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Authorizations: 



January i, 1943, to June 30, 1943 $1,798,000.00 



July I, 1943, to June 30, 1944 $3,314,700.00 



July I, 1944, to June 30, 1945 $5,046,200.00 



July I, 1945, to February 28, 1946 (estimated) $1,942,000.00 



July I, 1945, to June 30, 1946 (actual) $ 921,048.16 



Division 9 



Title: Chemistry 



Walter R. Kirner, Chief 



Divisions 9 and 10 worked closely together and divided the field of chem- 

 ical w^arfare betw^een them. In the main. Division 9 concentrated on the 

 oflFensive aspects, investigating the possibility of developing new agents and 

 working on problems of detection and analysis; in addition it worked on 

 the impregnation of clothing for protection against poison gas. 



Authorizations: 



January i, 1943, to June 30, 1943 $1,356,172.87 



July I, 1943, to June 30, 1944 $2,219,988.00 



July I, 1944, to June 30, 1945 $1,068,300.00 



July I, 1945, to February 28, 1946 (estimated) $ 278,000.00 



July I, 1945, to June 30, 1946 (actual) $ 53)768.15 



DnasioN 10 



Tide: Absorbents and Aerosols 

 W. A. Noyes, Jr., Chief 



Section 10. i Protective Devices (July 13, 1944 — September 30, 1945) 

 W. C. Pierce, Chief 



Under the division of fields with Division 9, the work of Division 10 in 

 the field of chemical warfare was largely devoted to the defensive problem 

 of developing absorbents for chemical warfare gases. In addition, it engaged 

 in fundamental studies of aerosols, the behavior of gas clouds and the de- 

 velopment of screening smokes and smoke generators. 



Authorizations: 



January i, 1943, to June 30, 1943 $ 999,900.00 



July I, 1943, to June 30, 1944 $1,634,000.00 



July I, 1944, to June 30, 1945 $ 849,539.30 



July I, 1945, to February 28, 1946 (estimated) $ 300,000.00 



July I, 1945, to June 30, 1946 (actual) $ 40,800.94 



