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SPXJR STRAPS. 



(Plate XIV.) 



Officers' spur straps are made from russet collar leather 5^ to 6 

 ounces per square foot. They are narrowed at the ends and fitted 

 with f-inch white metal buckles. 



Enlisted men's spur straps are made from russet collar leather 7 to 

 8 ounces per square foot, are uniform in width, and fitted with 

 f-inch brass wire buckles. 



CANTEEN. 

 (Plate XII.) 



The components are — 



1 body. 



1 neck. 



1 boss. 



1 cork and safety. 



1 cover, olive-drab duck. 



1 cover, felt. 

 The body, made of IX sheet tin, bright finish, is formed by a die 

 in two pieces, which are then soldered together. A triangular loop 

 of 0.148-inch tinned iron wire, with a clip of the same tin as the 

 body, is soldered on each side. The neck is a single piece of white 

 metal, soldered to the canteen by a tin boss. 



The cork is 1.25 inches long, tapering from 0.9375 to 0.8125 inch in 

 diameter, and has a cap of IX tin covering the top. 



A No. 00 brass safety chain, 3 inches long, is attached to a ring of 

 0.095-inch brass wire, which passes around the neck. The other end 

 is fastened to the loop of the cork pull, which passes through the 

 cork and is held in by a tin washer and galvanized-iron nut. 



The canteen is first covered, for protection and coolness, with gray 

 wool felt 0.25 inch thick, and over this with No. 9 olive-drab duck. 

 The letters "U. S." are printed on the front. 



McKEEVER CARTRIDGE BOX, CALIBER .30. 



(Plate XI.) 



The parts are- 

 1 front. 

 1 back. 



1 hinge. 



2 belt loops. 



1 thumb piece. 



1 large end, plain. 



1 small end, plain. 



1 large pressed end for screw-driver. 



1 small pressed end for screw-driver. 



