ARMY UNIFORMS.
-ADVANTAGES OF NEUTRAL COLORS. (Times and Sydney Sttn Servicer.) [By Electric Telegraph—Copyriottt.] Per. Press Association. ■».r ,r • Pall's, Julv 0. M. Messing, in explaining the advantages of the blue-grey uniform for tlio army, stated that the old clothes' woro. visible at 1500 yards, whereas the now could not be .seen beyond 550 yards. was the first nation to recognise* the danger of bright uniforms and substituted- khaki, 'while in. the Balkan .War the Bulgarians and Servians came to the same conclusions, giving their soldiers a. uniform which strengthened their morale on the one hand and augmented on the other their confidence, in their fighting capacity.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12286, 13 July 1914, Page 4
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107ARMY UNIFORMS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12286, 13 July 1914, Page 4
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