The Nome daily nugget., 1915-08-18
MEN ARE GREEN|SH GRAY WHEN POISON CLOUDS
 FLOAT OVER THEM

aorrInle as tne sasnes anu wounus maoe Ds shot anu sneii, the results oA tne deadly gases lnat nave Deen brought inIo lne European War are more uistresslng to watcn. The men uA ercome py the gases turn a Sreenlsh gray color. Even those Who ao not u4e from asphs Nation snow terrible results
 An xAmerican woman who has been near the scene of wan in France thus wrltes ot the gas victims: Ali the men 1 saw were d greensn gray, wlth the most pecuaar sheen or gloss OH the sAln, Mnlch was ught stretched hands, arms, neck, anu even teet iooAeu as though they had been var nished Mllh dirty brush. Every man was propped up; they could not lie uown-they would nave died-and the noise of their breathing could be heard half u block away. There seemed to De nothing to do tor them at first, ex- cept 10 try to get down salt water. If they could be made sick the conVul- sion helped to bring the foam out of the lungs.
 It is awful torture. The labored breathing, once heard, is hard to for get, and the sight of the awful looking boys will haunt me, used though one becomes to sad sights if one stays even a short time near the battle line.
 The first knowledge many of the boys in the trenches had of anything unusual was a sudden stinging of the eyes and biting sensation about the nose and lips. The men on higher ground saw a fog rise suddenly from the ground, not gray but shining, al most beautiful, with a sheen like that of a soap bubble. It came down the wind. which was setting toward them, and almost on the instant they were prostrated, clawing the ground in agony. Their gasps brought the deadly and pungent fumes into the lungs, in many cases obliterating the lung cells. The strange color of the victims seemed to indicate congestion and poisoned blood.
 One of the Canadian contingent told me the first gas was not from bombs but was projected from short piece of rubber hose. as it seemed. The op- orator had an add contrivanee strapped to his breast, part of the frame extend ing above his head. making him look something like a man in a diving suit. He was entirely covered as to the face and hands, making the resemblance to the diver complete. My informant said that the moving figures-for there were several-rushed forward and dis charged something from the pipes which could not be seen except as a cloud rising from the ground. to which the pipes were directed. The deposit of this particular chemical was bright yellow, and it settled on bushes, trees fence rails and the soil in every direc- tion.
 The French are certainly clever for almost immediately this deposit was subjected to analysis and few days later we were all working our hardest, at the Paris Young Woman's Christian Association, making slings to be worn over the nose and lips of the soldiers as a preventive of gas poison. It was quite simple-a handkerchief-like ban dage with a lump of cotton batting wide enough to cover the nose and mouth and button over the ears and dipped in a solution which counteracts the compound found in the yellow de- posit. These bandages have now been improved upon, for the eyes are af- fected by the gas from the bombs which finally were used. A hemlet witf mica eye covers and a wad of treated cotton for the mouth is the present equipment.
 The gas warfare is having dreadful effect on the nerves of the men. Sc little can be done in defense; no cour- age. no splendid enthusiasm. can stand
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