ACCOUTREMENTS, 4k-koWter-mentz, military equipment carried on the person of the soldier or his horse, inparticular such as is used to bear his arms and ammunition. In the United States Army the pattern of the infantry equipment was selected by a special board of officers in 1910; that of the cavalry in 1912. Both arms carry extra clothing, a shelter-tent half, a cartridge-belt (suspended from the shoulders), a mess outfit (including bacon box, condiment-box, knife, fork, spoon, meat can with cover and cup), a canteen with cover and a first-aid packet. The dismounted troops carry in addition a pack-carrier, slung down the middle of the back, an entrenching tool and a poncho. In the case of the mounted troops these are replaced by a pair of saddle-bags, a saddle-blanket, a set of horse-equipment and a slicker. The infantry entrenching tools are issued as follows: To each squad of 8 men 1 wire cutter (curried by the corporal), 4 short-handled shovels 2 collapsible picks and either an axe or a bolo (a leaf-shaped heavy knife for cutting brush). The bayonet of the infantryman may be carried on his belt, but is now more usually strapped on to the left side of his pack. Those enlisted men and officers
who carry pistols carry them in a leather or khaki-colored canvas holster at the right hip and strapped to the leg to prevent The material of which the pack, bayonet-scab bard, cartridge-belt, canteen-cover, etc., are made is khaki-colored canvas or webbing and the entrenching tools are painted khaki-colon The mess-tin, canteen and cup are aluminum. The accompanying diagram exhibits the re spective details of the present issues of infan try and cavalry equipments. The cavalryman is provided with a small box or pouch for re volver-cartridges and a cap-pouch. The sabre belt, to which all the preceding are attached, consists of a waist-belt, with two rings for the shoulder-strap and sabre-sling. The usual ac coutrements for horse-artillery consist general ly of a pistol and cap-pouch and a sabre-belt, which differs from the cavalry-belt only in the omission of the shoulder-strap.