Show NOVBI UIMY TOOLS UNCLE SAM WANTS NEW IN TnENCHINO IMPLEMENTS VAO11 nrh In Vt In action Ioon trlrl 1 ranrns Combination Fp44r llalthrl nut wIIall ot tonul un Invention I Since thn army nnlnanoe bureaus tests 1 vrllh aluminum equipment have resulted succaMfullj It now Appears that our Infantry ooldlen will In able to entry Intrenching tools ulinllar to I tho o Until in foreign nrmlos and jet maintain a reduction In the weight of their present outfit Tho designing of an Implement which will be useful In the soldier In tile formation I ot hasty InlrencnmenU h t rII t3 but which will not said materially to tho wolRht of his present juirnpher nalla han long buen tile ambition of thoiio whose duty It Is I to prcrcrllK ilmnjcs In our military furnishings At the present outlook every soldier may li ha furnished I with a light I il to lio not only ro crvcd for actual campaigning cam-paigning but which will always bo a convenience about tile camp to tha regular and mllltlnmen alike for chopping wood plUhlni tents and tile Chopping lh foo i various other cmorconclos which continually con-tinually present 1 thomm > ho especially at tho more unsettled posts An IlliulrnUsl NlJrt i ling lately coma from I uropo itescrllilnif tho on trenching Implements unexl In tho loading nrmlo nf tho Old World ant ye tile Philadelphia 1 limps llils shows shut tho United I States Is n < jot far behind In respect to thoo ron In IcnccK but wo love tho consolation thnt Undo Sam li Cover too hasty In tile military movement preferring usually to wait until hit nelghtmni lmo completed their ollllrlmoni In order that ha may crania something superior as wa Ibo case with tile now rlllo Tho French Infantry has nn Instrument Instru-ment which mnj lw UKM either ai anode a-node n hatchet or a saw Tills II tiailcllo shanod mvasurlni twenty 1 Inches i la length and welching only oneself onethird IlOund Una slda of tile blade uf the minute ground lon lo-n sharp cdgo and tho other Is filed Into nv teeth Tlio metal thick enough bodily for choprlng the lioay trunks chotrinx of ttxci Ilacii I French Infantry I com twny carries I thlrtjtwool these ipados s lioildos eight picks I three I hatchets I four minor picks and n jointed saw tho Aspirin aoMlara also IIDlng fur nlshvd with billhooks which ro Cinhlo butchers cleavers lioolod slightly nt the end and used for chopping mall branches Tho pick und Imtchots are similar In atjlo to those used by our lnborcr although al-though tho heavier of them weigh but a little over a pound and a hall Tlicio utensils are supplied With leather cases and arc strapped to tho knapsacks knap-sacks of the soldiers lo whose lot It falls to carry them Elicit of tlio sixteen six-teen srjuads comprising I n trench company ri t pany i li furnished two ijHuloi and cither cith-er a miners pick o hatchai or n Jointed saw carried by tho men In turn Tlio jointed saw when unfolded Is I over four feet long and Instead of having handles Is mada with a ring at oltlior end and through which a tick of wood may bo passed This replaces re-places the long lumborsomo crosssaw used for cutting heavy pieces of timber tim-ber preferred In tho manufacture 6f fortifications Ilia French propo to make their intrenching tools oven lighter by tho use of hollow aluminum for handles Instead of wood Tlio Kngllsh lmo adopted two very novel combination ono In tho form of a shovel and pick and tho otliar of n pick and hatchot In tho former tile pick li supplied by tho Tshaped suflilled lIl hall 3110k Ilio I whole moaiiirlng I only two foot In length anti weighing loss than three pounds Thoko are carried In skeleton leather cases ai tno waists 01 the mn with their handle uppermost upper-most that they may not Interfere with tho marching They lira carried alternately al-ternately by half of tile mon Although this report furnishes Interesting In-teresting study for those who tire do signIng Improvements hero It however how-ever suggest but few points which have not already been concohod by the Inventive brain of tha American whllu It howl by comparison that that organ has run In I deeper channels than any of foreign growth Most of thn instruments submitted to the ordnance ord-nance bureau have 1 boon Invented by 01 III worl who well wine of our army oil oors w I understand their uses Itcforo being l considered by tho bureau they aro pent out Into I the field for practical ttt tt lw reported by tho soldiers who actually lino them Ono of tho Stuff officers of tho war department has submitted a combination combina-tion i ulo hatchet similar to that of tile French without tho sawing attachment at-tachment Another design la I In tho thapa of a pick axo uhoso blade folds over forming a spado A combination combina-tion canteen and Spade is I also among tlio numerous Inventions sent In for trial lliow tire all found to have their virtues ami most of thorn maybe may-be altered to overcome certain point of weakness BO that when tho time comes for a Beat decision the ordnance I oRlcora will have an excellent collection collec-tion from which to select Tho foldIng fold-Ing lira strictly American them being bone In foreign use but I Ito chief objection to those Is that they uro too readily clogged with sand or dirt which fault would greatly impede I im-pede rapid worle Tba great utility of such contrivances I contriv-ances can best bo appreciated by those who remember how much time was I I wasted In tho war when groat bodies I of mon had to lu marched hundreds i I of miles In March of soma favorable location whore nature had afforded a hill or a valley as a place for defense i or attack Military engineers are I i capable of laying out permanent forta I or Intrcnchmcntt where thoy have I lor I time to UPe deliberation but with his I it reM > nt equipment the rritd r 1 cannot complete n hurried defense without tbe moot Mvero labor which often renders him unlit for battle after I his Shelter Is HnMml |