/ r. FLEE THAT FLUID , NJ C N LLc I-:i N r GE'IEJAL FLIFPE ' TENT ARE NCT __ L i j H Ce T BZ E I IN GAUL. Water dripping down your collar from the seams of your small general pur- pose tent (FSN 8340-753-6570) can make you miserable. _j__ _ But you can cure water seeping in through the threads with a mix of textile preservative and solvent, provided you can get the tent dry first. Mix equal parts of the preservative and solvent, paint on, let it dry for a full day, do the paint- and-dry act again, and you should be rid of the splash. You can get a gallon of preservative (Mildew Resistant Compound, textile) with FSN 8030-290-4382 from DoD Cat C8000-IL-A (1 Jan 66), and a gallon of Dry Cleaning Solvent with FSN 6850-281-1985 from DoD Cat C6800-IL (1 Jan 661 --_- FPRZCF THE5E SEAMS \"Ik.E SCARE THEfOTH1 ,\ I \ Gcxr ANL ( SPECK INSERTS For awhile longer you spectacle-wearers can forget about optical inserts for the M25A1 and M14-series protective masks. Inserts are discussed in TM 3- 4240-255-14 (Sep 65), para 1-13, Section IV, and in TM 3-4240-223-15 (Jun 62), para 13, but they're not in the supply system just yet. For now, optical inserts are available only for the M17 mask.