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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;elarnia, post: 54029, member: 159&quot;]Going through some family photos and stuff this past weekend I came across this publication.&nbsp; it&#039;s an album style printing stapled and covered in a manila type paper. It was apparently a magazine published at the Edgewood base by the enlisted men, but this was the final issue in 1919.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first half is about 45 pages long, has the officers, photos of the buildings, lots of foldouts showing panorama style shots of the facilities and big groups of people - officers, medical unit, etc and various articles about life on base - like the one about the naturalization ceremony.&nbsp; The second half is a roster as of November 1918, with lots of foldouts showing the units, including several &quot;coloured&quot; units.</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew my Grandfather had been stationed there during the war, but I had never done much research on it.&nbsp; His unit wasn&#039;t involved in the gas manufacture. I guess they were there to guard the place. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can find a great deal about the history of the base, of course, but can&#039;t find any mention of this publication.&nbsp; Does anyone know if this is a common item, or one I should photocopy &amp; send to their historian?</p><p><br /></p><p>The argument in favor of chemical warfare on the first page is interesting, coming as it does totally contemporaneously with the events.&nbsp; Of course, some distance showed that the long term effects were not as benign as supposed.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the whole an interesting item.&nbsp; - cheers</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 29]Edgewood 1 by elarnia posted Apr 28, 2015 at 1:10 AM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 30]Edgewood 2 by elarnia posted Apr 28, 2015 at 1:10 AM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 31]Edgewood 3 by elarnia posted Apr 28, 2015 at 1:10 AM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 32]Edgewood 4 by elarnia posted Apr 28, 2015 at 1:10 AM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 34]Edgewood 6 by elarnia posted Apr 28, 2015 at 1:10 AM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 35]Edgewood 7 by elarnia posted Apr 28, 2015 at 1:10 AM[/GALLERY]</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 36]Edgewood 8 by elarnia posted Apr 28, 2015 at 1:10 AM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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