Show Dogs o of War Long a figure of speech dogs of war var has a real meaning for Uncle Sam is drafting a K 9 corps for war var duty The army has called for two hundred dogs to be trained as s the nucleus of a much larger corps which will be used to guard food depots and other war var establishments accompanied of course by the usual human sentries Why a d dg o g you may ask if there is already a sentry on the job Well a saboteur for instance might easily succeed in hiding himself from the human sentry in an isolated spot But he would have a more difficult time fooling the keen sense of smell possessed by bya a dog Dogs for Defense Inc is the organization recruiting dogs for Uncle Sam Rigid requirements are laid down for canine candidates for the corps Such dogs as Dalmatians Dober- Dober manns Afghans and German or Belgian shepherds are the ideal types These photos show you the training of the first few dogs to be drafted for service in this war Photos were made in New Jersey where soldiers from Fort Hancock gave them their first taste of army life 1 In other countries dogs have S. S been used in war for years Russia has an army of dogs Germany is is believed to 4 have a canine corps numbering Y France used to have a aT abig abig T big dog army employing dogs q even for hauling light guns At left Hans Hans learns to look where the finger points l If f he misses 7 K anything with his eyes his nose will pick it up f W X 3 ht L 5 1 y ara e pf 3 4 w. w 44 3 M ii T 4 r 3 ON PARADE The dogs arc are exercised and walked talked man many times over the beat they are expected to patrol as shown in the picture above They The learn that men in in uniform have a right to be on this beat but y 55 others have not So when on night L duty the dogs dos are right on their toes f. f for unauthorized prowlers Right An Afghan and a German shepherd arc are learning to stand fast l t under fire re here The soldiers blaze x r s away with their pistols while the k K dogs dos are Ile kept ept in in leash rya Tp J. J e t. t f k v la 4 S. S 1 ir 4 r 11 I Y b t ROOKIE SQUAD A captain and three military policemen are arc shown with jour four canine recruits The dog second front from the right is unfamiliar unfamiliar to most Americans It is an Afghan a real aristocrat of I l Dog serving French in trench on on Western front before France fell |