From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Tue Aug 02 2005 - 20:57:44 PDT
Pat,
If not for the tongue shaft, that is every bit like the Military Hand Cart.
The Hand Cart is in the
Manual For the Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
1916
Vol 2. & Appendix
Printed 1917
and
Military Specification
CART, HAND
MIL-C-1173A
30 Aug 1950
Superseding
JAN-C-1173
30 June 1949
They were used for removal of the dead, amongst other things.
I can bring a photocopied section to the MTA August picnic or the RED BALL /
MTA Picnic.
My Mother had a Hand Cart years ago, in her Antique Shop & looked it up on a
visit to the Quartermaster Museum in VA. They very nicely made me copies.
Tom McHugh, NJ
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA
----- Original Message -----
>
> on 8/2/05 20:29, Pasquale Lombardi at Pasquale.NJ@Verizon.Net wrote:
>
>> Staying on topic,
>> can any of you help me date this caisson , it is light green with darker
>> green trim that did not show up well in the photos.
>> I do NOT have the caisson, only trying to help someone.
>> Thank you,
>> Pat in NJ
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