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Show CEfffl GUMPS LI . ' TH 'GAS. NUSK ' Correspondents Curtail After Experience Anion-Deadly Anion-Deadly Vapors. i EQUIPMENT DESCRY Men Enjoy Sunday Respjt; Dancing Party Given b, Utah Women. By STAIT CORRESPONDENT CAMP KEARNY, Cal., Feb. Z.-Qt , feiiac training at Camp Kearny now i inj? on the censor's list as an unvr!---subjecl, this will probably be thfl-the thfl-the Utah people will hear about j masks for some time to come. Th was clamped down, a few days j not until every correspondent hSL given his opportunity to be "gv" 1 alongside the artillerymen and & given the privilego of vnr ting his "(. perlences after facing the deadly va under conditions 3 nearly approach1-those approach1-those on the western front as poJ;. without an actual bombardment. These fumes are poisonous, and, if reach the lungs for a certain length time, cause death. Those at ho-knowing ho-knowing that their sons, in the courw training, are required to enter tt of the deadly vapor, doubtless hi parsed many anxious hours. Every correspondent eagerly took v vantage of the opportunity offered, ly for the experience, which later r;-prove r;-prove valuable, partly through curini" and to put at pase the minds of that th-at lioine. They underwent every required of the officers and enlisted m; a.nd in the case of 1he strongest gasr. malned in the trench more than dov1 the time required of the soldiers, ivll leaves no lingering doubts as to th" fectiveness of the equipment against 1 1 gas which is being provided for troops. So far as known, this la t first time newspaper men have b "gassed" since the war started. Jh Arthur Ha.le, in charge of the caste ment instruction, stated grimly befc-. the tests that he was giving the wri: a taate of their own medicine. Creepy Sensation. In the regular course of instruction t soldiers are first given practice in r; ting on and removing their masks learning how to breathe through tb before being sent into the gaa kou.r trenches. The life of a correspondent; Ing regarded as of no such value, he ever, the newspaper men were she-in she-in fifteen seconds after strapplre masks to our faces, and while still I: ;, the delusion that we were &tr?t: -t : death. Still, there were no rVJtKs experienced and, in fact, we erne , feeling somewhat exhilarated. It is a creepy sensation to through the big glass goggles and 1 the deadly, nauseous vapor hanging he ily In the air all about, like a mine-rising mine-rising from a swamp, and yt'W'f able to live and breathe freely Tn': I fog of death. After the first mlnut: I so there is no sense of insecurity, one is inclined to believe the Etat--of Captain Lille, the British insir::-that insir::-that on the western front he slept gas mask without experiencing m discomforL Equipment Described. Sergeant Albert Moule, in charge the gas warehouse, gave the conw dents the outfits or necessary gas a coutrements. They appeared to be a cc: bination of an accordion, a fount; syringe and a deep sea diver's befe The accordion is worn on the stoma' the helmet on the face and the ate) phere is sucked in through the syri:: Inside the helmet is a contrivance r; sembiing a clothes pin, which is snap:-on snap:-on the nose, completely closing that e-trance e-trance to the face. This cuts off tr-smell tr-smell and gives a sharp nasal twang : the conversation. A rubber mouthp;:. on the end of a hose is put In the raor. and the mask is held tightly to the by rubber bands. With the nose clam; up tight all the breathing is oc: through the mouth. The hose runs t; the pack, where the poisonous air is h tered by means of chemicals. A pP-c' valve below the chin ejects the air aft: it has been breathed. Hear Mask Lecture. About fifty men occupy 'the alr-ti gas house at once. ' After being hew in the gas is introduced from huge in cylinders with a hissing noise. An it structor lectures through his mask i' the men, giving them useful hints at: ready to act quickly in case of emer gency. The gas first given in this bow is not deadly, but has a painful efftj upon the eyes and throat when breathe At times the men are allowed to remove re-move their mouthpieces and draw the-breath, the-breath, the effects of which prove J the soldiers that the masks really wor?. Streaming eyes and coughing spells m1 the periods of breathing of the wy tered air. - A few minutes of thls the men are taken into the open1-1 The real stuff is next on the n We entered trenches that had heavily bombarded and the aJr but charged with the gas that is puarar-teed puarar-teed ,to kill if not filtered through masks. With the first whiff of one must -'hold his breath and slap & his respirator organ. Then we stuff-bled stuff-bled along the narrow, winding trer.-across trer.-across unsteady duck boards and in v almost to the knees, groping our where the gas was thickest, ana tt. down into dugouts and undergrouc works. Men Attend Ball. There were other and more tests which cannot be told, but the tection afforded bv the mask was effective that no ill effects were S" fered. Tho air breathed throurj ), masks felt as clean and fresh as mow-breathed mow-breathed in the open, although at t-an t-an objeot a few feet away could roi clearly discerned, on account of the poisonous gas clouds. .. In all, it was an experience that m a person feel really friendly toward , fras mask, and proves that the men the Fortieth division will soon be to accept anything In the way s the Germans mav send. .t.. The artillerymen are enjoying w-day w-day of rest throughout souther" fornla todav.- The past week of flrinpr work has made the holloa! " usually welcome. Few remained Ca"aPs't night scores of the artillrJ. enjoyed u dance at the P:in Dies' ' given by Utah women. The ro0'. was eUihoVatoiy decorated for casion. More than 200 persons were i ent. among thorn Major General Frederick Strong and Brigadier and Mrs. UHov S. Lyon. Those who arranged the 'f!UImM-. Mrs. H. Young, Mrs. S. C. Miss Oundrv. Mrs. V. li. Thomas- Dora Thomas. Mrs. Joseph ueot -and Miss K. Kvans. Miss A. " r Mrs. A. v. Oorov. Miss Hayc. ' H V. Matson, Mrs. J. 11. Hurtoii. J'fy Tyree. Mrs. .1. F.. Tvree. Mrp- v J cles. Mrs. r. Tavlor and Airs. Uoauy. 'Snm |
