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Show K ARMY PIGEONS GOING TO rnONT , r9iiiiiiiiif?liiiii If Car,0r pigeons aro a valuable factor In tho oporatlon of all tho allies, I, r never falling to carry a messago safoly and quickly from the front unless ac- flfc'. tually killed by shell flro. WL . Tj,e nro used nt tho most critical stages of battles, when all wire com- IJK munlcatlon has been stopped and tho barrage Is too thick for runners. Hero Is shown a motor-transport formerly a. London bus, loading up with SSLs ' carriers to go to tho British front. Tho casualties croons tho birds average Jjv. i per cont. They aro wounded by enemy shells, attacked by hawks, and suf- lKfc- fer from gas. gffi Tl,oy jive In gas-proof baskots and whon gassed are treated at a hospital. fP There Is also a prison coto for captured enemy birds, fe- A vory tiny share of your Fourth Liberty Loan subscription will go to the . pigeon service, but nono will be more efficiently spent. |