Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1898 — Skaters in Norway's Army. [ARTICLE]

Skaters in Norway's Army.

The Norwegian corps of skaters, a force peculiar to the army of that country, Is a body of soldiers armed ■wltlh rifles who can be maneuvered m>on Ice or over snow fields of the mountains with a rapidity equal to that of the best trained cavalry.