Italian war dogs
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Italian war dogs
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Italian War Dogs Are Well Cared For and Well Trained
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Caption: Two interesting pictures of "dogs of war." They are used for finding wounded men
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Dogs. at least some dogs, have proved
themselves so valuable for military
purposes during the present war, that
they have been added to the equipment of
every army engaged in the struggle.
The main
purpose for |
which they |
are used is
the finding |
of wounded |
soldiers after |
an engage- |
ment or skir-
mish in diffi-
cult territory, |
so that they |
may be car-
ried to the
field hospitals
immediately |
behind the
lines without
delay. The dogs
employed for that
purpose are care-
fully trained and
well taken care of,
as their usefulness
depends in a large
measure upon their
good physical con-
dition and their wil-
lingness to work.
Various breeds of
dogs have been
tried by the governments of the belliger-
ent nations, but only a few of them have
been found of value. The dogs shown in
the pictures are used by the Italian army
in its difficult campaign in the mountains.
They are of several different breeds, with
the St. Bernard type predominating. St.
Bernard dogs have been used in relief
work in the high Alps for centuries and
have proved themselves hardy, efficient
and trustworthy even when working by
themselves. The sagacity and courage
of the St. Bernards are wonderful. They
seem, at times, almost human.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-04
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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513
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 92, n. 4, 1918
