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pouch Haps with one for fastening. The side pouch flaps are stitched 

 to the upturned side edges of the body and fold across the top or 

 front face of the pouch. 



One of the leather reinforce pieces is stitched across the underside 

 of the body between the pocket and middle pouch flaps. Four loops 

 stitched to the upper side of the body through this reinforce form a 

 metfiod of attaching the knapsack straps and handle. The other 

 reinforce piece is stitched on the inside of the bottom end of the pouch. 

 The chapes and buckles of the securing straps are stitched to the 

 outside of this end through this reinforce. The securing straps them- 

 selves are stitched to the middle of the back of the pocket. When 

 buckled, these straps hold the lower end of the pocket and pouch 

 together. 



The knapsack straps, secured as above described, pass around both 

 pocket and pouch, forming a means of carrying the knapsack. 



POUCH, MODEL OF 1907, FOR FIRST-AID PACKET. 

 (Plate XVIII.) 



The parts are — 

 1 body. 



1 double hook. 

 The body is made of one piece of No. 9 olive-drab cotton duck, the 

 flap and top having double thickness for attachment of the glove 

 fasteners and eyelets for the double hook. The latter is of half-hard 

 brass wire 0.109 inch in diameter, passes through the eyelets, and has 

 the ends bent into a form suitable for attaching to the cartridge belt. 



SCABBARD FOR HOSPITAL CORPS KNIFE, MODEL OF 1905, 

 (Plate XIX.) 



This consists of a body and belt loop made from russet collar leather 

 6 to 7 ounces per square foot, the welts being harness leather. The 

 mouth of the scabbard is stiffened by an outside plate, an inside plate, 

 and two springs, and is secured by two 0.125-inch brass rivets. The 

 belt loop is formed by folding the ends and sewing together around the 

 loop stiffener, which is made from sheet steel 0.022 inch thick. 



The swivel passes through the belt loop and inside piece of the 

 body and is held by a washer of sheet brass 0.049 inch thick, which 

 is prevented from contact with the hospital corps knife by a leather 

 SW' ivel cover having its edges sewed in with welt. A lug on the swivel 

 engages a stop washer having a slot which limits the rotation of the 

 sw-ivel. i-^i 1 



HOSPITAL CORPS KNIFE, MODEL OF 1905. ] 



(Plate XIX.) i 



The blade is of forged steel tempered the entire length, including 

 tang, being 17.316 inches. The guard is of brass and is provided 



