136 GOODYEAR ON GUM-ELASTIC. 



TENTS AND TENT CARPETS. 



See Chapter 



BANDAGES. 



See Chapter 



MILITARY STOCKS. 



Since the invention of the perforated fabrics, and the improve- 

 ment of gum-elastic in relation to odor, among the other articles 

 of ordinary wearing apparel to which gum-elastic is being suc- 

 cessfully applied, perhaps no one is more appropriate than that 

 of military stocks. They are, like gum-elastic over-shoes, 

 formed upon lasts, upon which they are vulcanized, conse- 

 quently they will afterwards retain their shape, will be cool and 

 pleasant, and will be exceedingly durable. 



HAVERSACKS. 



These are manufactured in two apartments, similar to gum- 

 elastic fish-bags, one of which is made of the perforated, the 

 other of the water-proof fabrics ; consequently, the articles in 

 one of them will be protected from wet, and those kept in the 

 other will have the advantage of a circulation of air. See plate 

 fig. . 



KNAPSACKS. 



Among the first military equipments made of gum-elastic, 

 were knapsacks; they were found objectionable inconsequence 

 of their too great warmth, offensive odor, and imperfect manu- 



