March 29, 1917 
LAND & WATER 
xiu 
Kit and Equipment 
We shall be pleased to supply information to our readers 
as to where any of the articles mentioned are obtainable, and, 
we invite correspondence from officers on active service who 
care to call our attention to any points which would be advan- 
tageous in the matter of comjorts or equipment, etc. 
Letters ol enquiry with reference to this subject should be 
addressed to KIT AND EQUIPMENT. " Land & Water," 
Old Serjeant's Inn, 5, Chancery Lane, London. W.C. 
A Two-purpose Water-bottle 
In the normal way one fills a water-bottle with something 
or other, and is perforce content so long as a drink remains, 
but there are occasions when one would be glad to put the 
water-bottle on a fire and warm up the contents. In the 
ordinary pattern this is an impossibihty, owing both to the 
way in which the cover is sewn on the bottle and also to the 
construction of the bottle itself, which would leak if subjected 
many tim:s to heat in this way. But there is a water-bottle 
of which the felt cover is made in the form of a small haver- 
sack, with a hole in its flap for the neck of the bottle to come 
through— this cover is made of felt and fits the bottle just 
exactly as does the ordinary sewn-on cover. The bottle itself 
is of electro-plated copper, and one may take it out of its jacket 
asd put it on a fire to warm the contents— or, alternatively, to 
clean the bottle itself by boiling water in it. After such use as 
this, one just slips the bottle back into its cover, and buttons 
the flap over, and there is the bottle as clean for carrying 
as one could wish, without any trouble. It is made in the Indian 
cavalry pattern, holding over a quart, and is a thoroughly 
serviceable waterbottle either for use as described or for 
normal purposes. 
A New Camp Bed 
When one has grown tired of the concertina form of camp 
bed that gives one httle comfort and goes rickety on the 
slightest or no provocation, one may turn to a new form of 
camp bed which, designed on absolutely novel lines, offers 
both comfort and portabihty. When packed for travelling 
this bed makes a roll of three feet in length and six inches in 
diameter, this including the bed and its framework, while the 
total weight is twenty pounds — and, in reckoning this weight, 
it must be borne in mind that no mattress is necessary with 
this form of camp bed. The framework is like the letter U 
with its arms pulled apart — that is as nearly as one can des- 
cribe it without illustration, and is made of tubular steel — 
there is no wood throughout the whole affair, so that warping 
and cracking are out of the question. In this frame a hammock 
is slung, and the outfit is capable of supporting a weight of 
350 pounds in pefect safety. The hammock is not merely 
comfortable, but luxurious, compared vidth the ordinary camp 
bed and cork or other mattress, and one great advantage 
of this form of camp bed is that it may be placed in mud 
or water, and still the hammock is raised such a height above 
the ground that the occupant of the bed remains perfectly 
dry and comfortable. The tubular frame is simphcity itself, 
and a minute is enough for erection of the whole thing, which 
is a novelty well worth consideration by those who have to 
invest in a camp outfit. The hammock is over seven feet 
in length and 22 inches wide when erected, so that there 
is plenty of room in it even for a guardsman. For fitting up 
temjwrary accommodation for a number of men in a hurry, 
a supply of these hammocks would be invaluable. 
A Mirror 
In size it is about five inches by three — it will go comfort- 
ably into one's tunic pocket ; its weight is negligible. It lias 
on the one side an enlarging glass, which is very handy for 
shaving and toilet purposes, and on the other side a reducing 
glass which permits of an excellent perspective view if the 
glass is used as a periscope, and is also useful for toilet pur- 
poses other than shaving. There is a little hinged cUp attached 
to one side of the glass by means of which it can either be 
fixed on a bayonet point or end of a rifle for use as a periscope, 
and also can be fixed up in any position for ordinary uses. 
One may object, that since there are other forms of periscope, 
this mirror need not be used for such a purpose, but at the 
same time it is very handy to have in one's pocket a mirror 
which will serve this purpose in an emergency. The whole 
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(jRIP : You are safe — by day or night — if the back wheels of your 
car are fitted with BELDAM V. Steel Studded Tyres which give a 
full grip on every l<ind of road. When starting and stopping there is 
no spinning, no skidding, no waste of petrol, power, or tyre. Write 
for prices. THE BELDAM TYRE CO., LTD., Brentford, Middle- 
sex. — (Advt.) 
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PRAOXIOAL. KIT 
HAVERSACKSi extra lajrge and strong, made from aa officer's 
de.sign .. .. .. .. .. 126 
Do. do. do. wi'ih leather base 18/6 
Detachable Slings 2 6 
WATER BOTTLES* Nickel silver plated inside, non-corrosive, 
screw top, rounded front flat back, covered khaki cloth i } pints 23 /6 
Do. with leather cradle carrier . . . . 26 6 
Do. Regulation pattern, concaved, 2 J pints . . 30/- 
No 1A 
Ko. lA Lo«/1ed stick. »iuilel)oiie centre, plafted all over kaugaixu hide, £ ». d. 
wrist stiap, length 30 in<;h€3 or 36 liiclwa 2 la I 
.No. IB I'liic v'hai'M rare. coveietJ nil over pigskin, i.!itlui(i wrHi 
•trap, length 3(! Inches 2X1 
No. IB.— D'.tto. sicei ceuLie, covered all over pigskin, sliding wrist strap... 1 ( ( 
No. IC— unto, sliort length, lor ruling lid 
Postage to BE.F. 1 1- extra. Send for NEW fllustrateJ List of War Equipment- 
SWAINE <S ADENEY, 
By appointment to H.M, The Kinp, 
185 PICCADILLY, LONDON. W. 
