October 17, 19 14 
LAND AND WATER 
CHOOSING KIT 
(Continued from page 37) 
providing only goods of a quality that will maintain the name. 
Certainly one pavs for the name, but that name ensures to 
the purchaser expert choice and a quality consistent with the 
name ; and in buying for Service the name is worth paying 
for The old campaigner knows this, and pays cheerfully. 
WaterproDfs v. Rainproof. 
Now about waterproofs. The thing known as " rain- 
proof " may be passed over as practically useless, for though 
it is relatively proof against showers — a good many of them — 
it admits some part of a steady, soaking rain to contact with 
the skin of the wearer. Further, it is a clammy, soggy 
thing after a day's rain ; not at all the kind of garment that 
one can use as an overcovering in a wet bivouac. The 
waterproof coat must be so in fact as well as in name, and 
this is just as important in the case of the coat as in that of 
the ground sheet and sleeping valise. One should go to a 
firm which is prepared to guarantee every garment as 
absolutely waterproof — not merely " rainproof " — and should 
be content with no less than the absolute guarantee. Further, 
the waterproofing should be in the material, not on it. 
Many makers dress their waterproof cloths on the surface, 
and at first these clothes will keep out any amount of rain. 
But the perfect waterproofed fabric is dressed in as well as 
on the cloth, and it is consequently impossible to force water 
through the garments. The former kind lose their water- 
proofing after a certain amount of wear, but the latter will 
keep out water as long as they are fit for wear — as long as a 
rag remains, to use a common phrase. One noteworthy 
point with regard to waterproofs is that constant tight 
folding is bad for them, for the strain involved on the material 
helps to destroy the dressing, and the folds will leak after a 
time. If it is necessary to roll a waterproof tightly it should 
be folded for rolling in a different way each time so far as is 
possible. Persistent creasing in the same place makes for 
leakage. In the matter of quality and price one may go a 
long way to look for a better garment than the officially 
sealed regulation waterproof and not find it. 
False Bconam'es 
I make no attempt in these notes to help the intending 
campaigner to save money over his purchases, for experience 
has proved to me that economy in outfit is false economy. 
The work of the soldier subjects every item of his outfit to 
special strain, and in regard to the quality of every item 
that must be taken the best is none too good. Further, 
I do not believe in the " complete outfit." Every house 
concerned in the supply of military equipment specialises in 
some thing or things, and from that house the things in 
question should be procured. If any one house sets out to 
provide a complete outfit the range of its supply is so wide 
that some items, perforce, must either be obtained from the 
houses which specialise in them or else be selected without 
that peculiar knowledge which makes for perfection. In the 
first case, one pays two profits on the one article, and in the 
second case one is not absolutely certain of quality. Not 
only should expense be disregarded as far as possible, but no 
trouble should be spared in getting a kit together. One 
should be prepared to go to half a dozen places in order to 
get things exactly right, for approximately right is not good 
enough for active service. 
{To be continued next wuk.) 
SERVICE BOOTS 
MARSHALL'S 
Handsewn Boots 
For the FIELD or for SERVICE. 
WELL - SEASONED AND 
READY FOR WEAR 
Quagga Hide or Brown 
Grain Hide. 
Price 36/6 
Genuine Porpoise, 
45- 
W. MARSHALL, LIMITED 
10 FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON, E.C. 
(ESTABLISHED 
1SS4) 
Junior Army & Navy Stores 
LIMITED 
YORK HOUSE, 
15 REGENT STREET, LONDON, S.W. 
SPECIALISTS IN 
GAMP EQUIPMENT 
MILITARY TAILORING 
Etc. 
Young Officers may safely rely upon the 35 years' experience of 
the Junior Army and Navy Stores. Every detail of Uniform and 
Equipment correct. 
INQUIRIES INVITED. 
Army and Navy Equipment. 
WATERPROOFS 
OILSKINS. RAINCOATS. 
SLEEPING VALISES. 
GROUND SHEETS. 
CAMP BUCKETS. 
BATHS and BASINS. 
OUR PRICES ARE THE SAME NOW AS BEFORE THE WAR. 
Anderson, Anderson & Anderson, Ltd. 
Makers of the A rmy and Nary Regulation Waterproofs, 
37 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. t niVnniV 
58-59 CHARING CROSS, S.W. L-WiM^Wi-N. 
CivJ/ @ "Mififarj/ C/aifors ^ 
By 
Royal 
Warrant 
lo HM. 
the King 
of Spain. 
OFFICERS' SERVICE KIT. 
As previously notified the following revised prices are quoted 
on a basis of io% profit, which profit wiK be handed to the 
Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund. 
Service Tunic (Finest Quality Khaki) £330 
Bedford Cord Riding Breeches i 2 2 
Infantry Trousers . . . . 110 
British Warm 3 15 
Full Kit Prices on application.^ 
MUFTI. 
The New Model Overcoats, together with the New Winter 
Materials, designed by H. Dennis Bradley exclusively for the 
House, are now on view in both establishments. 
By our system of trading upon a cash basis only the productions 
of the firm are offered at the most moderate prices compatible 
with their quality. 
Lounge Suits 
Slip Overcoats 
Town lOvercoats 
Evening Suits 
fror 
4 guineas. 
3i 
4 
6 
Upon application we shall be pleased to forward our book, 
"THE MAN OF TO-DAY," dealing exhaustively with men's 
dress in every phase. 
l^OLiD BOND STREET. 'W® 
11-15 SOUTHAMPTON I<OW^WC 
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