TO MAKE TENTS WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2767, 10 May 1916, Page 6

TO MAKE TENTS WEATHER

£•••,■ ■'..,»-" 1 -'--- : ■''..,» ,■ : " '-- •..■-..' ~.!.-.'^;.i:.' : -/:A:^C.O^S'rDEAi \.,'..' ■f-'i-''-' Y:AS6me\ improvements for canvas "military: {--. Y ■-; been adopted, and.':aro being V '. ";'_,■ -use'• atviTrenthain: . Eor .some I.■,; .■; time 'past 'there'-'has been a canvas camp. |!.-- - ■ on; the. 1 parade ground. Rel: moved a- little disi. . . 'tance, and now. tho old site is being Y ;.. graded and formed. : : The, tenis, .of the '■:.:.. Indian service type,: are- to: be set' up .in £■';. ■occupied-by- each, row j\'. ; -is being given a crown or camber,, like j. ' '.that; of a. roadway. Between each row. a ;:..', gravelled;street, .mil be made; and sur-' !:,--.''. : face :drains.'fiave'been r'unto carry away, >;, : iall.^w.ater,.that„has : 'gathered;-' Th'is"w6rk : t .is^beine'carried-but'by'the engineers. '/ ; *?;^'no.tfej r innovation/-n-hich • -will : mate i ■■'■■ ■,'^or'the'-i'%eased; : comfort of dwellers in £-.■-. • iefiy is"^plideaMof Corporal; (now Ser-. sV ;.; . 11th Engineers.. It. 1 £■';-;• •..■.-V»s.^bmiSeJ.'flb' ; ;the Camp -.Command,-:-i;. ... been Approved by the ;..- ..-■ Chief;qf;Stsff;>nd';by the. Medical Staff., '{■■■.'"..'■ 'iffithertoi-Mn•fine.lndian service tent, [-• •':..'-. there/ ha&vbeen,..space for wind and rain s'■•■'. Y to^^lfty.m.:'betweehthe canvas and the •;;•■/. f floor .hoards.":,GWpqTal Larsen's' idea coh- | ~ ,sisted;,'in'.,fittihg 'a';i2-inch board, set on , : i ;. ed|'e;;TOundr. ! :the-. edges of the floor and !Y .: raising :.the;ten£ poles a few inches'so. as: ■'. : .to./give:'mbfe>.head-room in .the./tent.' j ■-■ ' These boardsrinay: be removed, during the L: canted up for j .■. 1 ;airing;';«-% long :barr of wood is passed 5.. ■ Y +hro.nghithe'lobps'of. the.peg-ropes during' :'.:. the .day:YShort; forks of, wood can bo ii- | . to rai6e the'wall j-:- ; of t!ie : .tent-fo'r.:airirig: .At night tho floors' ; are laid level, the'boards nut in position, V , and the 'forks'; removed. Then the heavy' | bar/holds the'canvas tightly against theI'. Y-. edges,ofithe 12-inch boards, and the tent' f.". : .•;: is .'draught-proof and wet-oroof. The work ('-.-.. , of fitting all the tenis with the new contrivance is also being carried out by the J, engineers: .- The idea, as seen in a tent p .v.. equipped with it, is a clev v or and. simplej one, and should be widely adopted in canj-..■ vas camps, especially during .winter weai ther. ~■",.' ,'.