Guard Dogs L99 



Dorchester 



I beg to report that there have been two dogs attached 



to guards under my command : one a chow, with the 



detachment guarding the Hamworthy Magazine ; the other, 



a mastiff, with the detachment guarding the Verwood 



Magazine. 



The Officer i/c of these guards reports that both these d<> js 



have done excellent work ; by their use I have been able 



to release six men on each guard. 



(Signed) J. Worth, Major, 



Commanding Prison Guard, R.U.C. 

 Dorchester. 



Bourne, Lincs. 



Four of the dogs were utilized as sentries at the Holwell 

 Magazine and proved most useful, particularly during the 

 darkness of the winter months, and it was only necessary 

 to have one post, employing three men by night and by 

 day, the dogs doing the rest, thereby saving at least nine 

 others. 



At Dudley, where only one dog was utilized, the same 

 thing applies, the saving of three men from sentry go. 

 Yours obediently, 



(Signed) Capt. 



O.C. 165th Protection Coy., R.D.C. 

 Manor House, Bourne, Lincs. 



Newport, Mom. 



The number of men employed as sentries, on the police 

 patrol system, was four for one post. 



To effectively guard the magazine without the aid of 

 the dogs would have necessitated twelve men for three 



