The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04

there are 1egions of heroic dogs. Jack
was under the walls of Sebastopol with
the Scots guard. At Inkerrnann he fought
like a lion, and was wounded in the right
fore foot. When he returned to England
he received the Victoria Cross and the
Crimean medal
In 1879. Bob, the famous dog of the Sew
enth Battalion of the Royal Berkshire
Regiment, went through the war of At
ghanistan and covered himself with glory
at the battle Of Maiwand. He was badly
wounded In the back, but with great med
zeal care was at last cured. When he re-
turned to the metropolis he trotted at the
head of his battalion under the eyes OF
the Queen, who herself tied to his neck
the medal cOmmemorating the campaign.
Tiny who belonged to the engineers, was
wounded 1t the battle Of Tel-el-kebir; he
received tae Egyptian medal and the star
of the Khedive; but ii is hardly necessary
to add that the sovereign of the land OF
the PharsOhs had nothing to do with MS
decoration
But these brilliant services did not pre-
vent the dogs from losing the high favor
which they enjoyed formerly la the Brit
ish army. Now they are Out OF faSnlon,
and the fancy of Queen Victoria has con-
tTibuted somewhat to replace them py
goats. The Queen offered magnElcetll
goat to the Argyll and Sutherland ttlsn-
three battafions of the Welsh regiment
Each of these three Welsh goats was nam
ed Taffy and each wore the number OF MS
battalion Agile sober and easily ied'
these animals are able 10 endure all 'he
fatigues of a campaign, and the esprit Sle
corps is not wanting in them. DURING tii%
recent naneuVers Taffy III knew the on
ference between a regular soldier ana "
volunteer, as the English call then ma
tional guard Augered at the appearance
of those second-rate soldiers, the sofe
never missed a chance TO make them leel
their inferiority to the regulars. He anus
ed himself by butting them and CHASING
them around. Unfortunately Taffy vas
utterly wanting in that most indispehsa-
HE of military virtues-disciphne. one
day the colonel. in full uniform, was talk
ing with his officers and was about 70
mount his horse, when the goat, WlthonL
any respect for the principle OF mhltary
hierarchy charged him and stretched MN
al fun length on the ground. The outrage
OF course rnerited an exemplary PUNISH
ment but the colonel could not very well
make a complaint against White goat
and especially one that wore upon hrs
forehead a silver plate upon when was
engraved the following inscription: al
fy, eff 10 the Third Battalion OF the
Welsh Regiment by Her Majesty the
Queen, 1894"
Deer are also difficult to discipline.
Mick. the name given to the deer Of the
Royal Scotch Fusileers during their stay
in ireland, was guilty on several occas-
ions of breaches of discipline. he was
rude with officers and soldiers, loved to
| chase children. and fought furious battles
with dogs. Mackenzie III, given by the
| Queen to the Seaforth Highlanders, was
not fond of fun He was melancholy
and somewhat savage animal and very
| difficult to approach. Only one man III
! the regiment could do anything with nlh'
| and this was the drum major.
! on the battlefield q bear renders only
poor service, and a tiger will deVouf
/ friends and foes alike. The GrenadleI
| Guard were better inspired than the others
| when they adopted a domestic bird whose
merits were highly appreciated by the an
! clients. but that fell somewhat into OBJ
! security after the attack upon Rome by
| the Gauls During the last Canadian IN
| surrection a grenadier on guard saw {
| goose hobbling up to him with a broken
| leg. A sentiment of pity took possession
of the heart of the soldier to such an ex-
| tent that 1t made him forget his duty
/ and instead of pacing up and down, he
| dressed The goeses wound and set the
| broken leg. The leg soon got well, ano
the goose lived with the soldiers and was
| finally adopted by the regiment. After
some glorious exploits in India the goose
| was brought back to London, where the
| people were much amused to see il trot'
ting along at the head of the battalion
| But alasi one day all London was plung
| ed into grief at the announcement that thu
noble goose of the GTenadier Guard hat
been run over and killed by an omnibus.