| Show SANDBAGS SAVE MANY MAMY LIVES italian authorities must be givern credit for resourcefulness in modern warfare vo no belligerent has shown more resourcefulness than the italians la in de novel menns of offense and defense says a writer in wide world magazine agazine the italian army was the th only one to enter the war with a trench lip lirlin linet ct and a steel feel chest protector and it is now provided with a more effi efficient clent I ody shield ihan Is possess possessed etl by any other oilier of the warring nations early in the war it was discovered by the italians that many lives could bri b saved in skirmishing at close fers ars it if the soldiers evi ried or pushed bass bags of sand in from fr and the ali cresent body slit shi i n an outgrowth of 0 that idea they are made lu in the ono man and two nian man type the fortuer former are worn worm b by y infantry advancing la in the open attached sty aty tu to the shoulders by a pair of light stool steel firms arms and are long lone enough to protect the lead hen lind and vital organs of a man standing erect lying at full I 1 length or even eved crouched it covers hill completely each shield is fa pierced with it small round and na an oblong loop loophole licile for tiring firing from froin twill both of which may he dosed closed by a siide slid fins door ahen not lot in use the two man shield Is principally used in wire cutting cut tins it Is carried on tm the back of 0 one man who bo may also work ills his rille rifle from n loop loophole bole in the th top while s second ninn man works a long wire mire cutter through a hole at the bottom it Is held up by short legs cs if the first man desires to move independently |
