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Homing Pigeons for Sea Services by Henri Marion lecture transcript
Digital Record
Identifier: RG15_01_23_01
Dates:
1896 Jul 20
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
Marion, Professor: Homing Pigeons for Sea Services, 1896 Jul 20
File — Box 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1896 Jul 20