Chemical Warfare Service mission combat

In 1923 the War Department modified the CWS training mission. Training of the noncombdtant branches of the Army "other than the Chemical Warfare Service was ordered confined to defensive aspects. Training of the combatant arms was to include the "use of smoke, incendiary materials, and nontoxic gases. Training of CWS persoimel was to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the National Defense Act, that is, it was to cover both the offensive and defensive aspects. ... 

This volume, the second in a series of three devoted to the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) in World War II, now the Chemical Corps, covers research, development, procurement, and distribution of chemical warfare materiel. It traces the history of these activities from the World War I period, when the CWS was activated to supervise the offensive and defensive aspects of gas warfare throughout the Army, until the end of World War II. The first volume in the series, Organizing for War, discusses the development of the CWS organization and mission as well as personnel management and military training. The third volume, entitled Chemicals in Combat, will deal with chemical warfare activities in the theaters of operations. 

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