world war 1

On April 13th I attended Midway Village for their World War 1 reenactment.  I had a very good experience during the event I believe they were able to pull off the feeling of being in that time era very well.  What I found funny was that there was a drill sergeant who was asking for volunteers to perform drills.  As soon as he began doing his drills his attitude also changed he began making fun of the volunteers while giving them orders.  There was even a little boy pointing at people and telling them that Uncle Sam wants you.  After I was done watching the drills I moved on and listened to a doctor discuss about different treatments he would give to wounded soldiers.  He discussed how if a soldier came in contact with mustard gas they would begin by completely stripping him down and washing his body with bleach while washing the hair with gasoline and also pouring an acid solution in their eyes.  He was able to show us how to put on a gas mask properly and described that they would also give heroin in order to relieve some of their pain.  It was interesting to me that I found out that if you were in the British army and you got trench foot it would be considered as a federal offense because it disabled you from serving in the war.  Overall I had a very good time at this event I had learned many new things about World War 1 and I would definitely attend again because would like to see the battle scenes and spend a little more time there.