Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1899 — A New Use for Carp ts. [ARTICLE]

A New Use for Carp ts.

One of the latest public uses for Wilton carpet of an extra qualtity is that of the swab for Uncle Sam’s huge cannon now being placed on the new battle ships and forts. According to ordnance experts the old method of swabbing cannon with cotton waste or like stuffs has been very ineffective, such fibers falling to properly cleanse the Interior of the iron monsters,. It is stated that the grade of Wilton required by the ordnance department is an eight-inch frame of the finest worsted, and that when the cannon is swabbed with the material it is again ready for bnsinesf Immediately.