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Show f . Army Masks ! to Be Used I by Firemen i Hp HE array gas mask is found to -I- be excellent in protecting mine rescue workers against gases and in fire fighting, according to word received re-ceived from the war department yesterday by Lieutenant Colonel Alva Lee, in charge of the local army recruiting station. Fire which broke out in the hold of a ship In New York harbor was successfully combated recently by firemen wearing gas masks of the j type used by American soldiers In France. Several fire marshals of the different dif-ferent states are ordering the various va-rious fire departments within their jurisdiction to equip themselves with the masks, j Experiments conducted by the chemical warfare service established ! the fact that masks furnished American Amer-ican soldiers were superior to those used by other belligerents, according to the war department. |