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No. 707: Red Cross worker bending over a wounded Belgian soldier after the battle. It will be noticed the man's pockets had been turned inside out and their contents stolen. No. 708: Dogs in Humanity's Service. The Red Cross dog finds a soldier who has been wounded. With the soldier's hat in his teeth, the dog returns to where the stretcher carriers are waiting for him. This dog was trained by Mrs. Leo F. Wanner at the Lewanno Kennels, Hempstead, L.I. $5,000. has been offered and refused for her

No. 711: To follow #708. The Dogs return: the hat tells instantly of a wounded soldier, helpless, waiting for aid to come. No. 712: As soon as the dog returns with the message which the hat tells, the stretcher bearers and the nurse set out to find the wounded man. Nurse standing over dog which looks back at her

No. 774: Many of the dogs are trained to bear dispatches. No. 775: A wounded soldier being lowered on board hospital ship

No. 715: M. Borgon (wounded man) a Belgian Dispatch bearer who successfully rode twenty miles through the German lines to deliver a dispatch. In spite of serious wounds from German bullets, received when only eight miles out, he reached his destination. Picture shows him leaving the hospital after receiving first aid, with a R.C. Officer. No. 716: Scene during a charity cricket match at Catford, England, where convalescing soldiers were interested spectators. Picture shows one of the wounded soldiers adding his bit to the Red Cross Fund. The contribution box being carried by the collie

Dogs in Humanity's Service. The Red Cross dog finds a soldier who has been wounded. With the soldier's hat in his teeth, the dog returns to where the stretcher carriers are waiting for him. This dog was trained by Mrs. Leo F. Wanner at the Lewanno Kennels, Hempstead, L.I. $5,000. has been offered and refused for her

Dogs of War. Red Cross Nurse bandaging up a wounded foot of collie

No. 699: Motor omnibus from the streets of Paris converted into an Ambulance. It is seen with its complement of nurses and orderlies, waiting for the wounded at Meaux. No. 700: An ambulance train off to the firing line. All sorts of vehicles are mustered into the ambulance corps of the Belgian Army on its way to the firing line to minister to the sick and wounded

No. 730: A present-day street in Verdun. The German artillery fire on Verdun has been terrific. Most of the buildings are total wrecks and the air of desolation that now prevails is pathetic. No. 729: An immense skating rink in the ancient city of Heliopolis, Egypt, which was converted into a hospital by the English to take care of the wounded during the Galipolli campaign

No. 697: The American ambulance at Neuilly, France, the first treat monument of American sympathy for France, which has been turned over to General John J. Pershing. The Neuilly hospital was the first relief given to the Poilus by Americans and the first to float the American and French flags over the doors. American Red Cross funds will hereafter support the hospital. No. 698: This picture shows what remains of a French Field Hospital after a German incendiary shell hit it and starting a fire which raised it to the ground. No sooner had the projectile buried itself in the house then the whole building burst forth into flames. Only a few Red Cross ambulances were saved, the fire enveloping them as they stood parked beside the building

No. 720: Canine heroes have won great fame in the war. These dogs have rushed right into the thick of the fight and often they have been hit by shells and wounded. Little provision has been made to take care of these heroes. When they are wounded they are usually left to die. Their glory is indeed vain. Picture shows Red Cross nurse giving dog first aid medicine. No. 719: A Russian Red Cross staff and its ambulance train at the front

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.

Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Underwood and Underwood.

Data: no. 719: Filed under Jr. Red Cross, U.S.; H.E. 7246.

On original caption card: Print from Underwood & Underwood, for which copyright has been released for R.C. use only.

Group title: Red Cross. Dogs.

Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.

General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc

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