Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1911 — RECLOTHING OF UNCLE SAM'S ARMY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RECLOTHING OF UNCLE SAM'S ARMY

-f iTkCLE SAM’S infantryman— l ■ ' ■ " who has to walk as well as -ft si fight—mhy'tvell blesk the year lfill* fee-the weight- of his'kit .. i-j ; .i is to be lessened j by almost ojte-fealf* JThg regulation .frfilb. is-cut to 46 lb. with everything . on. and stripped for real work in. the. field the foot! soldier .will carry but 3h lb. now, thhs flttifcgi'ium the* better for marching ana figbfflifg. \then& Sofdler goes dnto a fight there are'Certain things ; wbipb fee must'Carfy if he is -going to ,be of* any use to-his country* • These ape,' first of, all- his weapons—rifle or Revolver —and the proper ammunition, the • first-aid packet, one intrenching tooli'water—a, thirsty soldier cannot i. 1 flock" pf tfarns—a mess kit, and 'then mbite “ aiinilinitioti. ’ Nowadays 2feo todnds : arebot 'cdfcsidefefl'hny too n»ucfi-for the first ; dole of ammunition. SKfiajt he does not need in a fight fts h}s. shelter —the tent,” overcoat, kylapket, and poncho. atatw

Today the intrenching- tool la regarded as-next 4n Jnjportanofi to the V4Spon. Each man ..carries. either a °stfk ipqtfapk, Srjfhovthi , or aft.aze. J(3tert% seam v|rfr9lipfier^. With shovels a whole regjiaeift ; ,cap i hide (itself in little holes in’ thirty secta. )* .government The Jm standing up in the face or the bullets are* £ofoe*ftow. 1 ‘The 'Bnly tiMfe’ h 1 iblJ dife¥ 'shows himself to the enemy, if be? ban help it,-‘is’ i# tt*fc“iin«l rush. Advances are not permitted until su‘jpeflcfrfty of fire Is asstitell.' 1 But tHefre arh i sd6te bf «W3f skirmish,' and thetabolatbd list gjlvgs the essential things that each infantryman...must carry.frith-him, all of which are distributed more-or less ’evenly* about his person.-,--- - * Hei-f jjUl jthe, tabulated fltet* ofnfche United kit: u *-* Sne m JXSIW ltttnfefeclitng tool ' 1 One gun qUOT; c 9^ e tyveipaijk,, , , One bayonet One bacon can One bayonet scab- One condiment dati 1 * ’bard One meat can . pile I cartridge belt . _ v . One hundred rounds i>ne fork of arnflhljfriltloh ! ' ft’ne atJodh' 0 ** * ~ :5 Ohe-flcafaftM T» n «fc articles ~ One canteen One haversack sa- - ,0». Oni intrenching tool tlon (lAad the pack, which, consists, of; -tttMt u. n jpin* vcs 4 CMr>®% t)t icl -s-iiwiJfq t*l 4 Scores'’bf <furthwr qwggestions from poffioers have been received by the Halted States war-department, which 4k Responsible, hor this taew departure,. to make.nthq flolfligjr. mos®. S<P®lpfttJ* time. kitchen a range on wheels which can cook a meal on the march —is one of the newest MJes I or a mobile army are demanded ’nowo Tfifc'TflKhkdt hah' bfebii cM W weigh It lS'propoOCtf'to abolish: fa at* in 'the flat# end* substitute * sweat min its place;.dl »(*♦ i d t "t * Oth tr recommwdatiops . arje ifchat the a»rgeants carry. _no rifle in -the fMtd 1 tat revolvers, and. boloa-in-stead.' I4Jtpw)jK* the coolw are tp he ■relieved, of the„rlfl ? apdhave revplver and toolo. thus enabling to carry sufficient utensile to" cook f° r the compand ” When transportation been abandoned. “ " . It is proposed to-do away with the old canpfctgir-'tiit ah*'W 'sdtwditWe' the mounted* police which W"t TiVer crone and.a widen hrimiand4» more c <mSoxW**'K WMh # *«wn the. individual “housewife.” . The ~poxnr p&ny will carry at Wt. for mending for the enq*e.Qjt4flt. 0 *» to be made par}, .of thp uniform. Officers will not carry their sabres la the Held, and tobacco and soap arlD. be

made part of the ration. The fool soldier’s little .tent -has-been made ifittOlk lighter. * Nowadays each man lugs hg]£> a • shelter,, tent, .with*, five pins asd one jointed pole; hlsJban.kle’f lugs the other half Now the poles are aboltsUedU.*.”.The .rifle acts as a fqontjppte afid a> We JtakesAthe. plade of |h% surprise the rfnes is even handier to get tat. 1 But even better the lessened weight will be carried in mtl'Ch easier Tlje ilidstraftbn slows “a J frbh± v|ew of tn4'new* e'ddljpnilnvof'tfie tinned" States foot soldier with cartridge Irclt J ‘

and wifdr bottle as Compared with the o d'bquipffient showing hdw. the*, man’s chest was .bound in by straps, add suspenders. Everything la pow ’ 'lighte r; tha fighting and comfort equipments are separated Trom one --aaoth »!* and feafcHy detached. r ‘ ftlar r views of the new and the old equipmenta are also ahoWn. *' The ' hew equipment shows the • pack with the' baybnet on the left, also the shovel, canteen* and condiment can. pared with the old. showing bow the bulkier weight flopped against the back and peMs. .thus ujMg { ,fnA tc& quickly fatiguing the soldier. Most of this great to' the United Stites soldier W ‘ foot* is doe to the untiring efforts of the 1 officers who make up the United State Infantry. Association which was organised some years ago. Its presldent la John Brigadier-General Clarence R. Edwards is. vice-president, an* Majoi" George H. Bhelton la secretary an* troaaurer.

Infantryman In New Equipment.