Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1888 — Peculiarities of American Eyes. [ARTICLE]

Peculiarities of American Eyes.

Washington letter. The efforts of the War Department to swore a field glass ■ for the service of greater power tt au the one they now use has uiacoverad the fact that the eyes of the average American are clc ser together than those of men in foreign countries. The double slaw, known as the field glass, now usad in the armies of Europe. It is of only from five to six powers—entirely too weak for the purpose. The only glass'they can get of sufficient power is a single spyglass, which is defective in that it does not take in a broad enough field. Tn is is a very serious defect in the equipment of the American army, but there seems to be no immediate prospect of its correction, because our eyes are too close together. Some of the colored troops may be able to use a different glass, but the white Yankee soldier cannel ovencome this national peculiarity. The best military field glass in use is that with which the German Army is supplied. An attempt was made to adopt them by the War Department, but it was found that the eyes cf the glasses were so far apart that they could not be used by Americans. The department is studying now to overcome this difficulty.

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