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The body is cut by a die from russet collar leather 7 to 8 ounces 

 per square foot. The ends form loops through the double hooks, 

 and are fastened by the end hooks, which are held in place by the 

 sliding loops. Holes in the body admit of adjustment for length. 

 The end hooks are made of brass wire 0.148 inch in diameter. The 

 double hooks are made of brass wire 0.134 inch in diameter and have 

 their ends twisted through 45° to permit the strap being used with 

 haversacks having either the old D rings or the new snap hooks. 



CARTRIDGE BELT, MODEL OF 1903, FOR COLT'S .38 CALIBER REVOLVER. 



(Plate XIX.) 



Specifications. — Each woven belt to be straight and 2 J inches 

 wide, to have eight pockets, each of the required size for holding six 

 caliber .38 revolver cartridges. Each pocket shall be provided with a 

 substantial flap, with the outer end fastened to the pocket by a secure 

 and serviceable glove fastener. The fasteners must be capable of 

 withstanding 5,000 fastenings and unfastenings without losing their 

 usefulness as such. The eight pockets must be of equal dimensions and 

 be equally spaced in a length of 23.25 inches. At each end of the 

 pocket section there shall be 11 inches of plain webbing, the width of 

 which shall be the same as that of the body of the belt, to which the 

 fastener furnished by the Ordnance Department will be attached. 

 Ends of billets shall be completely incased in metal and a hook shall 

 be attached to each end of the belt and two metallic eyelets shall be 

 inserted between adjacent pockets, two outside of each end pocket, 

 and sets of two at intervals of 2 inches therefrom toward the end of the 

 belt, into which the hooks may be inserted to permit the length of the 

 belt to be adjusted, as shown in drawings. For e3^elets the threads 

 shall be separated, the eyelet then inserted and clinched without pre- 

 vious forming of a hole by cutting of threads. All metallic eyelets 

 shall be permanently secured in the belt without fraying it and be 

 amply strong to support a dead load of not less than that which is sus- 

 tained by the fabric of which the belt is made. The interior diameter 

 of the hole in the eyelets shall be 0.2 of an inch. 



The general specifications as to metal parts and the kind, quality, 

 and tests of the material from which the belt is made are the same as 

 those for the rifle cartridge belt. 



The cartridge-belt fastener is similar to that of the rifle cartridge 

 belt, except that it is the proper size for the narrow web of the revolver 

 cartridge belt, and the inside loop of the female is straight. Where this 

 belt is prescribed as part of the equipment for mounted men a ring of 

 soft brass wire for saber attachment is fastened to it by a chape of 

 russet collar leather, which is secured by two brass rivets passing 

 through the lower edge of the belt between the second and third 

 pockets from the left end. 



