ANTI-GAS METHODS
THE BRITISH ARMY
MORE FOR INFANTRY TO
CARRY
CAPES, BOOTS, ETC.
United Press Association— By Electric Tele-
graph—Copyright. (Received July 17, 12.45 p.m.)
LONDON, July 16.
The infantry appellation during the Great War "P. 8.1" was again applied when a demonstration of the latest British anti-gas methods was given on Salisbury Plain following many 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, and also a light oilskin cape, as protection against mustard gas from aircraft, while another will be carried. A respirator to be carried by transport men includes' a tin of anti-gas 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 of gassed areas. _ Dispatch riders and signallers will be issued with a gas-proof jacket, and trousers, and units will be supplied with light and heavy decontamination suits, the latter weighing 151b, and being so exhausting to wear that soldiers could not do more than three half-hour periods of entrenching in 24 hours.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 15, 17 July 1937, Page 9
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205ANTI-GAS METHODS Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 15, 17 July 1937, Page 9
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