1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

As the ranges at Kaknäs had only 62 target holders, as comparedwith about 250 at. Bisley Camp in 1908, the grouping of the competitorsand of the various competitions had been a matter of considerabledifficulty, but, by means of alternate firing, and with the assistanceof sketches showing the details of the plan adopted, this difficultywas got over, so that the competitions were finished in the calculatedtime. Each group of competitors had its own telephone-communications.The Arrangements for the Shooting.Special, detailed instructions had been drawn up for the officialsand competitors, stating what each one had to observe, and howthe marking and registration of the results, etc., were to be carriedout. These instructions were printed in English, French, Germanand Swedish. Each of the competitors and officials was given a copyof these instructions, thus making it possible for them to follow thecourse of all the competitions.In all the events the arrangement was made, that each competitorhad his own target and figure, which he had the right to claim afterhis results had been registered and verified.All registration of results took place at the secretary’s office.During the shooting itself, nothing else was marked but the positionof the hits.Every day, before the beginning of the shooting, lots were drawnat the office by the nations, to decide in which groups they shouldshoot, and then the leader of every nation, either himself alone, orafter consultation with the members of his team, had to decide atwhich target, of those alloted to them, the individual competitorsshould fire their series. On the drawing of lots, each individualcompetitor received a card, printed in the language of his nationand stating the number of the group, of the target-stand, and ofthe target where the firing was to take place. By this meansthe leaders and the competitors could follow the course of the wholeof the competition without interruption, a measure which was, naturally,calculated to inspire confidence.The Shooting in the Competitions.Major C. P. O. K. Sjögreen, of the First Royal Grenadier Guards,had been appointed leader of the army-rifle-shooting competitions bythe Olympic Shooting Committee. Captain W. Unander, of the sameregiment, acted as Major Sjögreen's adjutant. The work in the secretary’soffice was in charge of V. Wahlquist, Esq., Secretary of theSwedish Shooting Association, assisted by V. T. Hoffman, Esq., oneof the Executive of the Shooting Committee.681