Show uca FIELD cripi 1 R r 11 TRIALS a KB A A 9 c si OF 11 1 pi bijj GAS ra ia A ca u Ifil ALiJ public now permitted to know details of the tests conducted ANNAL VL LIVES sacrificed conditions were reproduced As nearly like those of the battlefield as possible greatest secrecy maintained new nev N york tucked lu Llod inday iian jn a imi 10 n 1 pine belt in ili tsow now jerrey jarw near wils uns locatell located onu one of hn flip anost niost interesting brilly ami I 1 uinins in this country api there dusts were made ilk IH actual lurge hold field t trials tills of diew ui gusts gases eldell lili looked foi fbi lit in laboratory toils tests of loin 10 1 the hit greatest pos seerley MUI guarded till nil pi III m rulings alivie aliu lit both enlisted d aind hav ha ing liven born with ith great urn so 0 o ithai nothing auld would luik leak out nit no now that tile the billup Is di shandell N hicl arcely a trace iiii of it lieutenant 11 rii tini lit colonel W S bacon ahot h tt of the li roving divi blon tells of tile llie vol aik volk oik k of tile Cil alii lill in III the joul join mil of industrial and chemistry while the ihu viii iiii ansted till fill things filings done dolle aill gils g oll mi tile lie clil libut fields ludds of lim rope tiled out tile lah dugout concrete boglub lan 1 proof in bof teti ivits so 80 that alint gas be accurately noted and nd results to overseas work there were n for foi the gassed gunts bolits dogs gullied pigs unit and 11 ll p that were to tary exposure lio surf und mid the lit sort of anre that tu lilt finans received abroad MS us alen to those sufferers they apro haird liin possible find not the lio amp authorities enow they had ti gus BUS which would mould bo be fatal nasu io to enemy soldiers tile lle called at ull till thides for the lie exer else of electrical Ined leni engl find military skill of high order older tin and it belmo one of the anost iio t leable va lit in tile lie war proper bursting charge to inake clear tile trials ind find necessary lieutenant colonel It littion tion writes before a mibs tunce was as annl ly let us filhe nn as bilex nil ox substance X which idali liny has been found in the research laboratory to be promising both its in to toxicity and case of enough of this substance sul stance ans ns guide to fill 1111 several li undrel shells of various call calabre bre the first step finking a recommendation men dation was as to determine it proper iiii bursting char dejor bior the substance after tile bursting charge aind be en determined large numbers nuin bera of tile the shelf were arc repeatedly fired on trenches wooded linns areas rolling and level ground etc in ili tile r aine raine numbers as used in actual warfare animals mccu placed in thew thee areas ard samples of the lie gas BBS taken after a number of experiments very ery accuro accurate to and cons constant tant results were more obtained upon which if the substance proved satisfactory data could be given to thu the artillery as liow how amny shells of this particular kas gas should he be used with corrections for size of area wind velocities tern tein pera tures ground conditions etc trials were arc continually hold held to determine how min high C shell could be ired fired with got gas shell on tile tho same mo area without tho the concentration concentrations cent ration rations the use 0 of till ohp high explosive shell in combination mi gas shell shelf was highly important in order to disguise the lie gas bombardment bombard menti ahn burst of gas shell shelf fired alone can call ile be distinguished by tile the small detonation le tonn lines of trenches atto lines of trencher tren dies chei find several impact grounds were used fo tile he work find shells were mere fired for as grent great distance tilli tance its as yard sNot not only were tho most minute accounts k kept tt of sill fill conditions at the point of but a sampling contrivance ns arranged by bi lil cli at all times and places 8 tile intensity and effect of gas churgey air lc be grablis were a also so taken 1 of every cery explosion x loll ns as fin an uld aid in ili de determining terni hillig conditi conditions onH that would be most effect tire in practice low lying clouds ot of gag anti wide aldo diffusion being the things filings desired front from to imn plem pits of gassed air were taken dolly dally on OB ho file rt inges there was a research for the of wised under aid practice n I 1 laboratory Inborn lory to arti paie gases for the experimental work and a loading landing the thal filling ot 0 every ery shelf was zed find immediately titter firing tf of the hie ro re leased gas agns were lit at once analyzed for fir dooin posit ion products |