The Archive · 1937

Landing Party Describes

CARRIER PIGEONS WIDELY "USED

Their War Value lepho radio and telegraph are used sively "in modern "warfare, {carrier-pigeon sill plays. an. impor fant role in maintaining' communica. tion between the front lines and. the headquarters, an officer' of the Japanese "Special Naval Landing Party told Domei yesterday morning The officer reveated that the Land. ing Party has made extensive wse of carrier pigeons during. the current Hhostiiies." "He "pointed out, how-Jover, that much Of the work which "There are some things," ho said, which cannot be accurately describ:

over the telephone, as for Instance nature of the particular terrain under observation, or the precise pouiton "of enemy' entrenchments

can be best described On paper and "hose, wings? Ne, pointed out, t's when these occasions atlee hat the: carrier-pigeon Is used."—Domel,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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