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Show Army Wants Dogs To Patrol Hawaii Urges Owners to Release Animals for Service. HONOLULU. The army has appealed ap-pealed to dog owners throughout Hawaii to enlist their pets in the army for "guard and sentry duty." The authorities said the need for dogs was "urgent and immediate," that dogs accepted would receive special training and that each dog used would release a man for other duty. The first dog enlisted is a prize German shepherd named Questor of Kanohe, owned by Harold Har-old Castle, who has been appointed Hawaii director of dogs for defense, a civilian organization that will handle han-dle the enlistment and training of dogs. The army said Questor had been assigned as personal escort to Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commander of the Hawaiian department. depart-ment. The army's appeal to dog owners said: "Your dog will enlist in the service serv-ice of the United States the same as your son or brother. He will be trained by qualified trainers. He will be fed well and cared for properly. prop-erly. He will be entrusted to some one who will work with him and be his companion. When his services are needed no longer he will be returned to you." The announcement pointed out that many islanders find it difficult to care for dogs properly. "The value of dogs has been recognized rec-ognized and put to use by practically practical-ly every nation except our own," the announcement said. "Alert and intelligent dogs are gifted with a highly developed sense of scent and hearing and are qualified particularly particu-larly for sentry and patrol work even to a higher degree of efficiency than a human being." |