What is MILLS ??

[Dimitri]

I know that there are types of cartrage belts and other types of belts with that name and that they all have the same smiliar webbing but what was it ??

A company ?? A type of belt ??

Dimitri

 

[Bittermansbro]

Brigadier General Anson Mills

He left Texas in 1861 in order to volunteer for the Union Army. Was appointed to the 3rd US Cavalry. During the Civil War he was never absent either on leave or from sickness, but was present at all engagements of his regiment. Participated in the Indian Wars and commanded US troops at the battle of Slim Buttes, Dakota, September 9, 1876. Invented the woven cartridge belt for the Army. Was a member of the Mexican Boundry Commission. Wrote, "My Story," in 1918.

And was the Mills Belt Company, formerlly the Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company of Worchester, Massachusetts.

I think they made belts until after WWI. Not sure how long the company carried on for.

 

[green]

British branch "Mills Equipment Co." (MEC) was still making web gear in the 1940s.