The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-08-03

However, should one Of the enss
die instantly whilst on duty FROM this
cause, his body must be taken back
to Headquarters at once and examined
by the veterinary chief. During the
winter. and in seasons of rain, snow
or hail, the dog-policeman must al
ways wear their cloaks."
Now let us consider how the dogs
are bought, lodged, fed, equipped, and
trained. 1t is the head vet. of the city
who buys the dogs, and after many
trials choice has definitely Lighted
upon the big French and Belgian
shepherd dogs, which possess in a
wonderful degree the qualities OF en-
durance, courage, bolduess, fidelity,
and that subtle sense expressed by the
untranslatable French word flair"
Talking of the effect of their fahgs
upon possible eNl1doer, NJ. Var
Wesemael remarked to me plaCidy:
us ont une machOlre qui inspire le
respect"
Personally, | inspected the che
nils" and found the four-leggea police
men very comfortably installed in
huts or kennels of wood and brick,
out in the pretty garden Of the central
servants appointed 10 their needs in
tho person of the concierge and his
wife. They are bought by the vet.
when six months old, the age when
they possess every aptitude necessary
for complete police education
The dogs are kept in these Kennels
all day, and never go out save for a
little exercise in the garden Of the
bureau The great thing is u keep
them unfamiliar with the ordin@ry I'M
uniformed public.
They go on duty at ten O'Clock at
night, and come home at six In the
morning. Thus they put il eight
hours of service without rest. They
receive two meals day, the nrst at
seven o'clock in the morning, AID the
second at seven o'clock at night. The
msnu presented to the dog-police
would surely make a hobO's mouth
water. There is soup and meat, rice,
bread and other minor courses. This
allowance is found abundant, and the
maintenance of each dog costs about
six cents a day. NJ Van Wesemacl
estimates that these 80 dogs he en-
ploys In the central part of the city
cost annually 3,2S5 francs He points
that if the force had been augmented
by only Il additional night guardians
and such addition became absolute
ly necessaTy-the police budget would
have been increased by 1900 francs
a year, and yet the service secured
would not have been anything like
so complete as that rendered by the
dogs.
Each recruit receives a brass collar
bearing zinc police medal, on which
is inscribed his name and the date OF
his birth, He also receives a cot or
cloak, and a muzzle so constructed
that it can be instantly removed,
thanks to an elastic arrangement cor.
nected with the leash
During the first fortnight recruits
are kept closely within the kennels,
and forced to obey orders. Next a
policeman will take them out for
few days so as to make them familiar
/ with the various beats, whistlecalis,
and other signals. Every one of the
night police, when there is a new re,
cruit to be trained, receives a scrap
Of liver, which he gives to the new.
conner, so that every man in uniform
appears TO the dog as a true friend
For one month this apprenticeship
stage lasts from two to four hours
every night, and at last the recruit
is able to put in his eight hours With
the rest, and act as scout, and obey
all commands to attack, pursue, leap
swim, walk behind, ahead or at The
side, etc.
The whole education 10 directed by
a "brigadier-controleur," who. how.
ever is invariably in plain clothes,
and II is he who Stimulates attacks
upon She officers, still further to
heighten their antipathy to non-uni-
formed persons.
w, G. FITZGERALD.