198 British War Dogs 



Georgetown, Paisley 



I am pleased to inform you that the work of the war 

 logs on this station has been entirely satisfactory. To 

 begin with, we had twenty-four dogs, three of which died, 

 so that all through we have had twenty-one dogs, which 

 were employed by night only on the loneliest and most 

 dangerous posts to accompany the sentries, and relieve 

 them of as much strain as possible. Each dog was attached 

 to a long wire, which ran the length of the sentry's post. 



Had there been no dogs, it would have been necessary 

 on many of the posts to have employed double sentries, 

 so that the saving in man-power has come to about twenty 

 men per night. There has been no occasion on which 

 aggression was prevented by the dogs, although on many 

 occasions their own aggression was a source of great incon- 

 venience to visiting rounds. 



(Signed) P. Forrest, 2nd Lieut., 

 For O.C. No. 202 Protection Coy., R.D.C. 



Georgetown, Paisley, 



Colchester 



The unit under my command finds the guards at three 

 ammunition dumps, and I have had a war dog at each. 



The dogs have been on a running chain, and have enabled 

 one post at least, at each of the dumps, to be dispensed with. 

 They have only been employed at night. The dogs have 

 released for other duties at least nine men. 



I have no knowledge of any instances of aggression at 



any dump. 



(Signed) I. H. Cross, Major, 



Commanding 69th Protection Coy., R.D.C. 



Colchester. 



