Tarentum
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Allegheny co. legheny river, and on the Pennsylvania railroad. It is an important industrial center and has manufactures of plate It is on the Alglass, bottles, lumber, steel and iron novcenter and has manufactures of plate curacy is the object striven for in this glass, bottles, lumber, steel and iron novreeving through pulleys enable the optarget into view at any desired time. For artillery firing there are frames mounted parallel to the line of fire, and which erator in safety cellar to flash vancing and kneeling to fire. opens up. It simulates an enemy adsystem of target practice. can be thrown into view by merely turning them so that they will show at right angles to the line of fire. To catch aim quickly, and fire rapidly and with accuracy is the object striven for in this in the naval engagements of 1898 attracted much attention. It has been tributed, very correctly, to taken in target month, every The proficiency of American gunners system of target practice.
TARGET PRACTICE or a foreign port, is compelled to go to sea for target practice. A float containing a canvas target is turned adrift on the sea while the vessel manœuvres around it for position exactly as if she were entering an engagement. Most of the floating navy targets average about 15 feet in height. The ranges for target practice vary with the size of gun used from 1,000 to 5,000 yards. The auxiliary cruiser "Gloucester," firing at a 6-foot triangular target with her small rapidfire guns, literally peppered the canvas at a range of 2,000 yards. During the regular gun practice every rifle on the ship is brought into action.