Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — Memorial Planned to Dogs Sacrificed in Gas Tests [ARTICLE]

Memorial Planned to Dogs Sacrificed in Gas Tests

Prompted by girls of the chorus at the Hippodrome and indorsed by other women, and, it is said, by the New. York club and the Toy Dog club, a movement is under way to set up a memorial to the dogs whose lives were sacrificed in work for the army. It is stated that the chemical warfare division of the war depart l ment used on an average of 80 dogs a month in testing gases and protection devices. It was suggested that a fund be raised for the erection of a dog’s drinking fountain in a park to bear a tablet explaining the service done for humanity by the dogs.