The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-02-16
TRI-WEFKLY EDITION.
GERMAN War DOGS.

! 'let slip the dogs Of war" is being
provided with a new meaning in Ger
many. That country is determined
to be prepared for the neXJ European
war, and is leaving no stone unturncd
to render its military organization as
effective in every branch as possible.
Amongst the preparations in progress
for the next campaign is regular
system of dog drilling. Not only are
dogs used by the ambulance corps tc
seek out the wounded, Bring tIcm
brandy, water, and soup, fetch the
ambulance attendants and help tC
dsaw the injured on little hand-carts,
to the field hospital, all Of wh!cn
services they perform with wonderful!
! accuracy, intelligence an skill, but
they are now attached to some Of the
regiments as regular fOur-foOted
soldiers In this capacity, the first
lesson they have to learn Is silence.
They are taught to repreSs the out
break of barking, by which they
would announce their presence to an
enemy, and to replace this mode OF
signaling by low growl audible only
to their friends. This is difficult
Lesson, but a more tedious task is to
follow. This is to teach the wardog
that while all dogs are dogs, men are
divided into friends and enemies, and
the way to distinguish them is by the
color Of their trousers. The way this
fine distinction is impressed on their
intellect is by dressing soldiers up in
Russian and French uniforms, and
making them beat an ill-treat the
dogs and abuse them in. French and
Russian; whereas soldiers in Ger
man uniform are told off to pet and
caress the canine recruits, and regaIs
them on that delicacy dear to all
beings born in the fatherland-the
sausage. At night the dogs can rem
der good service at the outposts, their
quick sense Of hearing enabl ng them
to announce the approach Of footsteps
long before they have been detected
by duller human ears The dogs are
also trained to carry dispatches IN a
little satchel, which is buckled on
the light iron collar they wear. Gray
F0meranians make the best soldier
dogs, on account Of their great mus
cular strength, their Quickness in
learning, and their unobtrusive color.
For ambulance ser ice, however,
Prof. BungartZ, the animal painter,
who is much interested in this branch
of the Led Cross Society, and has
himself trained many dogs for it, de-
clareS that Scotch collies are the best
breed.
ADog Whose Fame Lives g..
The good deeds of Bob. the fire.
mems dog, are still fresh in the mem
ory OF his human comrades. 1t was
at a fire il Duke st eet that Bob
darted into burning house and, OBJ
livio S of the hereditary animosity
between the two races, brought out
there being no other living thing
to rescue-a alf-sUfoc.ted cat,
whicn he carried in his mouth to a
place of safety. At another fire III
the Westminster Bridge road the
brigade thought that all lives ha
been saved; but Bob, having made his
usual rapid survey, began to scratch
and bark furiouslv at d little door
till, in spite Of the fear OF tanning
the flames by creating a draught, the
tiremen broke in and discovered a
child crouching down in corner
PAL. c-stricken. Bob was always III
attend nee at the od Southwark fire
station, ready to. follow an engi e
and to run up the ladder and jump
through the windows Of 4 burning
building eve more quickly than the
fremen. He died, it will he rcmem-
bered, at the post Of duty, run over
by the wheels OF an e: gine on the
way blsrsted cab-drivcr, dOntcheW-
know.--London Daily News
RUSSIA, N'Is reported, rEpuGIates alb
solutely the notion that she should In
tervene to protect the Armenian Chris
tians from Turkish barbarity, and this
is quite naural and entirely just Why
should Russia intervene? England is
responsible for the Armenian massa-
cres. She IS morally and politically
Just as much responsible for them as
she could be if she had planned and
executed them. They are part Of the
inevitable consequences Of what she
did when she, backed by Germany,
bullicd and forced Russia into accept
ing the treaty of Berlin as settlement
OF the EuSso-TurkiSh war, SUBSTITUTE
ing it for the settlement Of the treaty
previously made between Russia and
Turkey. If the settlement Of that war
which Russia had compelled Turkey to
accept had been carried OUT, there
would never have been any more mas
Sacres OF Christians in Armenia. But
there would have been also an aston
ishinS loss Of British prestige, and so
Un-iun;! worked TO substitute treaty
OF her own making for the other. and
succeeded. British prestige MIS- saved.
bot whnn Disi'aui rctuGHed from Ber-
lin. having secured what WAS called
..pe,ce with hcGor," he had uncon-
sciously provided for these very mas.
slcres. England is responsible for them
WHY should Russia lift a finger 70
Nrhtau that responsibility.