Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1918 — Modern Armor. [ARTICLE]

Modern Armor.

The soldiers of old went forth to fight, clad in cumbersome and expensive armor, which, while serving as a protection, nevertheless hindered them from putting forth their best fighting strength. Today Martin Jelalian, an inventor of Rhode Island, has made it possible for a soldier to be protected by armor. He 18 one of several dozen inventors who have reinvented the coat of mail. The device is a bulletproof metallic structure, which surrounds the body and extends from the top of the shoulders to below the thighs. This steel coat consists of two like parts held together across the chest by means of straps. Hooks attach the coat to semi-cylindrical pieces of metal which fit closely about the upper part of the leg and are fastened behind by straps. The inner surface of the armor is padded. The head is protected by a lined mask composed of the sama metal.--Popular Science Monthly.