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Show FUTURE GAS WARFARE WARFAREIt WARFAREJ J It is evident e'ldent eldent ' that chemistry che11llstry will play an important import Import- Important important - - ant part in any future war Any program of national nationalpreparedness nationalpreparedness nationalpreparedness preparedness preparednessblch \ which \\blch blch does not provide adequate meansfor means meansfor meansfor for meeting gas attacks and other forms of chemical chemicalwarfare chemicalwarfare chemicalwarfare warfare is sadly deficient in a branch of miUtary military miUtaryactIVlt militaryactivity militaryactivity actIVlt activity s v.h1 vh1 . which hrsb hrsbmay h hmay may prove of vital ImportanceAnd importance importanceAnd importanceAnd And dnfuuch dn S1nUch Sniuch as the best defense is a Vig010US vigorous vigorousoffensive Vig010USoffensIve vigoiousoffensive offensIve , om ow our forces should be prepared to carry the thefigbt thefight thefight figbt fight into the enemy's enemys enem's enems : , ' camp . , < , While the use of poisonous gases is banned by the thenations thenations thenations nations nationsho \ wlw \\ho ho who " were "ere ere parties to the hejirms arms reduction con . agreements agreepients were In ef-I ef I efIfect ef- ef effect ef effect - ! ference erence e held in 1922 , similar fect before berOl ( the World 'Yar Yar ' War , yet they did not prevent preventthe preventthe preventthe when whenthe whenthe whenthe these destructive agencies the employment ofhese of \hese hese \ these the urge of necessity necessity necessity1'came necessity1came necessitycame ' came As a matter of fact allthe all allthe . develop develop- development development development - the leading nations are today busy with the ment of chemical war equipment , regardless of theirpledges their theirpledges 1 - pledges -pledges not to use itDr itDr it itDr of theAmerican the theAmerican I IAmerican former president Dr James F . Norris , American Chemical Society , sounded a note of warn warn- warn-I warn I warnIing warning warning - " the final finalprCSSure finalpressure finalpressure when he said "When When ing on this subject prCSSure pressure comes a nationU1 nation will \U1 U1 sill , \ use . . any means aval1able available availableto I Ito " that army continue to toI tostud tostudy tostudy I our to sa save sate , e its life He lIe urged the . . means of chemical warfare warfarewith , , I IwIth study stud ) ' an and develop de"elop deelop " ; wIth adequate " ( appropriation ' for 'for the purpose , as otherarmies other otherarmies < I armies annies are doingWe doingI doingWe doing doingWe another . war v.ar var We did notwantto notwant not We do not want to see \ But another wai wal war may comeis comeis come want\to want to want to see the last one We Weshould Weshould Weshould -is is - is-almost is almost . ; ' - almost certain to come sooner or later should make reasonable preparations preparat.1.ons preparat1.ons preparat1ons . to meet any anyemergency anyemergency anyemergency emergency b by ' developing developmg evely every brancn branch or of mot1e1"l'l mot1e1ll modem mot1e1"l'larfare modemwarfare modemwarfare " ' \\arfare arfare warfare \ To fail in m this " , would ould be to invite 111vite dIsaster disastershould , should war unhappily be forced upon us |