Construction of Dummies
The dummy may consist of a gunny sack filled with straw and packed tightly. It may be an old uniform stuffed with straw. A more elaborate form that tends to hold the bayonet when it is thrust into it may be made as follows:
1. Split a sack along the side and across the end forming a manta. Lay it on the ground.
2. Place a layer of straw about 20 inches wide and nearly the length of the sack, allowing a few inches at the top and bottom for folding over. Now place a layer of good stiff sod on the straw. Follow this with another layer of straw. Follow this of sod and straw until the dummy is 8 or 10 inches thick. Then put a one-quarter board with the grain up and down on top of the whole.
3. Fold in the sides and top tight and sew them together with a strong twine and a baling needle.
4. Run a strong rope around the outside edges, turning it at each corner to make a loop by which the dummy may be hanged to the gallows.
For those dummies that are to sit on the ground a piece of 2-inch plank placed across the bottom before the sacking is folded and sewed will form a good base. On these the rope will be omitted.
Construction of "Turk's Head"