Octoser 18, 1918] 
the old alembic of alchemy joined with the 
theoretical benzene ring which has so greatly 
accelerated the development of modern chem- 
istry. It further adopted for its colors those of 
the American Chemical Society—cobalt-blue 
and gold. & 
The Chemical Service Section was of ve 
great service, especially in systematizing the 
regulations of the War Department in regard 
to chemical personnel, and the status of chem- 
ists was ably defined through its influence, in 
the order of May 28, 1918. On account of its 
historical importance this order is quoted here. 
1. Owing to the needs of the military service for 
a great many men trained in chemistry, it is con- 
sidered most important that all enlisted men who 
are graduate chemists should be assigned to duty 
where their special knowledge and training can be 
fully utilized. 
2. Enlisted chemists now in divisions serving in 
this country have been ordered transferred to the 
nearest depot brigade. 
3. You will make careful inquiry into the num- 
ber of graduate chemists now on duty in your com- 
mand and report their names to this office. The 
report will include a statement as to their special 
qualifications for a particular class of chemical 
work, and whether they are now employed on chem- 
ieal duties. 
4, Enlisted graduate chemists now in depot bri- 
gades, or hereafter received by them, will be as- 
signed to organizations or services by instructions 
issued from this office. The report called for in 
paragraph 3 herein will be submitted whenever men 
having qualifications for chemical duties are re- 
ceived by depot brigades, or replacement training 
camps, or by the training camps organized by the 
various staff corps. 
5. Enlisted men who are graduate chemists will 
not be sent overseas, unless they are to be em- 
ployed on chemical duties. Prior to the departure 
of their organization for overseas duties, they will 
be transferred to the nearest detachment or or- 
ganization of their particular corps. 
6. The chief of the Chemical Service Section will 
be charged with the duty of listing all American 
graduate chemists, including those in the Army 
and those in civil life. 
7. Whenever chemists are needed by one of the 
bureaus or staff corps, request will be made on 
the chief of the Chemical Service Section for 
recommendations of a man having the qualifica- 
tions necessary for the particular class of work 
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for which he is desired. If men having chemical 
qualifications are wanted for only a short period 
of duty, they will be temporarily attached to the 
bureau or staff corps; where the duty is of a per- 
manent nature, instructions covering their trans- 
fer will be issued. Whenever the chemists, thus at- 
tached or transferred, are no longer needed for 
purely chemical duties, a report will be made to 
the chief of the Chemical Service Section in order 
that they may be assigned to chemical duties at 
other places. 
By order of the Secretary of War, 
Roy A. HILL, 
Adjutant General 
These regulations have since been enlarged 
so that at present chemists may be furloughed 
back from the Army to colleges for instruction 
purposes or to industrial works for essential 
chemical production. Students may be con- 
tinued in chemical courses to meet the future 
need for chemists, and any chemists in the 
Army may be assigned to war work wherever 
needed. All this has been done not for the 
sake of the chemists, but on account of the 
scarcity of trained chemists and the great need 
of the country for their services as chemists to 
help win the war. Without chemistry to-day 
the continuation of the war would be impos- 
sible. 
A summary, necessarily brief, of the depart- 
ments and bureaus utilizing chemists may be 
taken up in the following order: 
I, ARMY 
A. General Staff 
Executive Division, Chemical Warfare Serv- 
ice.—This branch of the service established by 
General Order No. 62, already published in 
the chemical journals, is in command of 
Major General William Sibert, of the engi- 
neers. It has, according to the order above 
referred to, full charge of all phases of gas 
warfare, including research, manufacture, 
shell filling plants and proving grounds. It 
also continued the functions of the Chemical 
Service Section with increased authority. 
All newly drafted chemists are assigned 
to the Chemical Warfare Service to be de- 
tailed or transferred or furloughed where 
needed. It is charged with the “ responsibility 
