Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05
SWIFT MESSAGES
OF THE AIR.

The United States Carrier pigeon
soryicc h TO he rcconutructcd' 30 that
ln the ovont OF future war. h viii 10 "a
Ical AID In the rccont war it, work
was only supplementary. owing 60 tho
.uld'hnetH % tho campaign. and tho
lA'h or tropical training. the pigeons
N'rv unable 70 homo" from the Gulf
OF MgNlcoi ana the service. which
would have stood the Government such
excellent stead az several tineH In the
campaign, was disabled.
IN some ways Il ala good work. such
nA w conveying messages 10 Wnahlnr.
.on ana In carrying notes 10 certain
land stations. but Il was By no means
lhe magnlhevnt service which those ln
thai ~ OF tho corps are capable 81
ln.hlnk ~ These mon. who arr tho IN
cog pigeon trainers IN the world. are
willing and ready. "a necessary ammo.
prlutiun from tho Government. a, a..
fcution.
The finest test recently made OF car.
llyI PIGEONS ala was on the occasion OF
Nlholmina'a crownlnE. on the morn.
ms OF the coronation 1000 hnmiur nj.
geunH we're released at Amsterdam.
These plEeuna belonged 10 the Uaetie.
hnd 90 other cities IN Holland. For
months even tho small Vlllncea hnd
been training a pigeon 10 ny from Ans.
iotdhm, and the supply was lnrFe
ana complete. Wilhelmina'a mounted
horse released tho pigeons. az tho cor
nnntlon salute was iirud. ana they made
thru hoin0Whrd ~ In few hours ear
- ms the message Of Joy.
Certain enthusiasts OF tho Kaiser
conceived the pleasant plan Of notifyirr
lhH German nation OF the dedication ni
the church Lutheran at Jerusalem
carrier plreonH were taken 10 the IloiS
city az various Intervals during tho lus
lhtrr muntha, In fact ever since IN,
Kaiser decided To- visit tho Holy Land
ana were released. In most cuaen they
arrived at Berlin In perfect safety: 4
Tow were lost, one Of the lost ones was
ihe Wguon llohonE0llorn. which wa
hamci after tho imperial family But
lh1 pigeon kaiserin returned each time
anu, ln an made three trips boz safety
Since lhH dedication no word has been
heard from these pigeons, however. and
u ia not yrt known whether they made
I ihe trip successfully.
Tho Andre pigeon must have flown
utly miles out of IL way 10 rest over
nlFht uInu passing bark. which she
apled from her high vantage ln the sky.
lnd the pigeon released hy penry ID
supposed 10 have fown twice that ais.
lance tp got a lodging.
Unless killed upon the wing. birds
released hy plckotH, spies and scouts
can DO much good In warfare, and IL u
/ HlEulilplnt 10 note that tho Chinese and
/ Japanese are training great quantities
M them, supposedly Tor tho inevitable
| Russian conflict,
Turkey has nothing OF this kind, but
| lhH sultan lH watching with Interest the
| nlEht NJ the birds aa thcy Hwoop across
hm very city Ia their journey over the
country
France rs tho homo OF the homlnl
pigeon, but the French trainers have lot
ypn'H refused 10 allow their pigeons /,
/ De sold, or the eggs OF their fnyorlt'
strain To be- disposed OF to other coun'
/ tries.
England has verv ilne carrier
| pigeon service. but none OF tho coun'
tries have "a single pigeon that has
made the record OF our Klondike beauty
or tho Yukon bird. which hew from
| Alaska 90 seattle,
The reconstructed cnrrlor-plTcof
service would have special CORPS OF
birds trained 20 iiy home from the az
fercnt quarters OF the earth, s0 that, n,
matter whore war broke out. nor 10
which Of our colonies there was dis
turhunce, there would be bird corp.
which could carry messages home,