Fries, Amos

Fries, Amos A. and Clarence J. West. Chemical Warfare. New York McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1921. 

Fries, Amos A. West, Clarence J. "Chemical Warfare" McGraw Hill New York, 1921. 

Frelinghuysen, Joseph F., 201 Fries, Amos A., 95, 194 Full-line forcing, 141... 

An Act of Congress signed into law on 2 August 1946 changed its name to the Chemical Corps (CmlC), effective 6 September 1946. See also FIRST GAS REGIMENT FRIES, AMOS A. GILCHRIST, HARRY LORENZO HANLON, JOSEPH T. WAITT, ALDEN HARRY. 

When General John J. Pershing faced the task of organizing the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France in the summer of 1917, he decided to place responsibility for all phases of gas warfare in a single military service, and he recommended that the War Department at home do likewise. On 3 September 1917, the AEF established a centralized Gas Service under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Amos A. Fries. 25,26 The new organization had many hurdles to overcome. The troops had virtually no chemical warfare equipment of U.S. design and relied on the British and French to supply equipment from gas masks to munitions. 

To persuade congress to keep the CWS, several prominent civilian and military leaders lobbied to include a permanent chemical warfare organization. Lieutenant Colonel Amos A. Fries, a CWS officer and one of the strongest proponents of a permanent organization, stressed the need for a central organization, one that covered all aspects of chemical warfare (Figure 2-14). He drew on the lessons learned from the previous war ... 

Fig. 2-14. Amos A. Fries, shown here as a major general, was chief of the Chemical Warfare Service between 1921 and 1929. With his dynamic personality and extensive contacts in Congress and the chemical industry, he quite literally kept the CWS alive. Quotation Brown FJ. Chemical Warfare—A Study in Restraints. Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press 1968 130. Photograph Chemical and Biological Defense Command Historical Research and Response Team, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

First, the book Chemical Warfare by Gen. Amos A. Fries and Maj. Clarence J. West (1921) states. 

The classic American text is Amos A. Fries, Chemical Warfare (New York McGraw Hill, 1st ed., 1921). For the postwar tactical literature, see Augustin M. Prentice, Chemicals in War A Treatise on Chemical Warfare (New York McGraw Hill, 1937) Col. Alden Waitt, Gas Warfare, the Chemical Weapon Its Use and Protection against It (New York Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943) Frederick A. Hessell, Chemistry in Warfare Its Strategic Importance (New York Hastings House, 1942). 

Amos A. Fries, MS, History of Chemical Warfare In France, 1919, pp. 33-53. 

Major General Amos A. Fries was chief of the US Army Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) during the 1920s. With determination and considerable political acumen, Fries ensured the survival of the CWS. (Courtesy of Soldier Biological and Chemical Command, Historical Research and Response Team, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.)... 

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