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From: "Joyce Crete" <>
Subject: RE: Excerpt Of History
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:38:39 -0400
In-Reply-To: <8c.f635315.2e22a6e7@aol.com>


hI not only were they stiff but the uniforms were of a heavy type of wool
and were extremely uncomfortably warm and prickly. I didn't have to wear
the stiff collars but did have the regular wollen combat uniform and often
had to wear silk pj's under them to avoid the prickly wool itches.

cheers Joyce Crete

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Subject: Excerpt Of History


"The neckstock, an excruciatingly uncomfortable stiff leather collar, was
added to military uniforms toward the end of the 18th century. This forced
men to
hold their heads high, giving them a proud looking military bearing, but
they
were so tight that they cruelly chafed and cut the wearers as well.
Neckstocks were not missed when they faded from military fashion, but they
did
contribute the nickname of leathernecks to the US Marines, whose uniforms
once had
them."
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"The first steam engine ever built was a miniature toy train. It was
constructed in 1798 by a former boat salesman named John Fitch, who, unable
to make a
living selling the orthodox boats of the time, began experimenting with
steam
driven vehicles. In 1798 he invented both the first free moving railway
engine
and the first moving model train. He also invented a steamboat."

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