Show SANDBAGS GS SAVE MANY LIVES Italian tallan Authorities Must Be al Given en Credit for Resourcefulness In Modern Warfare i iNo No belligerent has shown more resourcefulness re reo than the Italians in to de devising devising de- de novel means of offense and defense de do- lease ense says a writer la lit Wide Wide- World Worl Magazine The Italian army was was- the ther only one to enter the war with a trench helmet and a steel chest protector and It t is now provided with a more efficient body ody shield than is possessed by hy any other of the warring nations 1 Early in the war it was discovered by y the Italians that many lives could be e saved in la 6 skirmishing at close quarters tens ers if the soldiers carried or or- pushed tJI bags bugs of f sand in front of them and th the the- present body shield has fias been a an outgrowth outgrowth outgrowth out out- growth of that idea s They are made In the one man ands andl two man man wo-man type The former are axe worn by y infantry advancing in the in-the the open at- at attached ached to the shoulders by a a. pahr pair pair-of of ot light Ight steel arms an and are long enough to protect the head organs of or ofa ora a man standing erect Lying at full length or even crouched it co covers o ers hint hm 1 completely Each shield pierced IB-pierced with witha a small round and an oblong t loophole loophole for firing from roOm both of ot which may be closed by ai a J sliding door door- when not in use The two taunt shield f is principally used in wire cutting It is carried on the back of one man who may also alsa work his rifle from a loophole la In the th theto th to oj while a n second man works a long Ions wire-cutter wire through t a hole at the bot- bot tom om It is held field up by short leg legs If th tha th first mann man desires to move more pend |