The Brodrick cap haa been the butt of many a joke; it has been seriously objected to on other than aesthetic grounds, but we had to become engaged in a great war for those responsible to realize that they had provided the enemy with a target on British troops. ly ish soldiers have adopted the saying "Shoot st every brass button," so the Germans practise "potting" at every flash of light seen in the British trenches, for it is averred by German prisoners that the tops of the caps reflect the light and attract the eye the more the wearers move their heads. On
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