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Show VETERAN ARMY PIGEONS ARE SOLD TO FANCIERS SAN FRANCISCO. Auk. 11 Two hundred United States army pigeon?, some of them veterans of the world! war. have been mustered out of service serv-ice at the Presidio hero and sold to civilian bird fanciers. " ' bird wero entitled to 1 n many as lour sold stripes for overseas over-seas service. All of them had seen service, the birds not being ln France having served along the Moxican border bor-der and In the forest fire patrols. n- of tho plgeonfl from tho Presidio Pre-sidio loft was decorated with the crolx ! do K'l'-rrp. it was, It is suld, the only carrier pigeon on record to receive this' honor from the French government. Lack of facilities here was given as! the reason lu MriB. Thej western department of the armj will c-arrler plgeo-is at RockweH field, California, and CanS 1 ' Lewis, Washington. -mp oo I H |