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Show Army Setting Up Plan . To Breed Dogs for War WASHINGTON. The army is setting set-ting up a peacetime program to breed war dogs as it does horses. The war department announced the plan, at the same time canceling cancel-ing its request for donations of dogs. Under the new program, the army will place breeding dogs with,jcivil-ian with,jcivil-ian breeders and select the-"pup'pies best suited for military needs. The dogs will be used as sentries In occupation oc-cupation armies and for experiments in developing new uses for dogs in war. The army now contemplates using six breeds, German shepherd dog, boxer, alredale terrier, dobermann plnscher, rottweiler, and giant sehnauzer. The original stock will be selected from the best available in this country, coun-try, England, Holland, Belgium and Germany. |