Ton Chemical Containers

AAF and the CWS agreed that the immediate answer was a higher shipping priority.  

The gas mission of the Chemical Warfare Service had thus crystallized by the close of 1942 as the result of almost a year of staff studies, discussion, alarms, and War Department directives. A number of factors had combined to bring about a more realistic attitude toward gas warfare than had been present at any time since 1918. Of these, the most impelling was the fear that the enemy might initiate gas warfare. Under the leadership of Secretary Stimson, Assistant Secretary McCloy, General Marshall, and General Porter, the War Department began active preparations to meet such a contingency in a manner that would insure American supremacy in this field. 

The chemical warfare subcommittee recommended that gas warfare be 

This document, CCS 106/2, described in some detail the duties of both American and British agencies in co-ordinating the chemical warfare procurement and supply program. It listed seven separate functions for which these agencies were responsible, six of which dealt exclusively with the production and supply of gas warfare materiel. The Combined Chiefs of Staff directed these agencies to establish potential production capacity capable of rapid expansion to meet the needs of gas warfare while keeping 

To carry out these provisions the Commanding General, ASF, promptly established a committee headed by General Porter and including representatives chosen by G-2 and OPD of the War Department General Staff, the Requirements and Operations Divisions of the ASF, and the U.S. Navy.  

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