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Show Dogs of War Long a figure of speech, "dogs of war" has a real J meaning, for Uncle Sam is drafting a K-9 corps for war duty. The army has called for two hundred dogs to be trained as the nucleus of a much larger corps, which will be used to guard food depots and other war establishments, estab-lishments, accompanied, of course, by the usual human sentries. Why a dog, 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 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, Dal-matians, Dobermanns, 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 at Ft. Hancock, N. J. intt In other countries dogs have been used in war for years. Russia has an army of 50,000 dogs; Germany is believed to have a canine corps numbering 100,000 and France used to have a big dogarmy. At left, "Hans" learns to look where the finger points. If lie misses anything with his eyes his nose will pick it up. 1 o ON PARADE . . . The dogs are exercised and walked many times over the "beat" they are expected to patrol, as shown in the picture above. They learn that men in uniform have a right to be on this "beat," but others have not. So when on night duty the dogs are right on their toes for unauthorized proivlers. Right: An Afghan and a German shepherd are learning learn-ing to stand fast under fire here. The soldiers blaze away with their pistols while the dogs are kept in leash. p'S-'v. v:-:i:Sv!i!v:.v::::::: 1 I I J". 5: -I 1 J" f ROOR1E SQUAD . . . A captain and three military policemen are shown with four canine recruits. The dog second from the right is an Afghan, a real aristocrat of dogdom. r . x , , , , : - , r :l Dog serving French poilus in trench before France fell. |