The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-14

AT that hour, and ut every parade. day
or night, Charlie was always present,
marching up and down in front of the
inc with all tho Importance OF
drill sergeant. Parade over, Char
lie would head the relief in It's
march round the beats and then
went ON Il tour OF inspection,
Wali'iny Tor awhile with this or
tna6 specially favored policeman.
Ihariic was also known us tho white
Sergeant" and Oh state occasions,
when the attendance of tho greater
part of the division was required,
SerGcants arnlct was buclllcd around
ms neck, and he appeared TO be very
proud of the decoration. At the Vic
toria Cross presentation in Hyde Park
thirty-Gvc hundred of the police were
on the ground. Charlie had been de-
tanned ut the station, h2ving been ac-
cidcntally shut in u room. As soon rs
lie WAS set free he made for the park,
working his way through the immense
crowd, and took his place at the head
ing the station his armlct had been
bucl;led on, and as he sat, stiff and
erect rs IN old soldier in front of the
She passed along the park, noticed the
dog and smiled. After performing his
duties faithfully as sergeant for nearly
eight years, Charlie died in front of the
mess room fire.
The patient submission of dogs to
surgical treatment is we'll known. Mr..
George Fleming, veterinary surgeon OF
the Second Life guards. operated on Il
fine pointer, having n large, hard,
fibrous tumor of the breast. with deep
and far reaching roots. During the OPP
GRAFTON the animal displayed an amount
of patience that would have been cred
table to a human being. Even during
the most painful part of the proceed
ing. that of inserting the suturcs, the
dog never f!inchcd The same resicna-
ton was displayed when the time for
dressing the wound came round, and
he would place himself in position Tor
the surgeon.
The frontier of Franco abounds in
smugglers and the resources of the
contraband traders are called into ac-
tivity. They have trained packs of
dogs to carry prohibited goods across
the line. The dogs are kept without
food many hours; they are then beaten
and laden with goods, and arc started
on their travels rs soon as it is dark.
When they reach the abocics of
their masters they are we'll treat
cd, and receive good meal.
According to the accounts of the
French custom house, on an average
fifty thousand of the dog sinugglers are
destroyed annually, on which account
fifty thousand francs, as premiums,
were paid to the customs Of1iciola
The intelligence, bravery and cndur.
ancc Of dogs have been attcstcd in all
ages and countries. and their fitness
and value for military purposes has
passed beyond the experimental point
In the event of an European war they
will be found operating in large num-
bcrS with the various arms of the scrv-
ice, and they have received training rs
auxiliary sentincls; as scouts on the
march, on reconnaissance, and patrol
duties; as dispatch carriers, on the
march, in camp. and in notion; as
auxiliary ammunition carriers, on the
march and in action; as searchers for
the wounded and killed after an en-
Gagcmcnt, and for loolSouts on men OF
war Of all descriptions.
IN support of the value OF dogs cover
ing thc duties in connection with mill
tarv operations, a great many reasons
might be advanced that have not been
touched upon; but the average military
man who has given the subject any
thought or study will scarcely DENY
the fact that trained dogs for the art
OF war can be made as useful as the
skilled hunting pack to the sportslncn.
II. ID. Smith.