The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-12
WANTS ALLIES CLAD
LIKE KNIGHTS OF OLD
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Be-
llieves Coats Of Mail
Would Save Lives.
STEEL NJ REVIVED
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LoNpoN. July 3o.--Ths use Of arnnor.
ormaor Of the sixteenth century. II
necessary. to Withstand the IRE OF
twentieth century machine rune 10 advo.
Gated BY Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. the
novelist, in y letter to the TtSNss. BIZ
Arthur began . campaign for the re-
vtval Of Armor to . the exiesncies
Of modern warfare twenty-five years
ago. He believes that demonstrations
In the present war fully vindicats the
position he has taken through these
Year,.
The London Ttmes has been conduct
Ing = syrnposium recently. liz which
various opinions have been expressed
regarding the utility Of rsvivinS the
wearing Of armor at the present time.
Several authorities believe THAI coats
Of mail. Or adaptations Of them. would
heroic days "when knights we're bold
The adoption by the Frsnc, Of steel hsl.
metz rave rise to the sueesstion that
other parts Of the body. As well a. the
head. demand protection.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writing 10
the Ttmss. urseS that through the adop-
ton Of armor the death rate from
rife hrs. machine IRE ana shrapnei
should be reduced. He says:
Mssss save MANY nSss'
such actions NJ that Of May O..
whore sevrrAl briSadss lost nearly half
their numbers In endsAvorins to rush
over the 500 yards which separated
make Il clear that Il 10 Absolutely
~,mpos,lble for unneote,,sa ,roon. IN
pass over a ',or. ~,h,c, 4, .w.r, hv
aoh ~,,. ,,h.r.snr. vnu
eIt1,er sorsvAr oh.naon 49,, $500.
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traordihary that the innumerab,e csses
where a Bible, a cigarette c,s, a watch
or some other chance article has ssvsd
a mans life have not set N schepin~
so A 10 40 .vstsms ,ic.uv ,,h., hs.
70 often been the resul, ~ hsnnv
chance. '
A q man ,.,~s ,o.,u. r,s. M.
forehead ana hIs b..,, srn ,n',
pointa p-resen,sd vh,ch a. rSr,.,miy
vital rhs ror,n.r ""u,, hs rsn,sn,n.s
by such = helmet M. The E,r.nch hs,r
now evoiv>d. "a .scnna sho,,,a ~
covered no cur,-s 49, ~ .
temnered s,se, ubich 80 30, -.
| than . foo, In JI.rn... yu,.s ~ -.
ME and iIyht so",nrnan, IN. .mrs wv
! tres OF NE ara s,sa "" WV Wv"
-rhs rsn,sir.,. aa,..r no. go.
The seversncs of , iorsa ~"
wound Ia ,ha ahdnnsn IT, !.
no, con,mon srnr" . r,a. ,,i,., sn '"
No, hs ~,arisS ...n., G, ~" ~
n,e,s .rnor r,h,ch I. O., 20 NV ~.
t,or IN" t.,,.n q. ~ J. ue eues.
do.,b -vo,,rd .,a.L "a .sn
OF surrsrx h,, ,h,.s ..'r,
s,ra nnsd s.sc.. -, se
,ha III. "a ~. "
vo,,,a .wo,s ,,r...,, wy """e'
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MaJor-eeh. desmond OCallaghan
writes 70 the Times that In the armortes
~ MaIta. portsmouth and the W OF
ayonuoh are massive wrought iron head.
petyS' nnowm a. o'ehts Heimets,
~.ns .u"sut ~ere worn ny sappers 'e
srn,Iisrs .Hsr nssus wnen pusn,ns SAD
.s~sou.. :" "u .se"eneS i"'
-ss,,I. ~. .''."u.' "sus v
.h,s,d H. 49, 49," s",un. use" "
b.,,ns,s va,wn., "sSn,s me"."' ~
nommdS,s "a ~, ".'.s,m.s unnr,i
ns,ds the h,,,,.t, ns LII. ."'"e'
CHARLES prouiL.. c,.,'.. 80.
arnorv. says there ar. ,.,o r.a..n. A.,
the discardins ~ defansiv. .rnnr aro,
the Invention Of sunnnvdsr E,r,, ~
body armor NJ tho .ix,s.n,h ana -
enteenth centuries became -.unno All,
because n resi..sd ths ,r,,..n, or,n. ~,
Lei, SECONDLY The cr,T, ~ ,ho -
hscamo dsc-dAn, .rhn a.r,,.. a.nus
man had .,nd,sd ~, =. n.rsc,m. ~. a ~
nerInv ~ ,hs m.,a, .ni ~ ~,
tustment Of m. ynrious n,.r.s ~, ~,
suit. The later r,,n~ufacs,rars nroa,. ="
armor which WINS loo bsayv ana M,
OF Indifferent material ~
Mr.. Pfoulkes continues.
1T has been stated thai |, was IN
weight of armor. due Ia ia he,n, moo
against firearms. which lad IN lis d,.
use and this can readily be under.,oo
when We consider that the tactics n
tho seventeenth century wers Far NOR
Intricate than the simnle hattie ARA
Of earlier times ana that the far r.acb
Ing expeditions Of Drake. Columbus nm,
Cortes necexsltated A much lighter snnin
ment than xas needed for Euronsa'
VrHrv. Al the same time 1, shou,d h
noted that the actual weight carrI.d n
the twentieth century soldier In much On
same "A that horne nv hi, forsSather
OF the sIxteenth century
"A very ~reryiceabla hair armo
weixhs about 80 pounds. to which mn