Popular Science Monthly 



699 



Identification Rings and Neck Tags 

 for Our Soldiers 



WIVES, mothers, doting relatives and 

 best girls are busy these days getting 

 things together to give to the 

 boys who are going to war. A 

 very popular and a very use- 

 ful gift is a silver identifica- 

 tion ring. These rings are 

 so made that the wearer 

 may have his mono- 

 gram engraved on 

 the outside and his 

 name and military 

 connection on the 

 inside. While the 

 soldier boy has his 

 hand, this is an ex- 

 cellent means of 

 identification. 



Uncle Sam has 

 provided a means 

 for identifying his 

 soldiers which never 

 can fail. A small 

 metal tag is in- 

 scribed with the sol- 

 dier's name, rank, 

 company and regi- 

 ment. This is sus- 

 pended on a tape 

 which the soldier 

 wears around his 

 neck. 



The Navy has arranged for the identifi- 

 cation of all Navy officers by means of 

 finger prints and metal tags. A repro- 

 duction of the finger, print of the fright 

 index finger will be etched on the 

 metal tags. A record of the 

 finger prints will be 

 kept in the bureau 

 of navigation. 



These records and 

 means of personal 

 identification will 

 serve to facilitate 

 communication be- 

 tween the soldiers 

 and the folks at 

 home, as well as to 

 complete the reports 

 of the newspapers 

 and their lists of 

 casualties after a 

 great battle or im- 

 portant engagement 

 at the front. 



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Show You the Rug at the Bottom of 

 the Pile? Why, Certainly 



FORTUNATE, indeed, is the rug sales- 

 man who has the knack of selecting the 

 most desirable and easily sold rugs 

 for the top of the pile in his dis- 

 play ! Usually, it is the rug at 

 the bottom of the pile, or at least 

 one below the center, that 

 appeals most of all to 

 the prospective pur- 

 chaser. And to make 

 a sale he must smil- 

 ingly get it out so 

 that its beauty can 

 be enlarged upon. 



But getting it out 

 — there's the rub. 

 However, relief is in 

 sight. A rug ex- 

 tractor has been in- 

 vented and market- 

 ed which does the. 

 work with magical 

 ease, eliminating the 

 back - bending and 

 tugging. 



The device is very 

 simple in construc- 

 tion. It consists 

 merely of a long 

 tube which the sales- 

 man attaches to the 

 designated rug and 

 rug by means of a 



©Underwood and Underwood 



The identification 

 tags and rings for 

 our boys of the i 

 Army and Navy 



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The rug is rolled on the tube by means of a 

 ratchet and lever. Then it is extracted 

 and unrolled on top of the pile for display 



ratchet and lever. The rolling-up opera- 

 tion is accomplished without disturbing 

 the arrangement of the other rugs in the 

 pile. When completely rolled, the rug 

 is out from under the pile. It can then 

 be unrolled and 

 spread out on the 

 top. Only a minute 

 is required for the 

 entire rolling and 

 unrolling operation. 

 The salesman can 

 operate it alone in 

 an emergency, but 

 two men, one at 

 each end of the tube, 

 are usually required 

 to get it started. 

 Once started, the rug 

 is rolled without fur- 

 ther trouble by the 

 man originally con- 

 ducting the sale. 



