The Portland daily press., 1889-11-15
MANS BEST FRIEND.
New Uses to which the Dogs IntelII-
gence May be Put.

Should you axe M. LIE Lieut.. Jupin's title
ally the English of it woul be military Dogs
in the French Army" There is nothing like
enthusiasm, aud as to dogs Lieut.. Jupin is
full of it. He does not intimate that by using
dogs as part and parcel of an army organiza.
tion Flance is to win back Alsace and Lor-
raine, wrestling them from the Germans, but
he advances the idea that by employing dogs
for particular military duties the advantage
would be very great
The utility of the carrier pigeon need not
be demonstrated. When Paris was Degirt, all
methods of communication was stopped; but
for an occasional balloon and many pigeons
the second city of the world would have peen
isolated. In war every possible thing which
can be utilized should be brought into play,
and mans best friend, the dog, can be made
to serve a purpose in times of strife.
The dogs sense of smell is exquisite. 1t is
probable that his hearing is more delicate
and sensitive than that of mans, and we
know we'll enough that he runs faster and
keeps up his speed longer than his master.
Having these traits, Lieut.. Jupin wants the
dog to play soldier. and regularly attach him
to the military formation. NJ. Jupin Informs
us that Germany, Austria, Russia, are all
now at work with soldier dogs.
In the minor wars between he French and
Arabs the former have often used dogs. The
small French garrison at Milianah owned an
intelligent canine. Every day the dog made
a reconnaissance of his own accord, and
hx,b ha
Arabs had sought cover. Lieut.. Jupin gives
information derived from an officer who was
on service in Africa some five years ago.
There was campaign directed toward
Southern TuniS. In the French service there
are are Spahis and TurcOs, scarcely distin-
guishable in dress from the true Arabs, but
the French dog never Numbered. If he saw
an object moving in the distance he would
go at the top of his speed toward it, and if n
barked that made it certain that there vas
an enemy to near. 1t was after Cheek epe
that Skobeleff advised the use of dogs IS alds
to advanced sentiaels. Four years ago tile
Germans began paying attention tome traln-
ing of dogs for military purposes.
Lieut.. Jupin presents many cases OF sur
prises 10 1870 occurring both to hls own ser.
vice and to the German. and believed that II
dogs had been In use nothing OF the KING
could have happened. He tells Of a Free,nsch
sergeant who, in the ugly work Of Kiii,lng
seHtinels, boosted of having sto'. h nv less
than n Germans by stealing ~ to them and
dspatSchng . ths% COULD mot mot
HoSs s cnntinneS Sis numbering business. A
evef p ssr was Rs f re maeh nts s
SaXonsv on December q, 1870. The
SE!lklot sn hid themselves during the day in
caves, and salIyipg out at night S completely d
disconnected the Fsenen. a STUART lok lea-
awake officer would have noticed that there
was something uncommon going on inside OF
In 1870 the Prusslans were very much ad-
dicted to night surprises, which always are
risky NJ. Jupin says that these attacks on
the part of the Germans were entirely TOO
successful. Before the French knew OF 1T,
down were the Prussians in the middle OF
them. A dog is no more timid at night IMAM
in the daytime. His vigilance even increases
at dusk. So NJ. Jupin argues quite correctly
that had there been regularly-tralned dogs