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Show TnZ BOY N TON SHiCLS. taJrl to Be Better Than Herr Dowf'i JinIJtfS Proof CuirA&a. The Dowe mail coat, still in process of perfection, is already to be supplanted sup-planted by the Boynton shield, Bayi Arms and Explosives, an English journal. jour-nal. The shield is nothing more than teel plate a foot square, which weigfc Just eight pounds. It is made in such way that it can be suspended from the rifle of a soldier, and it will always maintain a vertical position, no matter at what ngle the gun is held. Standing or kneeling, the soldier is protected to Jarge extent behind the plate. When iu Jk kneeling position, be is almost entire Ij hidoen by the plate, whioh, instead of interfering with his aim, he! pa hia to sight The barrel of the goa fits inwr a groove at the top of the plate, and by means of slides at the ends a immber oi plates can be strung together, thus forming form-ing a veritable "Chinese wall" for row of gharpahooters. The "Bcvue de Cccle Militaire" pro-aouiiofca pro-aouiiofca tke Bnrntor. shield just m erviceable as the Dowe cuiras aid 'ore effootiv fS&S -wv Nff Mr. AU G. Hyama Hamilton, Ohio. |