The daily Alaskan., 1912-01-11
HORSES IN BATTLE
They Show Sagacity and Bravery
 h Times of Danger.
FEARLESSLY FACE A CHARGE

Veteran Soldiers AEscrt nat tAe Sou-
 rausous Animals Win Meet sn Attack
 Made Directly Upon Them Without
 sisn Of FlinehiHs
 Traits of hory, character. as well as .f human character, otherwise unno- feed are brought out in the stress Of war Familiarity with danger prob ably has it's eGe,t in making horses fearless. as ignorance of danger doubt. Ices does. Horses are creatures of habit. in battle as well as in the occu- nations of reace. and this fact has been ice cause of many an exciting h. riscnt on the field of action. There have been rccorded many interesting Illustrations uf the manner of riderless horses under fre" and when wound ed.
 War horses when hit In battle trem- ble In every muscle and groan deeply. while their eyes show deep astouiSh. mcnt. During the battle of Waterloo some of tho horses as they lay upon tbe ground. having recovered from the first cTr.t of their wounds fell to eat ing grass about them. thus surround Ing themselves with circle of bare ground tho limited extent of which shawcl rncir weakneS~.
 others were observed quietly graz irr on ,rc Geld between tha two hos tie lines. tHrtr riders having teen shot oa their aa.s and the balls aying over their heads nd the jumul behind, be. fore and ars~rd them caused no Inter runHou c. I.aIr fscliur lt was also observed inaf when charge of cav air., went rHsf near 70 any of the stray horses n.rea1y mentioned the latter would sol or. form themselves In the rear uf their mounted companions and, frouEH without riders. gallop strenu- ousTy aluuE with the rest. not stopping or HlnaHina when the fatal shock with the enemy occurred
 The fa.urty of war horses of know iug au which side they belong has more lnau .n.e made lt awkward for au enemy who vcn'mcd in capture one and re, upon hts back
 Nt tho battle ot E'rk I74S Major Ncpou1d. having uuhorscd an Eng fish officer tnah possession of his mount wEf.b was ye-g beautiful. and immediately jumped upon its back When the English cavalry fed the horse ran away with its captor, not wf.rsnndin- an his efforts to restrain ir. nor did ft stop until lt was at the hraa of tho rr-imcnt of which appar- rrtIv ifs master was commander The me.a- holy and at the same time ln- dfrrauS aEurc which Mcdonald pre- santed may bc easily conceived.
 Besides the saEacity of army horses, which enables them Co respond to the various hue.e calls end to take their p'raeS In the ranks when their riders have been Killed theg may also be said to show Jrcc heroism Veteran soldiers say that horses have a won de-fuI power of enduring an attack made directly upon them keeping their places as long as they can stand.
 In ISE. at Renms station. Rearly sixty horses helondnE to one company became thc target of Confederate snarushuatcrs. who intended Co kill them or and then by charging to take the guns
 The animals were harnpSsed in teams of six When one was hit a peculiar 5nu tRud indicated that bullet had ucntwtcd his flesh hut after a mo. maatar, start he would settle down 1ufg.r, agau. evidently realizing that bullets were m incidental evil which It WIS his duty tu endure
 one horse when a bullet entered his ncaE only shook hts head as 1T annoy eH Joy a fv. hut others would perhaps fau. only toregain their feet after lying quiet for awhile
 At Che close of this battle General Han,1gks horse received bullet In the neck and. failing, appeared to be dead The general mounted another, but in few minutes the fallen animal rose shook himself and was again ready for service. He survived the war many years
 One horse among those attached to the artillery was shot in the leg, the bone being broken He fell. but in- stantlv scrambled up again and stood in his place on three legs. remaining there until vUaHy wounded. Another animal was struck by seven bullets be. fore hc fell for the last time, and but four horses were taken alive from the field -Hsrucr'S Weekly.