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DISPATCH CASE. 



(Plate XIX.) 



This consists of a dispatch case body, a shoulder strap and a^map 

 case. The parts are: 

 Dispatch case body — 



1 front. 



1 gusset. 



1 front partition. 



1 back partition. 



2 side flaps. 



1 back and flap. 

 1 pencil holder. 

 1 ink-bottle holder. 

 1 buckle chape. 



1 bUlet. 



2 D-ring chapes. 



1 shoulder-strap billet. 

 1 shoulder-strap buckle piece 

 Map case — 



1 front. 

 1 back. 



1 gusset. 



2 D-ring chapes. 

 1 cord. 



The dispatch case and map case are made from russet collar leather 

 3 to 3^ ounces per square foot. The dispatch case has tlu-ee com- 

 partments, the front and middle ones having gussets and the rear 

 one, for carrying the map case, being formed by stitching the back 

 partition at sides and bottom between the gusset of middle compart- 

 ment and the back. This gusset extends beyond the partition, is 

 tapered and forms a welt between the back and flap and the side 

 flaps which fold inside the flap and form a protection for all compart- 

 ments. The pencil holder and ink-bottle holder are stitched to the 

 front face of the front partition, the upper part of which folds down 

 over the front. A billet and buckle chape, respectively, on flap and 

 front fasten the case. An adjustable shoulder strap, composed of 

 billet and buckle piece, each with a 0.625-inch bronzed bag snap at 

 the end, hooks into a bronzed brass wire D ring 0.148 inch in diameter. 

 The ring is held by a chape, which is fastened to the back by stitching 

 and a tubular iron rivet. 



The map case is made with a gusset stitched to back and fi'ont. 

 The front is made of two pieces with heavy transparent celluloid 

 stitched between, and the back has the upper part folded down over 

 the front in a short flap. Two ring chapes with D rings of bronzed 



