War Dogs Are Fine Soldiers

Black and white picture of a dog wearing a white vest with a cross attending to a person on the ground under a shrub.
circa 1917: A Red Cross dog finds a wounded soldier. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

One of the most picturesque phases of the great war is the work of dogs, trained for Red Cross work and to act as sentinels. The French especially have developed this branch of the service. In each corps area camps have been established for the dogs, and they are conducted with the same methodical precision or military routine as is found in the camp of any other corps of a division. Captain A. J. Dawson of the British army, in his hook “For France” (Hodder & Stoughton), describes the camp life and duties of these dogs. He says:

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Molly O movie poster

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Special Correspondent to The Dispatch — Norfolk, VA, May 25, 1861

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