Although the held-telephone, the radio and telegraph are used extensively in modern warfare, the carrier-pigeon still plays an important role in maintaining communication between the front lines and the headquarters, an officer of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Party told Domei yesterday morning.
The officer revealed that the Landing Party has made extensive use of carrier pigeons during the current hostilities. He pointed out, however, that much of the work which had previously been done by carrier-pigeons was now done by the field-telephone.
"There are some things," he said, "which cannot be accurately described over the telephone, as for instance nature of the particular terrain under observation, or the precise position of enemy entrenchments "These things" he pointed out, "can be best described on paper and it is when these occasions arise that the carrier-pigeon is used."—Domei.
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