CHEMICAL WARFARE SCHOOL 
Edgewood Arsenal, Md. 
Doctor Wettmore, 
Secretary, 
Smithson!an Institute 
Washington, D.C. 
3 October 
[A. WE T MORE 
! 
OCT-4 
Dear Doctor; 
Since talking to you on the telephone just after 
I arrived, back in the United States, I went off 
on 14 days leave, and then CWS, shot me into one 
on their Advance Courses, at Edgewood Arsenal,- Md., 
where I have been studying all day and most of the 
night as they have tried to get into five weeks every 
thing they can think of, plus. 
I am glad to say that these weeks of being a student 
have just pasted and I await assignment, but with the 
war, in Germany’s back yard, I think that CWS, feels 
that there will be very slight chanc.e for our enemy 
to use any gasses, and are letting a lot of the old 
has beens go. I am still hanging on, why I can’t say 
as daily Colonels, and Lieut. Colonels are put on the 
inactive list, to be called if needed, six months after 
the duration.(The old Army game) 
Joe Prentice, as well as D.D. Hulsey, have been taken 
awajf from APO 827, sent back to the states, and before 
they could sit down off they went to New Guinea, where 
they are at present. I got a letter from D.D. this week 
saying they were under-going a small CWS school over 
there why they couldn’t say. Alsp got a very nice letter 
from General Bullene from 827, with a picture of a 48 lib 
Red Snapper he caught, and swearing that he will catch 
a Sail Fish yet. 
Mother is back in Washington, after her summer vacation 
In Wisconsin, where she visited my brother, and getting 
the house cleaned and painted for the coming winter so 
I guess that I will be over in D.C. in the near future 
will give you a call on the telephone, and posjlbly if 
you are not too busy we’11 have luncheon together if we 
can find a place to sit down, Washington’s restraurants 
are so crowded these flays. 
827, is going strong I understand and proving a great 
success, so guess what we 'ouildt, is helpful anyway. 
Is your assistant still among the boys down there or 
