Drill regulations and service manual for sanitary troops, United States Army, 1914 : corrected to April 15, 1917 (changes nos. 1 to 4).

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[1917]
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Credit: Drill regulations and service manual for sanitary troops, United States Army, 1914 : corrected to April 15, 1917 (changes nos. 1 to 4). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    D rings on the horizontal bar of each frame. The top load, if any, is then put in place. The long load straps are now thrown over all, the rings in their ends slipped into the hooks on the frames, and the straps drawn up tightly by means of the buckles. If necessary, the load may be further secured by the use of the load cincha. ; . Experienced packers may find it an advantage to substitute for the load straps a single length of three-eighth-inch rope with a ring, or loop, in one end. The boxes carried as side loads need no protection from the weather. When a top load is carried, it is wrapped in the manta before being loaded. Great care should be taken that approximately the same weight is carried on each side of the saddle, otherwise the load will carry badly and the pack animal will be likely to develop sore back. (C. D. R. and 8. M.S. T. No. 4, Apr. 14, 1917.) [2478536, A. G. 0.] By ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: H. L. SCOTT, Major General, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: H. P. McCAIN, The Adjutant General.