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Show MUSTARD CIS SHELLS PROVI EFFECTIVE French and Americans Are j Using Chemicals Freely in Present Drive. By EDWIN L. JAMES. (New York Times-Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright) WITH THE AMERICAN .ARMY ON THE MARNE, July 1?. Against the Germans in the present drive the French and Americans are using plenty of mustard gas. This is the gas the Hun is most fond of iisinjir against the allied troops since he perfected it last November. Evidence of its effect comes from German sources. Captured documents docu-ments show that our use of mustard gas has brought a rehabilitation of the the German precautions against gas, and they will study to find out what the English, French and Americans have been doing to guard against it. These documents agree that the French and American use of mustard gas has been very effective. One German order issued is-sued to the army in front of the Americans, Ameri-cans, northwest of Chateau Thierry, says that one attack produced 500 casualties. cas-ualties. The order states: "Symptoms of sickness make us suppose sup-pose that the enemy is using a new gas wThich resembles our 'yellow cross.' , Discussing the attack with the new gas, the order says: ' ' The enemy has completely ceased firing gas shells for several days. The troops, it seems, had thought attacks by gas were entirely abandoned in this mobile warfare. Notwithstanding instructions in-structions and warnings concerning the gas service, they became careless and did not have the" means of protection at hand when the attack commenced. This mistake explains the increased number of sick." Jtirtner on tne orner says: "This gas seems to have, even in dilute form, more harmful effects than the gas contained up to the present: time in shells used by the field artillery. artil-lery. Men were often surprised by the gas attacks before they were able to protect themselves by the use of their masks. But neither in this case nor when they were surprised by bombardments bombard-ments of large caliber shells or bombs were the casualties as high as those reported re-ported by the (deleted) divisions." An addenda to the order by the commanding com-manding general says: "Anv failure to enforce gas discipline disci-pline should be severely punished, as is done by the French. If not. one must expect considerable losses among the fighting troops as a result of the next gas bombardment." Another German order says: "Following a gas attack of the enemy ene-my against the (deleted) Bavarian division, di-vision, it has been established that gas poisoning still occurred among those who took off their masks after wearing them for twelve hours. It is evident that we have to deal with a new gas similar to our 'yellow cross' mustard gas. Appropriate protective measures will again be taken." Other orders call for the establishment establish-ment of new and rigid precautions airainst gas. Other direct elaborate precautions pre-cautions against using water in which mav be mustard gas. All this shows that the Bobhe finds his own medicine a bitter dose. |