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 *practicable to equip each man with an intrenching tool. According to all experience, it is sufficient to furnish every other man with spade or pick. In addition to this, however, a company requires a large number of wire cutters. Only the French infantry is equipped with explosives, every regiment having 108 cartridges.

The following table shows the intrenching tool equipment available in each battalion:

+========+===================================+=================+=======        |          FOR EARTH WORK. | FOR TIMBER WORK.| -+-+-+-+-+-        |Small Intrenching|Large Intrenching|  Small  | Large | |    Tools. |    Tools. |Intrenching Tools| -+-+-+++-+-+-        |Spades.|Mattocks.| Spades.| Picks. |Hatchets.| Axes. | Total. -+-+-+++-+-+- Germany |  400  |   40    |   20   |   10   |   35    |   8   | 513 |      |         |        |        |         |       | Austria  |  400  |   64    |    8   |   16   |    8 |       | |      |         |        |        |         |       | Italy |   32  |    8    |   36   |   18   |   62    |       | |      |         |        |        |         |       | France |  448  |  128    |        |        |         |       | -+-+-+++-+-+-

5. THE LOAD OF THE INFANTRYMAN.

The load carried by the infantryman should not exceed one-third of the man's weight (84 kg.), or not more than 28 kg. According to the "Regulations for the Employment of Infantry Equipment, M/95," the load of a soldier whose height is 1.67 m. (the equipment consisting of new experimental pieces) is about 27 kg., distributed as follows: