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Show Headgear in War. The German army w;us equipped with steel helmets long before the war was begun. After the conflict was well under way the French discovered that the percentage of head wounds sustained sus-tained by their soldiers was much greater than the percentage iin the German army. The French adopted the steel helmet. The British followed follow-ed suit, and now even the slow-moving Russians have equipped a small part of their forces with the best form 'of protection against head wounds. After Russia comes the United States with pn announcement through the war'fle-"Twtment war'fle-"Twtment that steel helmets for American Amer-ican soldiers are being "considered." Washington Herald. |