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Show M8- WINNING THE WAR GAS W 1 . H5 ' FARE Hp When the Germans first began to use W, , poisonous gases they took our allies by Hif surprise. It has not been thought pos- H& sible that any modern power claiming to. H i be civilized could thus deliberately, viol- IBT te all' international agreements. Hi, The first attacks consisted of drift gas Uf so called Chlorine, was 'discharged frm HP' ,,' cylinder pointed over toward the allied Hl-C '' trenches. It of course would do its work D . only when the wind was favorable. Hi i Gas shells have How taken the place Hp; 'mostly of drift gas. These projectiles HJj "may contain as much as six pounds of IKr poisonous material, and can be placed H' with accuracy. Not merely are they ter- ?J' ribly poisonous and irritating, but the Hip sneeze gases present an almost irresist- Wf ible temptation for the soldier to throw mE off his mask. The burning gases pry- B ' 'duce distressing wounds that incapicitate k bim f or months. m . - .' jfl The American gas service now 'com- Mk mands the ablest chemists'" of the coun- try, and it is promised that the Hun will Br' be repaid with interest for his atrocious Crimes. . Mjf In the earlier masks, the friction of H f drawing air through the mask was so II L ' great as" equa to h"ftmK a column nt of water in a tube to the height of six II ' inclies. This was 'an effort about like , ' what a sufferer with asthma has to make Ik to breathe, which of course must inter- H , lere with the fighting power of the Hp troops. HE The masks have, however, been great- ly improved, and gas warfare has ..not g fceen able to keep our troops back. But a f high grade ofcharcoal is needed to fill m H ; the masks. This is best obtained from the stones of peaches, prunes and other fruits. So we should keep in mind the suffering, of our boys from this hellish form of warfare, and carefully preserve and delive all the material of this kind that we can save. n ft Pi |