A NEW ZEALAND SNIPER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3992, 27 July 1915, Page 4

A NEW ZEALAND SNIPER.

NECESSITY FOR GOOD SHOOTING .

TURKISH JMI ICE ON HIS HEAD.

By Telegraph—Special Correspondent y AUCKLAND, July 20. . Tin; necessity for good' shooting is emphasised bv Captain .J. A. Wulungforcl N Z.S.C., assistant adjutant or, the ’Auckland ' Infantry Battalion m a lot tor to his wife. Captain "Wallingford was .awarded tlm Military Cross for exceptionally good services with the machine guns and shnrp-shooters of the New land Brigade and coolness and resource- on critical occasions, so that Ins opinions are deserving of attention ■ ‘The best shot is the only one o. any usc-J’ he wrote. “The .man that takes over five seconds to aim n> uJess. Picture targets and clock lace for snipers must he learned. All goo-0 shots do their hit, while officers aro useless in the final rush, unless they are good lighters ami good shots at that. Teach the hoys to shoot, shoot I and. shoot again. 'there is f,^ 11 whatever in the actual khlmg—quicklv load, quick aim ana steady tri-mer —no resting of rifle except in defence. Again we must eronhasiso landscape- targets. Next to shooting it is our most valuable training. i! lJud a decent scrap two days a fo o and was buried with two guns, sand hags parapet and all t)h.e gunnois. Three shells got home on. us. hut nobody was hurt, it was laughable and we were into it again in half-an-holU . I just gave my orders and wanted out as if it was spring eh Went to two more guns and tame got a graze on the forehead—a nice little had a very good, hag Up to date-, both. with rifle and -Maxun. Captain Wallingford adds. ‘ Jhus is the. 22nd day of fighting and to-clay is the first day I have not killed a Turk. They have kept very low atul &U “A great deal lias been heard of Turkish snipers and their wonceiful marksmanship,” writes a correspondent of an Australian paper. but thev are now being paid oack m th-i. own com. Among the New Zealander* ■is Captain Wallingford, wno is nw their chief machine gun officer, bmee landing in Turkey Captain Wallingford lias taken to rifle shooting again. ICverv morning at dawn he steals away from camp with three rifles and a supply of ammunition. No one knows where he goc-s, but he apparently scores a great many hits, because the, Turkish authorities have, it, is stated, now offered a substantial reward to the man who can bring back his identity disc.” __