Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1923, Page 38

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Warner, the association + voted to urge the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations to wage a vigor- ous campalgn in_an effort to have the District admitted to statehood or Eiven some other form of sclf-gov- ernment. Andrew Raymond, a blind man, ad- dressed the association on matters pertaining to safety first for people who are blind. He spoke of the great work that has been done by the local assocfation for the blind and urged that every assistance be given blind indorse- at il wee to be observed next week. The que: tion of indorsing or cting the proposed bond issue f | provements was discu: { over until the Dece: | committee on law | ing prepared to submit its report until that time. John N. Donohoe, W. |and L. §. 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Washington Knows 5 URGED BY PERRY sWar Officials Seek Way t;) Lessen Weight Ohio Valley Bank and Trust Com- of Equipment Carried by Soldier When in Marching Order. suffrage the same as it had given the | ¢ | carries, or reducinz ‘the weight of THE EVENING . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEII)NESD'AY. NOVEMBER 14, 1923. = e —— STATE OF COLUNBIA Seriving to Lighten Burden Borne by American Doughboy | Consider the poor doughboy! The 10ad ho carries and the more load he carries when he is going into action. The doughboy is getting lots of consideration right now, for down! {at the Infantry buresu of the War Department and at the Infantry Service School in Fort Benning, Ga.. brilllant minds are turning over in their minds ways and means to| lighten by seventeen’pounds the bur- den the infantryman must carry ont | his feet. The officers who hive these things | in charge are facing these facts: The aquality of ° the doughboy's, equipment must be kept up to the| present standard. . : The same things he has carried for years in the past must still be his for the asking; yet— 1lis load must be lightened. World War Experience. During the world war the Ameri- can infantryman carried, when in heavy marching order, seventy-se | pounds of various commodities, |ing all the way from blankets to| bacon. This is about ten to twelve ds lighter than was carried by soldier of any other nation. w the proposition under consid- ! eration is to bring that load down to sixty pounds, a reduction of seven- teen pounds, which must be done by | reducing the number,of articles he the articles. It already has been de- cided that his extra shoes will be taken from his pack and carrfed In| the train. His blankets, which dur- ing the war, weighed five pounds, in the future will be three pound Lated, his underwear a | may be transferred to the train, and his food ration may be reduced from | | two and a half pounds to a pound. The weight of the sheltqr tent half tannot be reduced, it is felt now, The A If weighs two pounds and a h(llf’ i is considered the finest in the | world. The blanket, which will be cut from five pounds to three pound probably will be changed from a com- | positton of weol and cotton to all wool . Tent Poles & Necessity. The weight of the collapsible tent poles and tent pegs also carried in the pack obviously cannot be reduced, | and it is felt that they will be utterly useless unless they can be carried along with the shelter tent haf, as | they always have been. Then comes consideration of the other articles he must carry In addi- | tion to his pack. His rifie, for in- stance. canncl be reduced an weigu. for it already Is as light as it can be made commensurate with efficiency, and tho American Army rifle, the Springfield, is the most effclent army rfle in the world. It almost is a certainty that the mess equipment will go into the train | as soon as the experts have flxured; out a space in the wagons for them. | cen, bowever, must_remain | d at the belt, just where it has been, and it cannot be| ned and still possess its capac- | ity and durabilit 1 | “An efrective saving in weight may | be made, however, in the amount of | ammunition. The cartridge belt car- ries 100 rounds, or 20 siips of five cartridges each. It may be decided, according to the Infantry experts, to | cut this amount in half, with a clip in every alternate pocket of the belt, | except when the soidier is loaded up for combat service. Then he is required tg not only have the belt filled but to | carry exira bandoliers, each with 100 | rounds slung across his shoulders. Plonecring Equipment. Pioneering equipment, such as spades, axes, hatchets agd the lik-., will not be altered, but will not be carried any more by the individual White Earning Power As soon as a truck fails to earn money it fails completely. Endurance that preventsidleness and power to eam beyond average truck life- are outstanding White qualities. Many White Trucks in this city have records of perform- ance that are fine examples of the continucus, profitable transportation Wh: where. ‘Whites run farth - and cost less to operate. THE WHITE COMPANYQ@" CLEVELAND: : Aot e, it WastincTon Branca: 2101 New York Ave., N. W. WHITE TRUCKS ites give every- er, make more trips’ jmarch with comparative ease in 2 BANKER ENDS LIFE. Institution Closes Doors. PADUCAH, Ky, November 14.— Frank M. Fisher, president of the men, except when going into actual action with them.. One officer, dis- cussing the pioneering equipment, remarked that he belicved the men vould resent any lightening of these | articles, “as they already spurn the short-handled spade when they can get a long-handled one. He says many a time in France he saw a soldier march all day long with the four-foot handle | of a big spade sticking up. over his | shoulders, preferring to carry it all day | long to having to dig with the short one | provided in his pioneering équipment. | While the officers are mulling over these weights and qualities in an effort to increase the mobility of this | man's army, it is recalled that the burden of the Infantryman, or foot soldier, has been a matter of grave | concern since the time of Caesar, and | it is interesting to note that the American soldier carries now approxis | mately the same weight as - did Caesar’s foot soldlers. 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