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It would, therefore, be advisable that a certain nucleus 

 of the school should be maintained at one of the military 

 training grounds. Here, under expert supervision, a 

 certain number of dogs would be kept in training ready for 

 drafting to any unit at home or abroad. All expeditionary 

 forces to any part of the world should be supplied with a 

 certain number of dogs of the three classes mentioned, and 

 all our home stations, where there are vulnerable points 

 of any sort, and which need guarding, should requisition 

 dogs from the school. It would be found that lar 

 economies would be effected, by the safeguarding of valuable 

 material, as the guard work would be very much more 

 efficiently done with the aid of dogs, and also that the 

 numbers of sentries could everywhere be reduced. 



I would, however, again emphasize the very important 

 fact, that this work can only be effective if carried on under 

 expert management, as has been done during the war. 

 Supervision requires to be kept up over those dogs drafted 

 out, and this the O.C. at the Training School does by 

 inspection or reports. The dogs need changing at times 

 for the purposes of rest, or are not properly managed 

 or posted, and this is soon rectified under correct 

 control. 



I may say that I had experience before the war, which 

 confirms the above remarks. A certain official depart- 

 ment bought some dogs from my kennels for guarding work 

 at certain vulnerable areas. These dogs gave great satis- 

 faction, and it was proposed to extend the idea. I was 

 anxious to help, and offered them dogs at a price wl. 

 was then under their actual value to me. The department 

 officials, however, undertook to carry out the work on their 

 own understanding, and procured a number of dogs. Tli 

 were not properly trained or managed, and I heard 



