El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-12
GAS too Good
FOR THE HUNS
Scotch instructor Tells the
Rotarians Britons Give
En- RIGHT Medicine.

have more gas than the Germans, far
more poisonous. gases than they have
and we use them more effectively. We
have gases that 90 through the Ger
mans like hot knives through butter
and he has no masks that can with
stand them. He being a fair minded
and God fearing individual. he wants
the gas question submitted to an in
ternational tribunal. He says that gas
is inhuman. All 7 have to say is that
II gas is inhuman, il is too good for
the Huns"
This conclusion was expressed by
Lieut. d. J. Hutchison. OF the second
battalion, Scotch rifles, and now gas
instructor at Fort Bliss. in a long but
interesting and clever talk on condi-
lions at the front, given at tie Ito-
tary meeting Thursday noon at Hotel
sheldon
Huns Keeping Heads Down.
Lieut.. Hutchison said the trenches
were not places Of continual row that
the magizines depict them 10 be. II
men were going about with two pis-
tolls and three swords and winning
Victoria crosses all the time. the war
would be over in SIX months, because
human beings couldn't stand it," he
said In TACT that condition lasts
only about a month a year on the
average. II is not unusual TO be in a
trench three months and not see a
Hun IN fact then the only man who
has a hard time Is the scouting Of
ficer, whose duty it is to 80 out and
look for trouble
Gathers Flowers IN Open.
The lieutenant said he had seen
peoples and roses growing in some
sections Of No Mans Land and had
even gathered flowers out in the open
himself
But when you do get it." he CON
tinued, you get It pretty damned
quick. It comes in bucketsful. and
its no humbug."
British Solve Gas Problem.
he then turned to gas attacks He
said the British have solved the gas
problem TO such a point that the Ger
mans haven't tried gas on them for
two years. ! was with a French unit
In a gas attack south Of st. Quentin"
he said, AM they had old masks.
with goggles. for tear gas The Ger
mans tur4ed loose battle gas. con-
sishng Of chlorine and phosgene.
the latter having a delayed action on
the heart and causing men 10 drop
dead There were about 5000 French
troops attacked and in five DAYS $500
endorsements arrived At the end
Of the attack, casualties were 5000 to
$500"
Cloud Gas Makes wall.
Another kind Of gas IS known as
cloud gas and its effect resembles
prairie fire. First there is a puff OF
smoke on the ground It creeps for
ward and rises to a height Of about
I6 feet Il starts on a seconds notice
and the gas Kisses out OF the cylinders
at zoo pounds pressure and forms a
solid wall It is not announced by
any warning nor scent and the gases
are lethal and toxic. II you are lucky
you last five minutes when 1t hits YOU.
"Of all the forms o. death I've seen,
there's nothing worse than a man dy-
ing from chlorine He tear his eyes
out and IS in a dementia-"
Only Careless Troops Suffer.
To show that the German gases are
now fought so effectively BY the Brit
ish that only new and careless troops
suffer. he explained that IN one attack
his battalion had only L casualties,
while a new battalion had soc. Our
Il casualties were OF men who were
shot and tore off their masks in the
hysteria caused by their wounds, he
explained
"The Huns no longer use the gases
on the British. but only on the French.
Italians and Americans You may not
be told, but your men ere probably
having one cloud gas attack week
and three projectile gas attacks But
YOU have our improved gas masks and
our casualty lists for experience
Casualties Teach Lessons
You know there IS no weapon so
effective as your own casualties A
man viii not learn TO keep his head
down until he sees a partner who put
his head up sniped- 50 our gas cas-
ualties have taught Us valuable les
AS to how to beat the Hun. the
lieutenant was OF the opinion tnat
there is every indication that trench
warfare is going. and 70 some extent
is already gone. Ground doesn't count
but men do. The real way 10 con
quer the Hun Is not 70 push MN o 49,
but TO get him in the open and cruz
him. In March we lost % miles, but
the Hun lost twice as many men as
we did
In one day we took and lost one
wood four times In each attack We
lost Is or 20 men. but when We last
left that wood. it was literally car
peted with dead. We got the Hun IN
The open and we whacked him
Vow. I remember the time when
there were literally only two OF three
Americans in France. When lex
Americans were getting so common
that the French no longer turned
ab.ut TO look at them. and I expect
that when I return. ] shall nave 70
hunt for British soldiers
Only Living Man OF ITO.
There is no weapon now so strong
as that you gave US when you send
over your troops. You know France
is practically done for in man power
and we are not much better Person
ally. can say / am the only one LEFT
OF nv class and our classmates num-
bered 10. They are all dead but me.
The lieutenant went into detail on
several other points OF interest in thu
fighting lines and declared that the
hardest worked man in France is the
Junior officer. He knew some. he
said. who got two hours sleep a day
for eight days
HornbroOk Here IS Years Ago.
Cen = J. Hornbrook. commander OF
the district. was another guest OF the
club. When introduced he said;
y first saw FL Paso IS years ago
while going farther west, and have
seen FL Paso casually grow since then
] an glad to be with you and 1 hope
III be able TO help you. know you
viii be able TO help me"
Mai. Louis Ball, chief Of staff, was
another guest
Understand What Government Wants
Representing the council Of defence.
assistant district attorney E B. Elfers
made a short talk on the spirit with
which the people are responding TO all
calls from the government Never
before has any nation attempted 10 do
what We are doing today-take cen
sus OF our man power" he said. Il
am confident that more than 50 per-
cent OF the men who are registering
today do so out Of love OF country and
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