The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-26
NURSE BRINGS
BACK CLOTHING
From the Far East Worn By
Soldiers OF Mikad0
QUALITY OF THE BEST
WINTER GARMENTS ARE ALL
WooL-EVERY PRECAuTIoN
TAKEN TO PROVIDE FOR
HEALTH OF MEN.

London, eDc 25. Miss McCaul,
who saw much Of the British soldier
on service in South Afr ca, and of
tho working of the medical depart.
ment of the British army, was re-
Gently commissioned by the queen to
20 to Japan to inquire into the work
ing of the japanese Red Cross So
clety
According to the British Medical
Journal, she brought hack with her to
England the complete outfit Of sol
Tier Of the Japanese Imper al guard,
which was presented to her Nv Gen
sral Terauchi, the minister Of war,
together with samples Of the food
supplied TO the soldier on active ser.
vice.
These various articles, whi h have
been inspected by the king. who has
expressed great interest in the many
ingenious devices they present, viii
shortly be exhibited at the Royal
unifel Service Institution, Whitehall.
They arc worthy of the most care
full study by all military officers and
Afford a striking example of the care
ind strong common sense with which
he health and comfort Of tie soldier
ire considered by thcee re Donsible
or his outfit and the min,ie attcn.
lion to detail which is Characteristic
OF the Japaneae army.
The complete outfit comprises both
winter and summer uniforms and un.
derclothing, overcoats. puttees and
boots, gloves and hoods, knapsack
hayersack. water bottle, mess tin and
aanteen. d grass woven easa to con.
tain the ration of rice, blanket, port
able tent, mosquito net for the head.
housewife. bandage wrapper and
Identification label
There Ii even tin can containing
creosote pills. which each soldier
must carry and is expected to take
as prophyactic against dysentery
One notable folrure Of all the
clothing Is thri i Is lpnarcstly made
of the bet alterill TIC material
or winter clotl.ng appears 10 be all
wool, and in color and warmth re-
minds one of the brownsh Jaeger
clothing.
In Tie neat blue parade uniform,
jacket or tunic, plain fiat brass but.
tons are used, but in the worAing kit
buttons are done away with as far
as possibe. fastenings being in near
ly all instances carried out ny means
Of fiat hooks and eyes.
The summer jacket and trousers
are of khaki drill. the jacket is per-
fectly plain and there are no buttons
On any OF the garments. A strip Of
white linen Is issued TO wind round
neck as collar inside the tunie.
A mosquito net helmet" or head
covering. in addition to its value as a
preventive of malaria. is a great CON.
fort in summer. when there are any
flies. That issued TO the japanese
soldier is made of green netting,
stretched on two circles Of cane so rs
to make long drum with one end
knocked out, into which the head Is
passed The two rings Of cane are
kept apart by a wire spring, which
allows the drum to be nattened and
buttoned down for carriage.
The winter tunic and trousers are
made plain, like the khaki suit. but
are of good wooden cloth.
The cold proof winter overcoat
merits some description, for it seems
10 be devised to insure warmth In the
most severe climate.
Made of thick wooden clio i. il hal
4 large collar covered with fu-. which
Is. of course. inside when the collar
Is raised From the middle of the
edge of this collar a Gotten cap or
hood can be pulled out SO as % cover
the head, and over this can be worn
the ample detached WOODEN cold
proof" hood, which form It's shape
and long ends to wrap round the neck
recalls the hoods of Chaucer's time.
Hanging by cords from the neck
are large gloves or mittens- one di-
vision for all the fingers, ans one for
the thumb; they can thus be thrown
of when the hand is required for fir
ing or any other purpose. without be
ing lost A sheepskin waisicoat with
the wool outside is also issusf for Sc
we're weather It fasteus at cne side.
The underclothing is Of similar
good material to that Of The outer
garments. a cotton shirt ana drawers
for summer and thick knitted wool
en- jersey. or sweater and pants for
winter. Tho ribbed woolen stOckines
arc made without heels, and warm
toe caps are issued in the coldest
weather to wea- over the stockings
to prevent frOstbite.
These toe caps are made of
lambs wool materill like very thick
lint. the soft surface being inside.
a roll Of fine striped flannel of very
goo1 quality and about a yard and n