Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1916 — SAFE FROM BARBED WIRE. [ARTICLE]

SAFE FROM BARBED WIRE.

One of the most trying tasks incident to trench fighting has been considerably lightened by the appearance in the British trenches of gloves made of a fabric which is said to be impervious to barbed wire points, says Popular Science Monthly. The fabric is made up into mittens, with the first finger and thumb separate. The fabric Is waterproof, and in addition the gloves are insulated for gripping electrically charged wires. The same material is. applied to the manufacture of, sleeping bags, which, when opened, may be thrown over a barbed wire entanglement to allow a soldier to climb over the sharp points without Injury. When made up Into vests or tunics the fabric is strong enough to turn shrapnel splinters of even a bullet when it has iost part of Its momentum. The Interlining Is antisepticized, so that if a bullet goes through it takes Into the wound enough antiseptic wool to prevent poisoning. * . The materials used in the manufacture of this remarkable fabric have been sedulously kept secret this far.