Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1915 — ENGLISH WADING STOCKINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ENGLISH WADING STOCKINGS

The British war office, after careful experiments, has adopted a new wader stocking for the use of the troops in wet or flooded trenches. The waders are light and strong and are absolutely waterproof. They are lined with wool and are worn on the bare foot inside the army service boot. During the experiments the soldiers suffered no 111 effects from long periods of immersion of the feet in icy water.