Chemical Warfare School graduations

Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, New York City, first Director of Civilian Defense, left, and Alaj. Gen. William N. Porter, Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, at graduation of first civilian defense class. Chemical Warfare School, Edge-wood, Alaryland, 22 July ici i. 

The training accomplishments of the Chemical Warfare schools can be summarized in the record of 21,673 graduations from the Chemical Warfare School at Edgewood during the emergency and war periods Table i ),... 

Table 15—Graduates of the Chemical Warfare School, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland ...

Graduation from the 5th Division Chemical Warfare School, Fort Custer, Michigan. (See sub-par. b, below.)... 

The high rate of failures experienced late in 1942 and early in 1943 began to fall off in the latter year, after which a generally downward trend was followed until the end of the war. In the thirty-six OCS classes conducted at the Chemical Warfare Center prior to the cessation of hostilities, a total of 8,068 candidates were enrolled. Of these, 1,660 were relieved from the school before graduation. Academic failures accounted for 696 dismissals. Resignations, unclassified as to cause, totaled 415. Leadership deficiencies were directly responsible for 352 separations. Other causes were miscellaneous (including physical defects), 144 conduct, 53. Of all OCS... 

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