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Show FREAK WAR INVENTIONS Fifty new ways to end the war are proposed daily to the war department. Here are a few of the suggestions before be-fore the department's board of ordnance ord-nance and fortifications: Polished reflectors to throw sunlight in the eyes of the enemy and blind him. Elaborate sling shots for throwing bombs. Land torpedoes, resemb'ing small tractor engines, to run across "No Man's Land" and explode in the enemy trench. Double shot connected by chains to entangle aeroplanes in the skies. Sabres with pistols attached to the hilt to inflict double wounds. Coats of mail, like mediaeval armor, ar-mor, to make soldiers shed bullets like raindrops. Smoke bombs to be thrown by charging infantrymen a moment before be-fore the bayonet clash. Nearly 10,000 inventions have boen offered to the war department since war was declared. |