Manual of Military Training / Second, Revised Edition

by James A. Moss

[1447]. Vertical Clock Face System. (Used with small or indistinct targets.)

System	Example
1. Announce the general direction of the reference point.	"To our right front" (or "At two o'clock").
2. Designate as a reference point the most prominent object in the zone indicated.	"A stone house with two chimneys."
3. Announce the position of the target with respect to the reference point.	"At three o'clock."
4. Announce the range.	"Range 1000."
5. Announce the objective.	"A hostile patrol of four men."

Fig. 53

Procedure:

1. All men look to their right front (or along the two o'clock line).

2. The reference point (stone house) is found in the indicated direction.

3. A clock face (vertical) is imagined centered on the reference point, and the men look along the line leading from the clock center through three o'clock, and

4. 1000 yards from the firing point.

5. Find the hostile patrol.