The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-24
REAL DOGS OF WAR.
Four-Footed Eoldiora Enlisted n
European Armies
they are Trained q Perform Valuable
service Employed as Dispatch
Bearers and In the Hospital
Corps-A Police Sergeant.

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The pages Of history from the ear
lest times record with honorable mem
ton The services Of dogs ns auxiliaries
"a war. They were utilized In the
Creek and Roman armies, and Corinth
Il said Is have been saved By fifty war
dogs. King Henry Will employed
bloodhounds Ia France. and tho Earl
q Sussex had no less than eight hum
drcd 81 them in Elizabcth's army in Ire
land. Sk Malo, when II formed o sep
arate republic, was guarded by three
hundred dogs. Philip VI. In 17o2, at
Mount Phillfppi and at the fort Of
Etoilc, fed the dogs which were at the
gates and which remained uncarcd for
by the Austrians. and afterwards
turned them 70 useful account as auxil-
inry sentinels and for accompanying
the patrols. In 1878 the Turks were
greatly helped BY dogs both at the
siege OF Dubitza and at Gino Berdo.
They used them as d Gordon to guard
their camps and later to track the I'M
fortunate inhabitants Of the countries
they were devastating. There Is q fine
for killing a dog in Turkey, and 1t Is
exacted as follows: The dead dog Is
tied up by the tail with his fore
paws touching the ground, and the fine
consists of as much corn as will cove
the dog ia that position.
During the siege OF Sebnstopol the
French on several occasions received
alarms Of sorties through the watchful-
ness Of i dog called Minctte. The fame
Of the French military dog Moustachc
Is renowned. When encamped with
his regiment before Alexandria, the
nrst night he was the means Of detect
ing a surprise; he fought at Marengo,
and saved the standardpf his regiment
at Austerlitz, for which service he was
decorated on the battlefield by Marshal
Lannes. He captured mn Austrian SER
geant and brought two pri-
Yates as prisoners into camp. He
served also in the Spanish am
paign and was the means Of de-
tecting several ambushes. At dress
parades he invariably appeared ut the
head Of the regiment, conducting him
self with soldierly dignity. He bore
on his body many honorable scars OF
hot encounters, and was finally killed
BY d bullet directly after the siege q
Badajoz.
Gen. Skobeleff, in Asia Minor, had q
corps Of dogs instructed as sentries,
and they are now used in the artillery
and other branches OF the service. The
Germans began experimenting with
dogs in 1855, i~nstructing them IN out
post duty. A jaeger battalion has aboui
twenty dogs Of all sizes stationed will
the advance guard. The Germans
dress men in French and Russian uni
forms land the French have recourse x
similar tactics who lie in wait an,
frighten the dogs, so as to impress
them at onee with the appearance Q
an enemy! A wel~l-trained collie in
German regiment on the approach o
anyone he does not know, will hide II
the nearest ditch and will wait until ii
passes, the dog win then continue hi
Journey only to repeat the process
should he be again interrupted.
1t was a maxim with Frederick tn
Great that it was pardonable to be de
feated. but never to be surprised Whe
troops are wearied by long marche,
and sentries besides being fatigue
have in addition TO struggle agains
hunger and severe cold, in snch case
the aid Of well-trained military dog
would be appreciated by any pruder
commander. 1t has been asccrtaine
that on a calm night dogs can with ce
tainty detectth approach Of stranger
up to Eve hundred yards, and in storm
weather they VIII scent an eneM
within two hundred yards and ca
distinguish friend from foe.
Regarding the breed Of dogs be
adapted for military purposes, 1t is GO
coded that the farmers sheep dog hi
the finest qualities, Tha retriev'
makes a good war dog. and spanie
have much to recommend them.
Germany they are considered sccol
70 the sheep dog. Bloodhound5 ha'
no superior when 1t comes TO truckin
In Austria the Dalmatianl has be,
trained; RUSSIA prefers the caucasii
dog; Turkey selects tie Asiatic She
dog. AM Italy, like England, Is expe
menting with various breeds.
On the Wall Of the rea1ing-room
Bow street police Office, London. han
the portrait Of o remarkable dog. o
day in August 1857, an old. starvt
homeless animal took up his quartz
q the steps Of a seldomsused door &C
nected with the office. AS neither d
nor man had a right 10 loiter in Il
doorway, the superintendent gave
ders that he should be made to me
on. As often as he was driven (
however, he r~eappeared. Tire men
the division became at last very mr
attached to the dog and adnpteah him
the corps, bestowing upon him
natnetof Charlie. At quarter bef
six every morning the FIRST day RE-
was paraded in the yard 81 the stati
previous 70 setting out nsduty al