Royal Engineers Chemical Warfare

CWRE Chemical Warfare Royal Engineer s(Brit)... 

Capt. S. J. M. Auld, Chemical Warfare , The Royal Engineers Jmirrutl (February, 1921) pp. 58-9. 

Comments by Maj Gen Alden H. Waitt, USA (Ret.), 1955, on draft copy of this chapter. (i) Wiseman, Cas Warfare, p. 126. (2) Rpt of AC CWS (USCWC 53/1, 27 Oct 43), for Fid Opns (Waitt) to USCWC, 27 Oct 43 . (3) Unlike the U.S. Army, the British Army had no central organization dealing with chemical warfare. Different arms and branches handled chemical warfare duties. For instance. Ordnance was responsible for the supply and maintenance of chemical weapons and equipment in the field the Royal Engineers performed laboratory analysis the Pioneer Corps furnished smoke companies while staff advice was provided by GSC officers trained in chemical warfare and assisted at higher headquarters by technical officers who were trained chemists. The limited amount of materiel and manpower in the British Army was a governing factor in determining the effort which could be devoted to gas weapons. See USCWC 96, 21 Feb 44, Min of Mtg, 12 Feb 44. 

Foulkes, C.H., Chemical Warfare Now and in 1915 , The Royal Engineers Journal, June 1962. 

Auld, S.J.M., March 15, 1922. Chemical Warfare. 12-24. Reprint of a lecture published in the Royal Engineers Journal (Great Britain) of February 1922. 

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