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Show H llaat Cotitra (r M.,l,ll.r" I'niroruia. H Brarlet. It hit ulways been auppoaed, Hj was tke worst color posalbte for the H purpose ut the tultlelleld, says an H Knillih aier. It has been said so H etllb much frequency. Indeed, that no- H body of late years bat eared to dliput H the fact We owe It lo aomo very H practical experiments carried out In H Oermauy that tbn queatlon lias now J been put on a mora sutufsrtnry baalt. H A squsd of ten men, two dressed In B Unlit icrey, two In dark grey, two In H acarlet. two In blue and to In Krveu, H were lately ordered to march arrow an V-EJ open country. Their mnvrmenta wero IH cloiely watched. The first men to dla- H appear were tlioie In llaht icrey, lm yH mediately afterwards (hi scarlet, then nHH the dark grey, and finally the blue and IBM treen. Here we havo all the worn-out SAW tbeorlM upset. Iliperlmenta carried M out on the rifle renje aboaed that our MH national colors iionieaiei en distinct H merits. The Idea wss Hits time to HH sscertaln which color MY the worst EBIr mark (or the rifle. Twenty men, all HH food shots, were Used (or the purpoM M of the tiperlmcnt. After they bed HHj fired a Riven number o( rounds, It waa B discovered lhat marlet waa far the HH most dlfllrult color to hit. l'ur every H miss at the other colors, there wsi MH three In fsvor of scarlet. |