The Washington herald., 1912-09-28
COURT GOSSIP OF GREAT
INTEREST FROM FOREIGN LANDS

Canada, and once saved the life OF q
sentry by flying straight In the face
Of q rebel who had sneaked up and
was in the act Of firing at him.
Deer. tiger cubs. monkeys. parrots.
even tame snake, have figured ~
regimentsl pets; but Of all animals. II
10 the dog which holds the pride OF place
In regimental barracks all over the
British Empire. and for that matter.
In other countries as we'll A few
weeks ago II was announced that the
Twenty-second French Regiment OF
the Line had decorated their dog. q
large collie, which had served with
distinction in Algiers. and on one oc-
casion had saved a detachment from
being surprised by a marauding party
Of Arabs. A medal was struck spe-
cially for the occasion, and the dog is
to wear It on its collar.
The incident is not without prece-
dent The British army has possessed
more than one dog which has been
similarly rewarded for acts of noble
heroism. Perhaps the most famous OF
all these animals was Regimental
Jack. the Scots Guards dog. One BIT
ter winter night in the early sos of
the last century a sentry on guard In
st. James Palace heard q pitiful moan
ing. He left his post, and found
miserable puppy. which had evidently
been brutally ill-treated. lying in the
snow. He picked II up. warmed and
fec It; but while he was doing so an
oficer came the rounds, and the kind
hearted sentry was put under arrest.
Next day the dog followed him to the
guard room. The colonel. hearing of the
story. commuted the nd-hearted sentry
instead OF keeping him under arrest.
Jack. so was the puppy named, became
the regimental pet of the Scots Guards
and they took him with them to the
Crimea- There, at Alma, he saved the
life of the man. who had protected him
In that bitter cold night at London. from
Russion who was Just gcing to club
the guardsman with the butt end of his
musket. At Inkerman, too. he fought
fiercely to help his regiment against
the enemy and was rather badly
wounded.
In that dreadful battle his friend the
sentry was killed. Jack was found lying
on the poor fellows body. He never
recovered from the shock. His friends
brought him home. and Queen Victoria
herself invested the brave beast with
miniature Victoria Cross and the
Crimean medals But he slowly pined
away. and one morning, a few months
later, was found dead.
Tiny" a disreputabIe looking Irish
terrier who belonged to the British army
Service Corps. saw some very hard
fighting in Egypt. He was at Tel-et-
Kebir. where he was wounded In the
foot, and also fought at Suakim. He
got the Egyptian medal and the Khedive's
Star, and lived to enjoy them for four
teen years He died in 1896. at the ad-
yanced age of twenty-one. His body
was stuffed. and still is to be seen at
Aldershot.
Another very famous soldier dog was
Bob. who accompanied the Sixty-sixth
Regiment in the Afghan campaign in
1873, and took part in the battle of
Maiwand The whole time he kept max
ing rushes across the front, barking
madly At last a bullet struck him. He
was sent to hospital, but escaped. and
six weeks later. in some mysterious
way, rejoined his old regiment at
Kandahar and again accompanied them
into action.
On the regiments return to England.
Bcb like Regimental Jack bad the great
honor of being decorated by her majesty,
Queen Victoria, who. with her own hands
tied the medal round his neck. Poor
Bob, He did not live long to enjoy his
honors. About year later he was
accidentally run over and killed His
body, beautifully mounted, may still be
seen in the regimental sergeant's mess.
In the famous historic picture. The
Stand Of the Last Eleven tat MaiwandD,
Bob Is depicted standing between an
officers feet. boldly facing the enemy.
When all this is said, is 1t wonder
that the late King Edward never was
without his furry. ill-favored. wiry-
haired Ayresdale terrier, Caesar. and
that he had a place of honor at his
masters funeral? And who hasn't read
of Frederick the Great and his brace Of
dogs. from whom the great King and vic
tor in numberless battles, was almost
inseparable! FLANEUR.
Copyright, 1917. by Court Gossip syndicate.J