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isECQMrnnra-a- h (Off mmmz 9 tl.& JTYU OLO JfYL UNCLE SAM'S Infantryman who has to walk as well as fight may well bless the year 1911. for the weight of his kit Is to be lessened by almost one-half. The regulation 56 lb. Is cut to 46 lb. with everything on. and stripped for real work In the field the foot soldier will carry but 30 lb. now, thus fitting him the better for march ing and fighting. When a soldier goes Into a fight there are certain things which he must carry if he is going to be of any use to his country. These are, first of all. his weapons rifle or revolver and the proper ammunition, the first-aid packet, one intrenching tool, water a thirsty soldier cannot hit a flock of barns a mess kit, and then more ammunition. Nowadays 210 rounds are not considered any too much for the first dole of ammunition. What he does not need in a fight is his shelter the "dog tent." overcoat, blanket, and poncho. Today the intrenching tool Is re garded as next In Importance to the weapon. Each man carries either a pick mattock, a shovel, or an axe. Certain men also have wire-clippers. "With shovels a whole regiment can hide itself in little holes In thirty sec onds, and dead soldiers are no use to a government. The old days of standing up in the face of the bullets are gone now. The only time a sol dier shows himself to the enemy, if he can help it, is in the final rush. Advances are not permitted until su periority of fire is assured. But there are a score of marches to every skirmish, and the tabulated list stives the essential things that each Infantryman must carry wjth him. a!l of which are distributed more or less evenly about his person. Here is the tabulated list of the United States infantryman's kit: One rffV Or.e irjf! slir.5 Onp lntrnrhin? tool fine haversack One baron can rtn bayonet One bayonet scab- One rnn-iiment can bard . On cartri.lffe belt One rrat can One knife On r.ur,i1r'J rounds One ?'r' ,( ammunition One eptn One first-aid pack- Toik-t artirlpg ae On. pair socks, One first-aid pouch woo!-n ' ne canteen ine canteen cover One l.aversack ra tion one cup One emergency ra- Ort intrenchin? tool tion And the pa'-k. which cor.!s3 of: One pa.-k-carrier One sh!'er half One blanket I'iv shelter Unt One poncho pir.a carrier Scores of further suggestions from ofScers have been received by the T'nited States war department, whicb Is responsible for this new departure, to make the soldier more efficient In time of war. An ambulant kitchen a ranpe on wheels which can cook a meal on the march is one of the newest wrinkles proposed. Automo biles for a mobile army are demanded now. The blanket has been cut to weigh 3 lb. It Is proposed to abolish the coat In the field and substitute a eweater In Its place. Other recommendations are that the sergeants carry no r!f!e In the feld but have revolvers and bolos In stead. Likewise the cooks are to be relieved of the rifle and have revolver and bolo. thus enabling them to carry guf.cient utensile to cook for the company when other transportation bae been abandoned. It Is proposed to do away with the old campaign bat and to substitute the mounted police hat. which has a lower crown and a wider brim and Is more comfortable. With It goes the individual "housewife." Tfce com pany will carry at kit for mending for the entire outfit. A neckerchief Is to t made part of the uniform. 02cer will Dot carry their sabret !n the tell, and tobacco and aoan will be y -to. - i fe k 4 .$) li 1 M 1 Art ! 1 V W I1 3 fr ill . WW ' V made part of the ration. The foot soldier's little tent has been made much lighter. Nowadays each man lugs half a shelter tent, with five pins and one jointed pole; his "bun kie" lugs the other half. Now the poles are abolished. The rifle acts as a front pole and a rope takes the place of the rear pole. In case of a surprise the rifles is even handier to get at. But even better the lessened weight will be carried in much easier fashion. The Illustration shows a front view of the new equipment of the United States foot soldier with cartridge belt 1 Infantryman In New Equipment. and water bottle as compared with the old equipment showing how the man's chest was bound In by straps and suspenders. Everything Is now lighter; the fighting and comfort equipments are separated from one another and easily detached. Rear views of the new and the old equip ments are also shown. The new equipment shows the pack with the bayonet on the left, also the shovel, canteen, and condiment can, as com pared with the old. showing how the bulkier weight flopped against the back and pelvis, thus unduly and tooj quickly fatiguing the soldier. Most of this great relief to the United State3 soldier who fights on loot is cue to ine untinng euorts oi the ofScers who make up the t'nited Stite Infantry Association which was organized some years ago. Its presi dent Is Lleut.-General John C. Bates, Brigadier-General Clarence R. Ed wards Is vice-president, and Major George H. Eheltoa Is secretary and treasurer. 1 ml--J 1:1 V h : . if Of His Woman-Proof Heart Qy JOANNA SINGLE (Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press.) Things began to happen In John Dorr's hitherto quiet life. He had been head draughtsman ten years. : Then, one June morning, Foster, the senior partner, called him to the ln- ner office. Tauton, the other firm I member, was grinning In bla happy fashion. "You're Junior partner. Dorr, from this time forth! How do you like It?" Both older men rose and shook hands with him. Their friendliness was personal as well as In business. Dorr's steady dark eyes lighted happily. He was probably thirty three or four, of the slow-going but absolutely sure sort. He said nothing could be better. And then they dis cussed the financial side. An hour later he was leaving them, when Tauton stopped him Jocularly. "We've only one fault to find with you, John. You're not quite human with that woman-proof heart of yours! You seem never to even see a girl and they all see you! Marry and be one of us, and have some real life In that little cottage of yours. Eh?" Dorr laughed, but his reserve was not broken. "Some marry, like you; some, like me do not. I consider myself a successful bachelor." He left them, not saying that love had seemed to pass him by. He would marry. If ever, because love came and found him, not because other men married. The next astounding thing hap pened the next morning. Miss Gray, always at her desk early, was wait ing for him. No one else was down yet, and she followed him to the In ner room and closed the door. In the year she had been In the office she had spoken to nobody there save on business, and alnost never to Dorr. Now she laid a shining hand ful of Jewelry on the desk before ( him, and stood, tall and slender, her face grave, her gray eyes serious. She spoke as If conferring rather than asking a favor. "Could I get $200 on these? I know nothing about pawning things." Through his amazement he noted the depth of her clear eyes, the way her fine, smooth brown hair framed her face, the little lines at her tem ples. She could not have been much under thirty. He examined the heavy old watch of fine gold, two diamond rings, one very good; a little sap phire, like a blue eye, and other trinkets. "I should think so. Why not let us the firm advance the money?" She shook her head firmly. "That would not do. And I need the money this afternoon, too. I thought you could tell me the best place to go." "They are all horrible places. Properly managed, some of them might lend It. I'll go for you. You couldn't go to a place like that." She turned as If the matter were settled. "Thank you very much," she said pleasantly and went back to her desk. He liked It that she did not ex plain, that If she had troubles 'she did not mention them, and that, what ever it was, she came to her own firm. But it set his thoughts upon her. How came she to have such ex pensive things? Why did she need money? She had a good salary, lived very quietly, and inexpensively he knew where she boarded, and had a vague idea that all her people were dead. He thought he would why, he would quietly keep her jewels and give her the money himself! Then he knew she would not accept It. He was driven to deceit. He pawned the watch only, as less personal, and when he gave her the envelope of bill merely showed her the ticket, explaining that he would keep It and get the things when the 60 days were up. But the matter disturbed him, and he wished It had not occurred. He furtively studied her. She was a lady. The quietness of her dress and manner, the perfection of her toilet, above all, her reserve, showed that. Her voice was cultivated, and her work showed the grasp and accuracy of a trained mind. As the hot June days passed he saw a change In her. Miss Taylor, the bookkeeper, had gone on her va cation, and as business was light, Miss Gray did her work In her ab sence. Was it too much for her? Dorr noted that for the first time since he had known her, she seemed worried. Her eyes were shadowed, her face pale. He spoke to her about It one Saturday noon after the others had left and were not to return. She was bending over a ledger. "Miss Gray, It's pretty hot In here. You'd better not stay let It go until Monday. Shall I work at it for an hour? I can." She seemed to shrink from him, and protested. "No," she said, "let me do It I'm learning you know I'm not an ex perienced bookkeeper I'll get along all right." He left her. but he thought her manner strange. Was anything wrong? Surely not. But when Mon day morning came, she was there at the office when he entered, bending over the ledger with a little frown on her brow. He walked straight up to her. Has anything rone wrong?" Do, asked in nu steady, elder-brother manner. Her eyes met his almost gratefully, In a sort of resolve or relief. She asked a strange thing of him. Could you stay and help me a moment tonight when the others are gone?" If it had been any one else, any one less perfectly 'dignified and imper sonal, he would not have liked the request.' Just then Foster entered. And Dorr knew something had hap pened to him he had a hot desire to shield her from Foster's look from even the thought of any one else. ' It was a protective Impulse that sprang up to defend her, and set a steal upon him. He never forgot how she looked at that moment Her eyes were like flowers. That evening ehe went straight to the point She put the books before blm. "Please go over everything since Miss Taylor left," she said. "She'll be back In the morning, and I can't find all the money. I missed It the day after she left. It has frightened me to death." He began to go over the figures with her, bis voice reassuring. "Don't worry we'll find It. It often happens." He went over all the fig ures once then twice. "H-mm! Two hundred short " He stopped suddenly and looked at her. "Was that why you got me to " "Pawn my father's things, and my mother's. Yes. If It was my fault I was going to make it good. I was afraid I hadn't watched when the safe was open, or something " He laughed outright. "I am sure it can't be Miss Taylor's mistake she is so accurate, and I wanted her to find everything all right." Again he laughed to see how little "Couldn't I Get $200 on These?'1 of a business woman she really was, how feminine, how helpless, and still how self-reliant she was! The wave of protectiveness that had seized upon him that morning came back and with it another thing the knowl edge that he loved this woman. It came like light, in an Instant. And before he could steady his thought the door opened, and Nina Taylor, sunburned and happy, breezed In upon them. "Well, old business plodders though you look more like plotters what Is up? Figuring how much I em bezzled?" She laughed. "Well," answered Dorr, "for a fact, we can't seem to locate 200 that isn't on the bank book, and ought to be. It's been lost ever since you left." The girl came to lean over Sylvia's 6houlder, running a practiced eye over the books. Her face was serious, and she bit her lip. Then, with a whirl, she turned to the safe and opened it. She rummaged a moment, and brought out a little canvas' bag. "There's your cash didn't you hear me tell you to bank It the dfly'I left. Miss Gray?" She laughed. "I was too late for the bank, you will remember." Slyvia did remember, then. The younger girl snatched something she wanted from her desk and was gone again in a moment. John Dorr rose from his chair, and looking at Sylvia Gray saw how pale and tired she looked. All sense of anything but her and her loneliness left him. He reached out for both her unresisting hands. "Sylvia," he said, "If only you could love me Could you? Could you love me and marry me?" There was 6tlll much of her old re serve and dignity left to her, but it was the dignity of yielding what one longs to give. She looked quietly at him. "Do you love me?" he Insisted. "Oh," she answered, "I do! course I do!" Of "The Frankfort University." The proposed creation of a univer sity at Frankfort is receiving a great deal of discussion. The city author ities have proposed to combine a number of scientific academies and in stitutions of learning already existing into a university. 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