Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-16
DOGS In WAR.
A ysENcHxAs's NOTION or THEM As
SOLDIERS.
Some IseiAonts Of military History In
which the Dog Has Played an
Important Part
YORK Timc.l

Iupn Ntle 10 DIS Interesting pOOh anu
translate II literally the English Of it
would be military Dogs in the French
Amy" There is nothing like enthusi-
asm. aud as TO doga. Lieutenant Jupin is
ful of IT, He does not intimate that by
uspc dogs as part and parcel of an army
orcanization France is 10 win back Al
SAGE and Lorraine. Wrestling them from
tbe Germans, but he advances the idea
tbet bv employing dogs for particular
military duties the advantage would be
V,ry great
The utility Of the carrer-pigeon need
not he demonstrated. When Paris vss
herirt al methods OF communication
we're stopped ; hut for an occasional
balloon and many pigeons tho second
.tvof the world would have been $50
stc3 In wsr every possible thing which
90, bo utilized should be brought into
nav and mans best friend, the dog,
can be made 70 serve purpose III times
Tbo DOGS sense Of smell is exquisite.
1,,s urohahie that his hearing is more
d.,i,ste and sensitive than that Of
MONS and we know well enough that no
INNS faster and keeps up his speed
longer than ms master Having these
trails. Lieutenant Jupin wants the dog
20 plsy soldier. and regularly attach hIm
o. tbe military formation. NJ. JupIn III
forms Us that Germany, Austria Russia,
arr All now at work with soldier dogs
THERE'S nothing exactly new in this world,
forthe Greeks and Romans used dogs as
auslhsrcs IN war. Negeclus in his " De
-. Ibfnri," wrote: D." 1t Is the CHS
tom 90 have dogs possessing fine sense
e.. smell and to let these sleep IN the
forts They can scent the enemy, and
Will AZ once bark, and so put the Rarri-
son on guard In Herculaneum there
Is q basrelief representing huge dog,
protected by a coat OF mail, who IS fight
ing the enemies OF Rome. Every now
and then historical notice may be found
q logs attached 20 armed bodies Of men,
and accounts are elven Of their useful
ncss.
IN 1893 Napoleon wrote to Marmont
about the dogs 30 common in Egypt adj
vHlg him 10 make use OF them. lie
up some Of those dogs near the walls
The inference was that they would bark
when any one came near. There lie the
record Of that famous dog Mous'ache.
who took part IN many fight during the
wars OF the Consulate and First Empire
We have no reason 10 suppose that
Noustache was dog educated in the
military sense, capable Of going through
hs iacings. Moustache loved TO fight
for fghungs sake, FOR the glory OF
the thing. During the Italian cam
palgn Of 1900 a detachment OF Austrlans
ousconced themselves IN valley near
Balbo, stole a nights march on the
french. and there would have been q
surprise had it not been for Moustache,
who harkcd go Justify that he woke up
tee camp and the Austrians were re-
pulled. Some time after that MOustache
uoscd ont an Austrian spv, VINO had
stolen into the French campln disguise.
IL Is told Of Moustache that at Austerlltz
he saved the renmental colOrs. The
standard bearer had been killed when
Moustache seized the blood-stained
banner. pulled II ont of the hands OF
the Austriaus and trotted back IN trl-
umph with IL TO his company This
dramatic dog. NJ. Jupin tells us, was re-
warded for this noble action" Nous
tache was decorated by Msrechal Ian
nes. lloustache. who was undoubtedly
pluckv dog, If only part Of his war
like qualities arc to be believed. lives al
wave in the drama. That fight for the
standard still electrities PIT and boxes.
To keep up, however, all the traditions
the Moustache Of the stage ought to be
poodle. for of that race was the orlgl-
nal hero OF Austerlitz. And, by the
way. let not the poodle he despised for
be- Is the leader of the canine race, and
has no superior ininteligence or fidelity,
and las a much finer nose than lie Is
credited with.
ID is historic fact that well-lald at
tempt 20 surprise Athens came to naught
because Turkish hounds gave notice OF
tho advance of the Greeks. In Corsica,
where murder is still common and ma
tyes and gendarmes are always st outs,
those who work IN the vendetta business
owe their safety 10 their dogs. The dogs
watch for tho coming of the gendarmc,
suel HIM at long distance, and 1un
lG speed 10 their master and give him
tue news
ia the minor wars between the French
III Arabs the former have often used
dog. The small French garrison at
NIuanah owned an intelligent canlche.
livery day the dog made recOnnOls-
s.s-e Of his own accord. and showed by
L.sactions exactly where tho Arabs had
sought cover. Lieutenant Jupln gives
information derived from an officer
viz Was on service IN Africa some
tive years ago. There was campaign
directed toward Southern Tunis In the
trench service there are Spahls and
Iurc0s, scarcely dishngulshable IN dress
from the true Arabs, but the French dog
never bluudered. IL he saw an object
moving in the distance he would 80 at
t.- top Of his speed toward it, and II he
l.rked that made It certain that there
Was an enemy too near 1t was after
D-eok Iepe that Skobeleff advised tho
u.- oi dogs rs aids to advanced sentl-
ne.s. FOur years ago the Germans
beam paving attention 10 the training OF
Oogs for military purposes
Lieutenant Jupin presents many
ca-es OF surprises IN 1870 occurring both
g. hls own service and 10 the Germans,
kaI believed that if dogs had been in
lee nothing Of the kind could have hap |
T,urd. Ho tells OF French sergeant
who. III the ugly work Of killing sentl- |
nel., bOasted Of having shot. not less
than twenty-seyen Germans 10y steal |
ug up 10 them and dispatching |
t-cn. II these poor fellows |
had dogs the marauding French |
nan could not have continued his muir
Ceuug business 4 clever bit oil strategy |
was one IN which the Saxons got the |
better Of the French, near Vile kvrard. |
On December y. 1870. The Saxons hid |
themselves during the day IN caves, and /
sallylng out at night completely discon- /
certed the Trench. A smart fox terrier
wouh have nOsed them out, aud wide /
awake officer wonld have noticed that /
there Was something uncommon going |
o. within those caves.
u 1870 the Prusasns were very much
addicted to night surprises, which always
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