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METHYL A TEKKOK. , (Continued on Page 3, column 1.) record achievement in speed. The utmost secrecy surrounded the efforts. It was forbidden to officers and men to divulge the nature of the product or even the existence of the t plant. Mail was censored. A Cleveland postoffice lock drawer was used, and letters were mailed and received there, for the very name of Willoughby was verboten in correspondence. Telegrams were sent through the headquarters at Xela Park. The * experimental plant, as it was callea, was conducted as an army post and the men were not permitted to visit Cleveland. The work was hard and there was no reaction. But patriotic Ti-nmon nf thft npiehborhood. S JJULUU auu ?* ^ ? who knew something was being done for tb country but not what was being done, supplied the men with reading matter, a Victrola, fruit, and pies, and even a grajid piano! Klaxon horns were installed and an alarm system agreed upon, and the men in the plant worked always with their masks in the "alert" position. A fire and gas brigade was organized and alarms were given at . . V intervals, sometimes "for cause." But none of the men were lost from poisoning. The only death at the experimental station was from influenza. The methyl was packed partly in 115-millimeter shells, each carrying about 10 pounds of liquid, and partly in drums carrying from 350 to 400 pounds to be dropped from airplanes. It is estimated that 50 of these drums, judiciously dropped about Manhatten Island, would kill its population. . In this connection it is pertinent to :rv reveal' some facts, until now not *!/' \v known to the public, about the man'ufacture of mustard gas. The chloy rhydrin process for making this poison was unsuited to quantity production, and it was not until February, * 1918, that an. English professor's vV v discovery of a new method was ca. bled to America. The. cablegram anticipated by just two days a discovery * of the same reaction at George Washington University in Washing^ V ton, where experimental tests were under way. In March a smaller experimental ' station was established at Taft ave. nue and East 131st street in Cleve[K land, with Colonel Dorsey (then Mr. , J " Dorsoy of the National Lamp Works) as technical director. The little twostory office building of the Great . ?;... Lakes Refining company became, in August, the offense section of the development division, with Colonel Dor v' sey in charge. It was connected with " a large single-storv structure suitable for plant operations. t- This plant, within six miles of the Cleveland public square, was in a congested district, and great precaur v tions were necessary to avoid gassing ;- -t the neighbors, who did not suspect t", . the deadly material being prepared . within. But few outsiders ever be" . came aware of the nature of the work 1 : being done in East 131st street, and no serious trouble was caused by It. The second-story room was converted into a control and research laboratory, and was equipped with 10 m well-ventilated hoods and all the oth y. er necessary equipment. The rapid assembly of the materials was made - - - ? A _ ? * possible through tne co-operation 01 Cleveland manufacturing concerns, , whose attitude throughout the war has been thus expressed: "If we have it, the government can have it; r if we haven't we'll get it." At this plant no barracks nor mess hall was provided, and the men ate and slept wherever they could in the neighborhood. As each arrived, he was told what was being done and its - importance was explained to him; and the officers in charge report that the workers performed eagerly and thor ' oughly the tasks assigned to them, although often they were tedious and hazardous. ' The results at this plant were immediately transmitted to the Edgewood arsenal (Hastings-on-Hudson) plant, to the National Aniline and Chemical company plant at Buffalo, and to the Dow Chemical company at Midland, Mich. At each of these places mustard gas was made in quantities. Nela Park, so named from the initial letters of the National Electric Lamp association, forerunner of the National Lamp Works, was the hub from which these spokes radiated. At Nela Park investigations were made of two other poison gasses, before the methyl work was undertaken, but the war ^ department stopped the other inquiries before they were completed. The main result of the 131st street plant was the development of mustard; the main result at Willoughby was the production of the deathdealing methyl. It may be seen with what caution and energy the United States se1 about meeting German ingenuity in cruelty and destruction, and how successfully American chemists sur passed the enemy chemists. The visible death-dealing evidence of theii - technical skill ha3 been destroyed France and England and Italy are continuing their chemical warfare services unimpaired. The United States has disbanded her personnel and dismantled her plants. To the chemical warfare service was assigned the bureau of mines, j Dr. W. K. Lewis representing the bureau, went to Cleveland on April 2S, 1917, to enlist the aid of the National Carbon company and the Na- j tional Lamp Works of the General i Electric company. At that time mus- i tarcl gas was the main goal, and, electric power was required for the electrodes. Moreover, expert knowl-1 edge about charcoal was required on the defensive side of'the work, in; devising gas masks and other protec-1 tive apparatus. For example, tests J at Nela Park proved that cocoanut1 hulls were the best raw material for | making absorbent charcoal, and so j that material became the standard, j The plant of the Great Lakes Refin- j ing company in Cleveland was taken over for mustard gas research, and its personnel of 35 was increased to 175 officers and enlisted men. That was a microscopic but typical example of the methods adopted to meet the greatest emergency in America's military history. "Sorry, madam, but.your account is already overdrawn!" "Well, what of it, young man? Haven't I the right to do what I like with my own account?"?Life. Fountain pen ink, in all size bottles, at Herald Book Store. TO 1 i Automob We beg to announce th ^ class garage in the Chai A Ehrhardt, and we are n< y repair work promptly an ^ secured the services of C X and electrician. All woi | PEOPLES ? J. M. LOVE, Mgr. LONfi^L s= | Satisfa | sweet i | Aid to | digest i ? and en | LASTIf ? 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