Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-01-14
TO CARRY WAR MESSAGES.
Actual Tests Of Pigeons Possibilities Of
DOGS.

Hoth the war and navy departments
( are investigating certain methods OF
communication on land and sea used
/ IN Germany and France for war pur-
poses and from practical tests which
| have been made ii seems fair To assume
4 that this new means of field and ocean
! teiegraphy will be put upon bas. 3
( which after a time win render il 80
useful as To become an established IN
stitution The naval experiments hay..
+ been carried somewhat further than
Z those Of the war department. ana tho
/ carrier pigeon lofts which have been
! established at Annapolis Newport ana
other naval stations now house birds
4 that are capable of doing all that Is
asked Of them. The experiments of the
( war department in he use ~ dogs as .
means of field communication for the
army have been limited, bat studies oI
the methods Of training used in Ger
many have been made. and il is pos
sihle that before long practical tests
may he made in his country
This IS not the first time in the his
tory Of the government that the use ol
animals other than the horse and OK
as a means of communication on trans
I'ortation has been attempted. for rs
carly as 1893 there was a bin passed IN
Congress apprppriating $50 900 for the
purchase and importation Of a nunber
ot camei- from Egypt and Ara bia for
Use on tn" Western deserts The trans
continental railroad had not been buils.
and as millions OF dollars in gold wee
being mined in California aul
thousands of perscns yyer,.
crossing the country from H..
East To make their homes in tn.
nau FL Dorado Lieut.. Edward +
Eeaie. afterward Gen Beale. devised
,b, rlaa ~ hripaino irtn tbis co,,r,,,.
a. ..t.t
,.'' H''i" 20 '''' "e9Si "l '"t i't
last.
The entire history Of this pyperin3-iit
IL eat fortb "a. la,,utt IL, q d,,,,,,..,,, e
.,,. "
''''' ny II "iltl "NS. Wfllch Wa
printed mere IN lH't Secretary 81 Wdr
Davis APPOINTED Major G WaNnp IN o..
fl, -r,-,, ana ,.at,ts i- I.
+tlt'i ''l'Sultlhs Win the prominent
military men of the capitals oH Europe,
Nto had been In canluaie71s where th4
,oip,at. had I...,, ,,rl.,. ~, a,1
-"l'l i''ilS "i'i4SeH - ~ tlt haoitS.
u, and uses of the beasts in warfare
MaJof aNhe Went 20 CalIo. Ills eN-
perienueS in collecting the camel herd
wpr. somewhat ardtlol,S as tha-a ,,r,..,
,,,,. ,;,,...,.;
80 - ""S - II ST.
l'HS thc htdStS put uI Egypt ana othe:
Eastern countries. which had laws pro-
binItina fhni1, axnnrt huf tha Gallant
~, IL. ..,,,,. =. 1. , !. -
- - 'N'ii "'tiSii!"A :"
- .iS '"Ntd'itN NhItH PIeseuteu tIleill- !
selves and went about the business |
seriously. incratiatinc himself in =
,1i,,Inmati, r,ar,nr o.;tr Ill, hierh ~
49, ''N rt'5i 'l''-
''dt pci'"Et@tS 81 ESNpt ana ferSla.
fiv reason of the unhoIln1cd affection
which the yiccrov Of the Egvptiau Ehr-
dive bore to the United States he was /
content that the major should buy two /
camclS at AIrXandria Then six drome- !
darlcs were presented by the Pasha At /
Smyrna the expedition received thirty (
three camclS from the interior. Varvin.. /
in price from $l5 to $lG08. which seems !
elastic enough for any OF the uses of /
eastern diplomacy
The Supply. the vessel upon which the /
camcls had been embarked. reached In /
diauoa, Ten. safely. From there they
were moved overland at the rat" Of forty
nr fifty miles q day. CARRYING government
St"tts weighing from "a thousand To iif- /
teen hundred pounds each. ana it seemed |