Show SHIELDS FOR SOLDIERS Harpers Harper's Weekly says experiments conducted in England su suggest gest the possibility possibility that shields may once more form an Important part of the equipment of an army Ste Steel 1 shields three millimeters In thickness and about square inches In Inarea inarea area have been devised which afford complete protection against bullets fired from rom the service rifle at at- ata a range of yards The small of the shield which weighs only seven pounds pound requires that the soldier shan shall hall lie prone on the ground In order to be sheltered Each shield has a loophole for tor the rifle and studs studa at the sides sides- so IO that a Feries of them can be linked Inked into a continuous screen The Idea Ideas is s that by the use such shields the necessity of digging trenches may often be avol avni avoided avoided- td ld |