Marion, Professor: Homing Pigeons for Sea Services, 1896 Jul 20

Transcript of a lecture delivered by Professor Henri H. Marion, US Naval Academy at the Naval War College. The lecture discusses historical uses of pigeons as "war messengers," primarly to transmit intelligence between ship and shore, including a successful pigeon communication programs in France, Belgium, and Portugal. He concludes the lecture with a summary of pigeon experiments at USNA, and expresses hope that Congress will support a pigeon breeding and experiment station.