Garland City Globe | 1918-09-19 | Page 2 | Sandbags Save Many Lives

SANDBAGS SAVE MANY LIVES Italian Authorities Mutt Be divert Credit for Reiourcefulneta In Modern Warfare. Ko belligerent tins shown moro re sourcctulnesA than the Italians In do-vising do-vising novel means of offeuto nnd do fense, Bays a writer In Wldo World, Magvzlne. Tho Italian army was tho only ono to enter tho war with a trench helmet and it steel chest protector, and' 'It Is now provided with n moro ofllclent body hhleld than Is possessed hy any other of tho warring nations. Karly In tho wnr It was discovered , by tho Italians that ninny lives could bo saved In nkirniUhlng nt close quarters quar-ters if the soldiers, carried or pushed bags of sand In front of them, and the present body shield has becu an outgrowth out-growth of that Idea. They are mado In the onc-mattnnd two-man type. Tho former nro worn by Infantry advancing In tho open, nt-tached nt-tached to tho shoulders by a pair of light steel arm 8, and nro long enough to protect tho head and vital orguus of a man standing erect. Lying at full .length, or even crquched, It covers him completely. Each .shield Is pierced with a small, round eyehole and an oblong loopholQ.for firing from, both of which may bo closed by a sliding door when not In use. The two-man shield Is principally used In wire cutting. It Is carried on the back of one man, who may also work his rllle from a loopholt In tho to wlillo u secoud man works a long wire-cutter through a holo nt tho bottom. bot-tom. It Is held up by short lcg4 it ,the .first man desires to move Independently.