224 British War Dogs 



With Mounted Infantry 



Dogs running loose, accompanying a mounted patrol, 

 would be of great assistance, as the dogs would be able to 

 detect any enemy waiting in ambush, or enemy scouts 

 seeking intelligence, as it is a most difficult problem to 

 solve, how to deal with the Intelligence Department of an 

 enemy in a dense tropical bush, where so much cover is 



afforded a scout. 



Two good reliable dogs with a mounted patrol, entering 

 dense bush, would no doubt betray the presence of anyone 

 in hiding, and would also be of great assistance in tracking 

 the enemy when stealing away. 



Guarding Railways 



At the construction of the military railway from Voi 

 to Maktau, in East Africa, there was great difficulty ex- 

 perienced in checking raiding parties of the enemy, who 

 penetrated our guards and blew the line up. If there had 

 been dogs used, at various intervals along the line, during 

 the night patrol, I am sure the Germans would not have 

 been able to have accomplished their dynamiting opera- 

 tions. Paul J. Rainy, Esq., the American sportsman, was 

 at Voi with a few Airedales, and used them to track the 

 raiding parties after the damage was done, and, as far as 

 I know, he was quite successful. 



Blockhouses 



A dog, posted at night with a sentry, at the blockhouse, 

 would enable the sentry to detect the advance of an enemy 

 with greater sharpness, and at a much longer distance 

 than any sentry could possibly do. 



