The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-30
. BEHIND THE SCENES
WASHINGTON .

uuCe tHe equipment ana MATER
ials to back up our threats IL
necessary.
The man who directed this
Is Maj.-Gen. William N. Porter.
He started out As q Navy man,
graduating from the Naval
Academy at Annapolis In 1909.
Switching to the Army soon at
ter, he rose rapidly and when
the war came, got the task of
co-ordinating the chemical and
industrial industries Of the coun-
try to do their part in the war
and training the chemical troops.
Plus the tremendous war job
CWS has done, the research and
discovery by its chemists have
q big chapter in the history Of
chemistry.
Working with Department OF
Agriculture, CWS had a major
part In the development of the
famous DOT insect spray.
LONG STRIDES MADE IN
MEDICAL RESEARCH
IN Its Medical Research Divi-
sion great strides have been
made in the field Of respiratory
diseases. Soon to become avail
able to civilians will be more
effective treatments for influ-
enza, whooping cough and the
common cold. Final experiments
are still being conducted on
this.
The gas mask developed by
CWS experts Is far ahead IF
anything previously developed
or conceived. Affording maxi
mum comfort, 1t will have in
Vulnerable peacetime uses.
Also soon to be revealed for
consumer use are extraordinary
developments in protective
paints, and the perfection Of
f~umigation methods. For ship
ping, CWS scientists discovered
and improved new materials for
the protection OF wood in water,
such as pilings, and q paint to
protect ship bottoms from ma
rine borers.
Combat activities Of CWS fell
into two major classifications.
flame and smoke. Flame includ-
ed offensive weapons from the
various types Of aerial incendi-
aries to flame throwers. Smoke
was used to screen operations
and as q signal. In CT ~parlancc,
CWS troops became known as
the Smoke and flame boys"
DESIGNED THE AERIAL
INCENDIARY BOMB
ONE of the most ingenious
and devastating weapons de.
veloped by CWS was the aerial
incendiary bomb. The deadly
four-pound magnesium bomb
sticks, the famed jellied gasoline
bomb, and the 500-pound block
burner called the Coop" were
the weapons that burned out
Axis industry.
The 4.2-inch chemical mortar,
affectionately named the Coon
Gun" was the infantryman's
delight. When they were held up
by enemy action this mobile lit
tie weapon, looking like q stove
pipe on 4 stand, was brought IN
for precision Smelling. 1t could
drop q white PHOSPHORUS or
high explosive shell in the enc
my's lap.
Once during an observation
flight q U. S. flyer spotted a
group Of Germans doing calls
themes some distance behind the
lines. He radioed their positions
and suggested the "Goon Gun"
be turned on them. It was, and
after a few rounds he reported:
That's all. brother" The effect
was 50 terrific that the Germans
had disappeared in 4 cloud Of
smoke and high explosive.
What the portable flame
thrower did against the Japs Is
legendary. It simply consists Of
q pair Of 60-pound fuel tanks,
strapped to the bearers back,
with 4 nozzle that looks like al
insect sprayer. The oil fuel Is
forced under pressure through
q short hose to the flamegun and
Is ignited at the nozzle. With
Diesel oil its range Is Is yards.
With jellied oil II Is so yards.