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Some experiments have been made lately with the 

 use of matte in the German army, and probably it would 

 be a valuable beverage for the use of our own troops. 

 Two plates and a cup, knife, fork, and spoon should be 

 provided for each member of the party. The United 

 States Army mess-kit would serve admirably. Each 

 man's mess-kit should be numbered to correspond with 

 the number on his duffel-bag. 



An aluminum (for lightness) cooking outfit, or the 

 Dutch oven mentioned, with three or four kettles nested 

 within, a cofifee pot or a teapot would suffice. The 

 necessary large spoons and forks for the cook, a small 

 meat grinder, and a half dozen skinning knives could all 

 be included in the fibre case. These outfits are usually 

 sold with the cups, plates, etc., for the table. As before 

 suggested, each member of the party should have his 

 own mess-kit. It should not be carried with the general 

 cooking outfit. By separating the eating equipments 

 thus, one of the problems of hygiene and cleanliness is 

 simplified. 



Rifles. — ^Ammunition. — A heavy rifle is not ad- 

 vised. The only animals that can be classed as dangerous 

 are the jaguar and white-jawed peccary, and a 30-30 or 

 44 calibre is heavy enough for such game. The 44-calibre 

 Winchester or Remington carbine is the arm generally 

 used throughout South America, and 44 calibre is the 

 only ammimition that one can depend upon securing in 

 the field. Every man has his own preference for an 

 arm. However, there is no need of carrying a nine or 

 ten pound weapon when a rifle weighing only from six 

 and three fourths to seven and one half pounds will do 



