OUR CANINE SOLDIERS.
Dogs are being used in the war for numerous purposes. In the sanitary Corps they seek out the wounded and carry succour to the men isolated or missed. This is a lesser duty than it was at the commencement of hostilities_ They act as sentinels; as de-spatch-bearers to carry messages to’ and fro between detached squads or posts; as guards for prisoners, camps, and supply stations; as convoys and haulers of small vehicles, such as light guns, mitrailleuses, and sleighs. They are perhaps the only effective means to destroy the dreaded trench rats and other four-footed vermin which infest the underground works and trenches in France and Belgium.
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Taihape Daily Times, 18 January 1918, Page 3
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111OUR CANINE SOLDIERS. Taihape Daily Times, 18 January 1918, Page 3
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