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to the Officer i/c Messenger Dog Service of the Corps who 

 will detail a keeper and three more dogs to replace the 

 dogs returned to the Section Kennel. 



14. If more than one of the dogs of a keeper become 

 casualties, the keeper and any remaining dog should be 

 returned to the Section Kennel and a report made to the 

 Officer i/c Messenger Dog Service of the Corps asking that 

 a keeper with his three dogs should be sent up. 



15. Dogs so seriously wounded or sick that recovery is 

 improbable may be destroyed at once and the collar and 

 any other equipment returned to the Section Kennel. 



Veterinary Arrangements 



16. The arrival of a Section Kennel in any Corps area is 

 at once to be reported to the nearest Mobile Veterinary 

 Hospital. 



Dog Collars, Message Carriers, Chains and Muzzles 



17. Every Messenger Dog has a leather collar on which 

 are his registered number and a message carrier. 



18. The message carrier (which is always to be kept on 

 the collar) is made in two parts which fit one into the 

 other ; the two parts are held together by a piece of string. 



When a message is to be placed in the carrier, the dog's 

 collar should be pulled round so that the carrier is upper- 

 most, the two halves of the carrier pulled apart, the message 

 inserted, the two halves pushed well home and tied together 

 and the collar slipped round so that the carrier is under 

 the dog's neck. The dog should then be released without 

 his chain. 



19. The Officer to whom the dog is allotted will give 



