ANTI-GAS METHODS
Infantry Experiments London, July 16. Tlie infantry appellation during the Great,War “P. 8.1 wa ri again applied when ar demonstration of the latest British anti-gas methods was given on Salisbury Plain following experiments which have produced many innovations. The infantryman in the field, in addition to a respirator, will probably carry six eye-shields which can be discarded when their usefulness has worn off, arnd also a light oilskin cape, as protection against mustard gas from aircraft. A respirator to be carried by transport men includes a tin of antigas ointment which, if applied within three minutes, will prevent skin injuries. Troops will also be supplied with two pairs of over-boots, which a mile of marching will wear out, in order to avoid contamination in gassed areas.
Dispatch riders and signallers will be issued with a gas-proof jacket and trousers, and units will be supplied with light aud heavy decon I amination suits, the latter weighing 151 b.. and being so exhausting to wear that soldiers could not do more than three half-hour periods of entrenching iu 24 hours.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 250, 19 July 1937, Page 3
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