Out of factory vats or "stomachs" of synthetic plastic comes a mixture of sugars from which yeast and pure glucose fit for human consumption can be prepared, Ferment the glucose and glycerine is obtained—the basis of nitroglycerine, Out of the te-sidness in the "stomachs" fountain-pens, pipe-stems and buttons can be made.
There is no mystery in all this. If there were any sense in doing so, we too could convert a pile of sawdust into a thousand dinners. The point is that war sometimes does give science an unexpected impetus. It was military necessity and the desire to achieve self-sufficiency that induced Fritz Haber to devise his synthetic ammonia process and Bergius, Tripsch and Fischer to develop a process for converting coal into gasoline. It is military necessity, again, that has forced German chemists to solve a crucial food prolem so far as they could, The First Red Coats It seems likely that Marston Moor has a close connection with the adoption of red as the colour traditional in the British Army before khaki. In the first years of the Civil War any gentleman who raised a troop for King or Parliament dressed his men in whatever colour he fancied: Rupert's Blue Coats, Hampden's Men in Green, Newcastle's White Coats would be'seen in the motley of the early battlefields. The colour chiefly favoured in the Eastern Counties war red, and the predominant share of Cromwell and his Ironsides of "the Eastern Association" in the victory at Marston was most probably the reason why red was chosen when, a few months later, the New Model— the first Regular British Arm: dressed uniformly in red coal Sir John Fortescue, the histofi of the British Army, was the first investigate these questions fully. inia magazine article long-ago; "in the course of which he quotes a let from Cromwell to a Parliamentary colonel showing that the orange: to a uniform colour was' not without opposition. The letter, with' the righ Cromwellian ring about it, must discouraged further -correspondence. "T hear your troops refuse the new coats. Say this: Wear. them or go home. I stand no nonsense -ffom anyone' ji Dogs of War Mouse, a brown-and-white puppy. has been made Private First Class of the 165th Infantry at Fort. Me-Clellan, Ala. Other dogs have -been similarly honoured mainly. in recognition of military service. Among the
were: canine celebrities of the last yar Stubby. Official mascot of the lA. E. F., he was decorated as a wouded hero ky General Pershing. The only dog to make the trip to France and return with the same organization. he participated in seventeen dri"
Bing. "For scenting gas and saving a company of American troops from death," this bulldog was granted a soldier's bonus. He saw action bu five sectors, was decorated fon brave ery, and later buried with fall military honours.
Philly. She won an overseas stripe, wound chevron and special mentipa trem President Wilson for her brave ery under fire,
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