The Allies have in their turn adopted similar apparatus and the Germans have more than once had the opportunity to realize that it is as useful in the defensive as in the offensive.
Gas apparatus and flammenwerfer should be as portable and as handy as possible.
They should never be operated by other than specially trained troops, fully instructed and thoroughly skilled.
In France detachments of sappers or miners are entrusted with these devices.
CHAPTER VIII
CONCLUSION
We have endeavoured to present, without entering into the technical details which are being taught by the officers composing the various Allied missions, a general sketch of the conditions and principal factors of modern warfare that will be sufficient to give an idea of a modern army and its operation in the field.
It is hoped that our explanations will aid in reading between the lines of the “communiqués,” in comprehending the plan and the importance of individual engagements and finally in enabling those who have relatives at the Front to follow them at their posts of duty and to fully realize the importance of the parts assigned to them.
Before concluding, we should like to be granted the privilege of expressing our personal opinion concerning the methods calculated to hasten the instruction of the new armies of the United States.
Everyone agrees on the necessity of proceeding rapidly and effectively.