CHEWING GUM IN WARFARE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3126, 3 July 1917, Page 7

CHEWING GUM IN WARFARE

Captain. Malcolm Ross, , Official War Correspondent with tho New Zealand l'orccs, and his son Noel, havo oolkborated in a war book entitled "Light and Shado in War," in which an. intercstiui; referenco is made to tho Anr-acs, who go through a course of 6ystninutic training and are schooled in every ruse suid organisation . for making succosaful raids. AH the officers and men takiojr part in a. raid are r-upplied with chowing gum. Tho tension of waiting to rush tho euetny Hues durinp a furious bombardment produces, oven in tho bravest, ft nervous strain that sometimes leads to coughing. Onco a man has crawled through 'No Man's .Land amid , Iho storm of Bhrupnel and machine-gun buUols to the enemy's lines, just prepared (o hop over tho parapet to enßage in a denth struggle, a onugh -would cost him his life. If a man could smdko he ■would not cough, but the glow of a cigarette -would quickly end his career. Honco pipe.and cigajQtte are banned, and chewing evm is substituted. It is a slrango sight to sec hundreds of stalwart Anzacs. armed to Iho leeth, dashing through a hail of shot and Khell. in the awful rago of Iwitlo, all of whom are vigorously working their jaws on chewing gum.—Vrom Sydney "News," "February 28, 1017.