CHAPTER X 



MANAGEMENT AND POLICY OF WAR DOG SCHOOL 



" Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy 

 herds." — Proverbs. 



IN considering the question of the general management 

 and policy of the War Dog School, it has to be remem- 

 bered that as a nation we have not hitherto placed military 

 preparation in the forefront of our national policy. It 

 seems unlikely that this attitude will be altered to any 

 extent in the future, therefore, in the event of this organiza- 

 tion of War Dogs being again required on a large scale, 

 much the same conditions and problems will again be 

 encountered, by those officers, whose duty it may be to 

 work the scheme up again. A few remarks and sug- 

 gestions might, therefore, be of assistance in the light of 

 future requirements. Were a definite organization kept 

 running permanently in peace-time, even though on a quite 

 small scale, it would always be a great assistance in national 

 emergency, as it would keep a nucleus of officers and men 

 in training, and, of course, a certain number of dogs. I 

 mention the personnel of the school first, as being in every 

 way the most important part of the whole work. The 

 question of the supply of dogs takes quite a secondary place. 

 The great difficulty that arises at the outset, to those chiefly 

 responsible for the success of the whole work, is the risk 

 of success being endangered, by the obstruction or control 



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