Show BRITISH ARMY HERO IS THE TIN FINISHED ISH ED SNIPER SN I PER By United pres Press Press' LONDON March 25 By 25 mail mail- Like the man who plays an Important fm position on a a. football t all turn team the sniper is the hero of the British army irmy says says a report from northern France I Many snipers snipers' have strange looking gunstocks gun gunstocks stocks full of ot nicks Every nick of ot a human life enemy life enemy life ute of course To be called a successful sniper is a areal aleal areal real leal fn In the British h ranks When a bat battalion lIon leaves the trenches for a few days of or billet illet life Ufe the snipers are given the most comfortable quarters quarters their comrades cheerfully concedIng conceding conceding ing them all the little com comforts torts not enjoyed by the ordinary soldier During trench life Ufe the sniper is closer to death at any mom moment nt than any other soldier It Is his duty to crawl to some sheltered spot and wait walt his bis chance He may watch a certain section of the enemy trench for days without firing tIring a shot But when he fires tires according to the new tradition of ot snipers he is supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to get his man If he has has- reason reason rea rca son to believe that his bullet went true he cuts a nick in his gun stock and crawls back to his trench to be congratulated congratulated con con- Sniping has haD become a n. highly specialIzed specialized specialized special special- branch of ot trench warfare Training Training Train Train- ing log schools have been established Student snipers are first selected from the ranks ranIs by expert Instructors A rigid and highly technical course in marksmanship in which the steadiness of the hand and sureness of the eye are the main essentials is then given n. n A small number of ot the many students stand the test and become finished snipers The most successful c candidate for a snipers sniper's diploma is the man who has handled a rifle before he te entered the army Some have been English game gamekeepers gamekeepers keepers but the majority it is reported from the front are from among the colonial troops troops the the Canadians and Australians who Australians who have had their share of ot peaceful hunting bunting |