Miscellaneous.
An ioterestiag experiment in the praaiical vi« of the bicycle from the military point of view, has just bcea mtit is the United States. A compaoy of twsoty three neo of tht 25th United States Infantry Bicyels Corps, sucee«fally completed a ride of 1,900 miles from F«t Miisouri, Mootaca. to St Loaii. The journey wai made in tTtry kind of weather, otcr all sorts ef roftdfi, and listed forty days. The anarsge tpced was fiffy mifta a day, and the men were ia excsl'ent physical eoaditioK ai the fid of th« ride. The damage aaooiled to siventeei tyres and half-a-dezes fraoiei, but these vera easily repaired, The practical remit ef the trip ii said to have shown ikftt " aa tm; bieycla ccrpg o*n tra. ▼el twice as fas) as oiralry or infantry n£*r toy eeadiiioos and at oie-third Ihs coil and effdrt."
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Inangahua Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1360, 3 November 1897, Page 4
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143Miscellaneous. Inangahua Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1360, 3 November 1897, Page 4
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