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DOG TRAININGCENTER SET UPa*'v,vIN THIS STATEf:-ARMY TO PREPARE ANIMALS WAR DUTY AT RIMINI CCC CAMPSTfMiArmy officers from Port William | t Henry Harrison announced that the army will establish a reception andtraining center to prepare dogs for war duties at the former CCC camp atRimini.The announcement was made at aforbeesAtheoat-Dinas i oned to torsohasforImre-medas-hor-that xch, dve-was em-i an ney* Ias-theableromleldthetheVug.Ller,ntv,arere-heronanyortichliedirt-inoseat-ockbutder.meve-meetlng of army officers with the Helena chamber of commerce. The post headquarters at Port Harrison will organize and direct operations at the dog camp. Neither the size of the camp nor the number of dogs which will be trained were disclosed although It was said that work to prepare the z*mp Is expected to begin immediately.Purpose of the camp is to establish a reception and training center in a northern climate to receive, process and train dogs for military duties and train enlisted men in dog administration and as dog handlers,The Rimini CCC camp has been released to the corps of engineers and all facilities made available to the quartermaster corps. The departmentof agriculture is being requested toauthorize, the use of 100 acres for theCamp site.Officer assistants tentatively assigned to the camp include Major E. J. Purfield, as adjutant and quartermaster; Capt. Lawrence C. Phipps, in charge of the canine section, and Lieut. W. C. Nelsoii, in charge of the quartermaster detachment and miscellaneous section. * . .•'VOther dog camps are at San Mateo,Calif., Port Robinson, Neb., Front Royal, Va., and one which has had wide publicity is at Philadelphia, where the coast guard has taken over the Widener estate for training sentrydogs. * v - V '77'^ \Captain Phipp6 announced at the meeting that James J. Flaherty ofGreat Palls has been appointed Montana director of the Dogs for Defense organization. Dogs for army service are obtained through the volunteer services of the Dogs for Defense, acivilian agency. vHe said anyone who has a dog to__________loan the army for the duration should peopl write to Flaherty at Great Palls or to D.the Dogs for Defense headquarters at againNew York city, 22 East 60th street, ganiz Dogs should be over 16 inches in height at the shoulders, he explained.According to Captain Phipps, who owns his own pack of fox hounds and has served in civilian life as master of hounds, when it was decided to open another camp for dog training, the CCC camp at Rimini seemed ideal, as barracks to house the men were already built, and the kennels could be Ideally located in the surrounding forest, and there was no need for the government to go through the red tape of acquiring property.Captain Phipps explained that one of the normal functions of the quartermaster remount service is the procuring and processing of horses, mules and other animals, hence it is quite natural that Ihey be called upon to process dogs, too. * -After the dogs have been hardened with an appropriate course of train- j aPPrei ing and have learned a uniform 1 schoolup, the proj be InatiCM500U lpasssyntA|laboon tErvelt’jperc with “eve: resol did i prop but i as a tion* Ta exces Ta tion, adeq Ah mam necen parts Ab tion to tlUnMontsidenratio]prodiotherRe*convcWas!PaFoA r Studc ganiz throu had \ State tivatc new ispell, depar temaiHa]Idahotown,izatioiculturAmericommands, they will be issued to troops for specific tasks.“Some of the dogs, said Captain BJ Phipps, “are used for sentry aids. They belie have the ears and sense of smell that I “copwarn men on sentrv dutv nf I tana:n-approaching enemies. There are many sounds inaudible to human ears that a dog can easily catch. Witness the so-called “silent whistles some dog owners use to call their pets. To our ears they give out no sound at all.acthmen of tandatvedinf nr‘Some dogs can be used as attack dogs. During World war 1 all armies apparently used some dogs as messengers, or to bring up food or amuni-tion to advanced positions. Dogs of the retriever type can be used as Red Cross dogs to search out the wounded, bringing back a man’s cap or leading a searching party to him.lt;$
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Superior Mineral Independent
Superior, Montana, US
Thu, Nov 05, 1942
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