The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-30

Tom, and fetch the comrades" Dur
and cried. A half hour later Tom
went into camp and selling the first
soldiers coat In his teeth, began tug
ging at him. The soldier did not un-
|derstand. Then Tom barked appeal
ingly but with no more effect. Final
|ly he barked menacingly, with no re-
suit. Then the doctor came along.
He understood and Tom gave yelp
of Joy when he realized that he had
succeeded. Directed by him the doc
tor and the stretcher bearers soon
found Durand, hidden In a thicket.
where probably he would have passed
unnoticed until he had either starved
or died from his wounds, had 1t not
been or Tom.
They lifted the dead man OF, car
ried Durand back to the ambulance
and Notwithstanding the gravity Of
his three wounds, he is now mending,
all thanks to Tom.
Dogs are Devoted.
Toms is not an isolated incident of
the devotion OF the ambulance dog. A
case is reported from the vicinity of
verdun in which a dog discovered a
soldier who had been wounded in the
head and who had received tirst-aid
rom one of his comrades, who after
wards had been obliged to abandon
him. His cap had also been lost and
the dog could find nothing that he
could carry back to the ambulance
to report mis- find, but he had the in
telligence not to touch the bandage on
the soldiers head. Finally, despair
ing of finding anything he could carry
back, he lay down on the ground OPP
posite the wounded man and howled
dismally until help came.
DR.. vertier, surgeon in the Thir-
teenth army corps, reports that the
ambulance dogs in his corps have
saved hundreds ov lies and that not
In single instance have they mis-
taken dead body for wounded
man. In some cases where the sol
dier's cap could not be found, the dog
has torn open his knapsack and hunt
ed out something that he could carry
back to show that he had made dis
coyery.
The national society for the train
ing of ambulance dogs has already
sent 100 Of these animals into the
field and seventeen more are soon
to go. DR.. Troussaint, director Of the
sanitary service at the ministry OF
war has authorized the training of
stretcher bearers with the dogs, so
that they may be able to work better
in harmony, the dog knowing the man
and the man knowing the dog.
H
As a rule, each dog works over
ground of 300 to 400 yards, and as
soon as he scents wounded man, he
begins to bark and seek some article
that he can carry back as an indica-
ton to the ambulance.
For the same reason that the SER
vices of the dog have. become neces-
sary in finding the wounded, they
have become useful, as demonstrated
in the Belgian campaign, in the bring
ing up of machine guns. The dogs
are SO trained that the soldiers are
not obliged to accompany them in
hauling the guns; they creep along
under cover as well as they can to
the desired position, leaving the dogs
and the guns behind. When they have
reached the desired location, all they
have to do Is to whistle and the dogs
come up with the machine guns and
are scarcely noticeable to the enemy.
An Affecting Scene.
An affecting scene was reported
from Belgium after the first fighting
around Liege. A machine-gun-dog a
worthy emulator of "Patrasche"-
the dog OF Flanders immortalized by
"Ohida" (Louise de la Ramee) the
English novelist,-was wounded In
the leg; at the same time one Of the
gunners was wounded In the face and
after the hattie they were seen re-
turning. The soldier had the dog in
his arms and the dog was affection
ately licking the wound In his mas
ter's face.
"Prusco" Is the name OF shep-
herd dog that belongs to an estafet
who carrier orders along the lines
with sidecar. "Prusco" sits Elong-
side his master; whatever the pace
and however rough may be the route,
he cannot be shaken from his post.
The estafet received a bullet in his
shoulder the other day and was I'M
able to go on. The tucked the order
which he was to bring back to head
quarters under the dogs collar. and
finally persuaded him to start of with
it The dog delivered his message
and then started back to find his mas
er, accompanied by stretcher bearers,
who brought him safely back to the
lines.
Another dog who will go into the
history OF this war belongs to the Sec
ond regiment of Artillery. He guards
the battery while the men are repos-
ing and he keeps his seat on the gun
carriage when the battery is going
into position. II the road Is SO rough
as to shake him OF sometimes, then
he leaps upon the horses backs. he
Is never left behind $500. 4.