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chape and billet for holding down the flap, and with a hook and 

 fastener for attachment to the cartridge belt. 



The intrenching shovel weighs 30 ounces and has a blade of solid 

 cast steel, tempered and ground, the upper part forming a socket for 

 the ash or second-growth hickory handle, which is in two pieces, 

 forming a T, with a sheet-steel strap around the joint and fastened 

 with two through rivets. The carrier consists of a body of olive-drab 

 duck and a strap which secures the shovel by one turn around the 

 handle. It is attached to the belt with a hook and fastener similar 

 to the one used on the hand-ax carrier. 



The pick mattock weighs complete 42 ounces, has a head of solid 

 cast steel drop forged and ground, the blade and point being tempered, 

 and a handle of second-growth hickory, which is detached when 

 carried. 



The carrier body consists of three pieces of olive-drab cotton duck 

 held together by tubular rivets, and so assembled that one piece forms 

 a pocket for the head, which is secured in place by folding up the bot- 

 tom and fastening the strap around the outside, while the tw^o other 

 pieces form a carrier for the handle. A hook and fastener similar to 

 those used on the hand-ax carrier are attached. 



ARTILLERY KNAPSACK. 



(Plate XVIII.) 



The parts are — 

 1 body. 

 1 pocket flap. 



1 flap B. 



2 flaps A. 

 2 flaps C. 



2 reinforces. 



2 knapsack straps with handle. 



2 pocket straps with billets. 



2 pouch straps with billets. 



3 securing straps with billets. 



This knapsack is designed to replace the haversack and blanket roll 

 for enlisted men of light batteries. It is made with two compartments, 

 one in the form of a pocket similar to the haversack, the other with 

 four folding flaps in the form of a pouch about 12 by 14 by 4 inches. 

 The cloth parts are made from No. 9 olive-drab cotton duck and the 

 leather parts from russet collar leather weighing 9 to 9^ ounces per 

 square foot. 



The body, cut in one piece, forms the back and front of the pocket 

 and the back, side, and one end of the pouch. The pocket and mid- 

 dle pouch flaps are stitched to the middle portion of the back about 4 

 inches apart. The pocket flap is provided with two straps and the 



