SHAVE, WASH, AND GET THE MUSTARD GAS OFF
Company D, 53rd Pioneer Infantry, Rattontaut, France, engaged in a very delicate operation. Great care had to be exercised in shaving. Because of the germ infested ground, the slightest cut usually resulted in serious infection.
 
MUSTARD GAS SEEMED TO BE EVERYWHERE
This gas was difficult to detect because it was practically odorless and invisible, and the concentration of only 1 to 100,000 was sufficient to put a man out of commission. Its effect was cumulative, lasting over a long period. Horses, as well as men, had to be washed whenever water and time were both available.


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