional targets may be used (see Appendix, VIII). CADET COMPETITIONS. =No. 1.= =Object=: To teach cadets grouping under a timed limit when firing from cover, and to train the eye to aim at marks seen against backgrounds of natural tints. =Rounds=: 5 per cadet. =Target=: Solano Elementary Target No. 1. =Directions=: Kneeling. Firing over cover with arm or rifle rested. Two minutes allowed for firing reckoning from the order _Commence_. =No. 2.= =Object=: To teach cadets to focus the eye on the mark instead of the sights of the rifle. =Rounds=: 5 per cadet. =Target=: Solano Elementary Target No. 2. =Directions=: Lying. Firing round cover with side of rifle rested. =No. 3.= =Object=: To teach cadets to assume a firing position and open fire quickly with effect. =Rounds=: 5 per cadet. =Target=: Solano Instructional Target No. 1. =Directions=: Firer stands to attention at firing-point. Ten seconds allowed for assuming the lying position, loading, and firing one shot, reckoned from command _Fire_. =No. 4.= =Object=: To teach cadets to snapshoot. =Rounds=: 5 per cadet. =Target=: Solano Instructional Target No. 2. =Directions:= Lying. Firing round cover. Target exposed six seconds for each shot. Time reckoned from the exposure of the target. =No. 5.= =Object=: To teach cadets to combine accuracy with rapidity of fire. =Rounds=: 5 per cadet. =Target=: As in No. 3. =Directions=: Lying. Rifle to be unloaded and breech closed until the command _Rapid fire_. Target exposed for thirty seconds, reckoned from command _Rapid fire_. No. 6. =Object=: To teach cadets to combine fire with movement. =Rounds=: 5 per cadet. =Target=: Solano Instructional Target No. 3.