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WAIST BELTS FOR BANDS. 



(I'latc XVI.) 



These aiv for bandsmen only and are made i'roiu enameled leather 

 of the color of the corps or arm of the service. They are of the same 

 width and lengths as regulation belts for enlisted men, all metal parts 

 being the same as for the russet-leather belts. 



The body of the belts for cavalr}^ artillery, and infantry are made 

 from a single j)iece of enameled leather folded around a strij) of buck- 

 ram, glued near one edge, and stitched along both. The buckram is 

 used to give sufficient thickness. The holes are fitted with No. 151 

 brass e3'elets to prevent stretching and tearing by the buckle tongue. 



For the Engineer Corps the body of the belt is made from white 

 enameled leather with a strip of red leather of the proper width glued 

 and stitched to the face. 



Saber attachments of enameled leather, of the same dimensions as 

 the regulation saber attachment, with slide, are made for the drum 

 Uiajors of mounted bands only. Three thicknesses of leather are 

 folded together and stitched in the same manner as the belt. 



SWORD FROG (fOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER'S WAIST BELT). 



(Plate XVI.) 



This is made from russet leather weighing 7 to 8 ounces per square 

 foot. The form complete, with slot for the sword and hole for the 

 hook, is cut with a die, so that all are alike. The ends are brought 

 together and the frog is stitched twice across the middle of the body 

 and down both edges, forming a loop for the belt and a socket for the 

 sword. 



INTRENCHING TOOLS. 



(Plate XVII.) 



The tools arc — 



1 rule. 



1 wire cutter. 

 1 hand-ax and carrier. 

 1 intrenching shovel and carrier. 

 1 intrenching pick mattock and carrier. 

 The rule is 2 feet long and four fold, and is graduated in eighths, 

 tenths, twelfths, and sixteenths of an inch. 



The wire cutter is a commercial button pliers, 10 inches long. 



The hand ax is of solid cast steel, forged and tempered and weighing 



28 2 ounces, the handle being of second-growth hickory, secured to 



the head by a wooden wedge and a metal wedge. The carrier body is 



made from No. 1 olive-drab cotton duck and provided with a buckle 



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