A few A.E.F. officers realized that industrial war would not provide them with an opportunity for horseback riding and they wisely chose alternative footwear more suited to the discomfort of living in the damp trenches of France; the attached ad from The Stars & Stripes illustrates the sort of boot that would be worn with puttees.
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