Piute Chieftain | 1916-06-08 | Page 4 | Safe from Barbed Wire

0 SAFE FROM BARBED WIRE one of the most trying tasks incident to trench fighting has been considerably lightened by the appearance in the british trenches of gloves made of a fabric which la Is sald eald to be impervious to barbed barbe wire dwire points says popular science monthly the fabric la Is made up into mittens with the first finger and thumb separate the fabric Is waterproof and in addition the ibe gloves are insulated ford for gripping electrically charged wires the same material is applied to the manufacture mafiti fac of sleeping bags which when opened may be thrown over a barbed wiro entanglement 6 to allow a soldier to climb over the sharp points without injury when made up into vests or t tunics the fabric Is s strong enough to turn shrapnel splinters or even a bullet when it has jost part of its momentum the interlining la Is so so that afa if a bullet goes through it takes into the wound enough antiseptic wool to prevent poisoning 4 the materials used in wa th e manufacture of il this is rem remarkable fabric have hake been sedulously kept secief secret this far I 1