The Government ordered about 1,200,000 axes to be used in trench operations, of which 661,690 were delivered. Bags of all sorts for horse feed, grain, rations, and supplies totaled in their deliveries about 2,250,000. The Government received 809,541 saddle blankets; about 3,750,000 carriers for entrenching shovels, axes, and picks; nearly 4,450,000 covers for the breech locks of rifles; over 1,000,000 currycombs; 76,230 lariats; 727,000 entrenching picks; nearly 4,750,000 first-aid pouches, and over 2,000,000 pouches for small articles; 234,689 Cavalry saddles; 134,092 Field Artillery saddles; 15,287 mule saddles; 482,459 saddle bags; nearly 1,800,000 entrenching shovels; 2,843,092 spur straps; 70,556 steel measuring tapes each 5 feet long. These figures selected at random from thousands of miscellaneous items indicate to some extent the scale on which America went into the war. The old model 1910 American wire cutter, although efficient in times past, was not capable of cutting specially constructed manganese wire which the Germans used. Therefore it became necessary for this country to develop a better cutter. A meeting of the plier manufacturers of the country was called and the question was put before them. The spirit of cooperation of the American manufacturers was evident, inasmuch as over 90 per cent of the manufacturers attended the meeting. [Illustration: _CARTRIDGE BELT, CAL.30, MODEL OF 1910 (DISMOUNTED)_ _CARTRIDGE BELT, CAL.30, MODEL OF 1910 (MOUNTED)_ _GARRISON BELT, MODEL OF 1910, FOR ENLISTED MEN._ _GARRISON BELT, MODEL OF 1910, FOR NON COM STAFF OFFICERS AND FIRST SERGEANTS._ _MAGAZINE POCKET, WEB, DOUBLE._ _WIRE CUTTER CARRIER, MODEL OF 1910._] [Illustration: _GARRISON BELT, MODEL OF 1910, FOR MOUNTED ORDERLIES, MOUNTED SCOUTS AND MEMBERS OF MACHINE GUN PLATOONS._ _GARRISON BELT, MODEL OF 1910, TRUMPETER SERGEANT AND MUSICIANS._ _POUCH MODEL OF 1910, FOR FIRST AID PACKET._ _SLIDE WEB._ _SHOVEL CARRIER, MODEL OF 1919._ _CANTEEN COVER, MODEL OF 1910._ _HAND AX CARRIER, MODEL OF 1910._ _PICK MATTOCK CARRIER, MODEL OF 1910._] [Illustration: MEAT CAN, MODEL 1918.] [Illustration: CANTEEN, MODEL 1910.] [Illustration: _PACK CARRIER, MODEL OF 1910._ _HAVERSACK, MODEL OF 1910._ _MEAT CAN POUCH._] [Illustration: CONDIMENT CAN, MODEL 1910.] [Illustration: KNIFE, MODEL 1910.] [Illustration: FORK, MODEL 1910.]