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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 6

The military authorities in. Britain are considering the question-of replacing soldiers' wooden huts, which have been destroyed by fire, by all-steel portable buildings, which (writes The Ironmonger") are at once fire-proof, weather-proof, and sanitary, 'A _ specimen section recently erected: for inspection bv representatives of the .War Office measured 20ft. by 24ft., and wonia accommodate sixteen men; or. ir used for sleeping purposes, twice that number. The section is capable of extension, almost indefinitely, and can be easily put up or taken down, removed to another place, and_ie-eiccted. . The cost of the section is estimated' at about £130. . . Sentries may not lean up against anything whilo on duty, _ Short sight is very rare in savages. Farthings used to bo made of silver. England was tho first country, to organise ft body of military cyclists. Wounded, soldiers are nearly always sainted when mot in France.