Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1900 — Protection for Soldiers. [ARTICLE]

Protection for Soldiers.

A Western woman inventor, who devised the fireproof helmet for firemen, urges the government to adopt a small skull cap and a breastplate, arm piece and thigh pieces of aluminium, painted the same color as the uniform. The weight is inconsiderable, and when properly’ made it will turn a rifle bullet up to a very short distance. The metal is now down to less than 50 cents a pound, and a complete outfit would not weigh more than five pounds. The saving of life and limb would more than repay the cost of a thousand times over. The same metal, she says, should be employed for canteens, rifle stocks, knapsack frames, flagstaffs, drum frames and tent poles.