Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-03-14
CHANGE UNIFORMS TO
MEET REQUIREMENTS
Well Hardly Know Sammy
When He Returns From
Fighting Front.

with the American I:Npedit,onary
Army, France Oby mail) Sammy will
never look the same rs he did when
h" carried his puych to France.
rlfSt or the Observation-Disclosures
gave MP their campaign hats ON the
Toau ana wore instead the little Khaki
fore ana aft Belgian cap. cut lust like
me French soldiers cap which is blue.
vi course. 1T WAS against regulations
10 Weaf an un-unitorm cap. but the
regulations never considered the flop
ping OF a hatbrim against q chauffeur's
eyes at 40 miles an hour.
So at headquarters they winkcd at
the violation.
When the first batttlionS went into
me trenches the slouchy campaign hat
was the most awkward piece of equip
ment IN Sammy's whole kit. lie tried
Singing the hat at hls side. but it fell
INTO the mud and was trampled on and
lost. Never having worn their steel he'll
NETS FOR amy considerable time before.
the troops didn't know until they We're
IN the trenches hat the space between
me band and the head permits the wind
TO blow through. This is fine in sum
mer. But winter was only a week or
two away.
Some OF the fellows discovered that
YOU could use the chauffeurs type OF
belgian cap for 4 head warmer under
the helmet. 1t also serves as Il pad, talk
ing up some of the pressure OF the steel
NAT. ANA 1T is small enough to fit into
'he pocket when you're not using it.
The uuartermaster' OF the first on
tlhSent sot busy on the d~oughboy's tip
ana ordered a French factory to turn
out enough fore and aft caps of a
special design to equip the whole out
fit.
Late, ,l1c new cap was adopted for
The whole army. Officers wear their
insignia pinned to tine front peak and
me enlisted mans branch OF the serv-
ice is indicated by the color Of a little
braid sewed along the edges.
The old familiar American leggine
are about TO go the way of the UNI
wleidy campaign hat. In the mud of
the fighting front our troops found that
me ieSslns let in mud between the
bottom of the legsins and the shoe
tops and this mud sceps down into the
shoes. Hereafter troops on the front
VIII wear the spiral cloth puttees OF
The British. They get muddy. too. but
they wind over the shoe o so as to
prevent the mud from going inside the
shoes.
Sleeveless leather coats are another
article Of clothing which will make
Sammy o like IA different soldier.
They will. be issued to all branches on
sidered even better than the fur coats
dealt to the British troops.
Engineer units are receiving over
all waterproof oiled suits. especially
adaptcd for bridge construction where
men are often compelled to stand in
water of shoulder deptl, to do their
work.
The old style American field BOOT re-
mains. Though ii has a rough exterior
finish and looks like The dickens ever
when new. this boot. when properly
oiled is as near waterproof as any
FpDfNnr 1N,lt IN J,1x .p,,t ,,noI,1:,. a.,
the quarterimaster. But for extremely
muddy weather each man will have
rubber thigh boots which is something
the old boche would like to issue to his
men. but he can't ssue because our
blockade has killed off his rubber sup
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