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cooperative research will ever be found than that of the 

 Chemical Warfare Service. 



Too much cannot be said of the cooperation of our Allies in 

 this connection. Nearly two years had elapsed between the 

 time of the first gas attack on April 22, 1915, and our entry into 

 the war. During this time France and England had to face 

 and to solve, as well as they could, all the new and perplexing 

 problems of Chemical Warfare. While the American army 

 had many of its officers observing the new and rapid advances 

 in the various forms of fighting, and while the physician was 

 studying the new methods of medicine and surgery, apparently 

 little attention was paid to questions relating to the use of 

 poison gases. We were, therefore, almost as unprepared to 

 face these problems as were the Allies in the spring of 1915. 

 Once, however, we took upon ourselves the task forced upon 

 us by the barbarous acts of the German nation, the Allies put 

 at our disposal all the vast store of information gained during 

 their two years of experience. Not only did they send us 

 reports of work done and samples of the materials used by 

 their armies, but they sent to us trained men, with knowledge 

 of field and factory conditions, who were of inestimable value 

 to our scientists. We will always remember, with deepest 

 gratitude and respect, such men as Lieut. Col. Auld, Major Le 

 Sueur, Major Brightman, Dr. Grignard and their colleagues, 

 who so ably and so willingly contributed to the success of our 

 Chemical Warfare Service. 



Census of Chemists. At the beginning of the war in 1914, 

 there were no indications that the chemist would be of any more 

 value than in previous wars. True, it was early evident that 

 the need of ammunition would be very great, but even this 

 increased output would require but a few of the hundreds of 

 chemists of military age. Therefore, when the real need did 

 come, England found that her young men, at least, were all 

 in the trenches and that many of them had already given their 

 lives in the great cause. In order that America might avoid 

 this loss of potential power, the first task undertaken by the 



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