Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-03

when he realized tina he had succeed
ed. Directed by him the doctor and
the stretcher bearers soon found Du-
rand. hidden in a thicket, where
ticed until he had either starved or
died from his wounds, had it not
been for Tom.
They lifted the. dead man off, car
ried Durand back to the ambulance
and Notwithstanding the gravity Of
his three Wounds. he is now mending,
all thanks to Tom.
Not an Isolated Incident.
Toms IL not an isolated incident Of
the devotion OF the ambulance dog. A
case is reported from the vicinity of
Vcrdun in which Il dog discovered a
soldier who had been wounded In the
head II who had received first-aid
from II 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 his find. but he had the intelli-
n not to touch the bandage on
the soldiers head Finally, despairing
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.. Fertier. surgeon in the 18th
army corps, reports that the ambu-
lance dogs in his corps have saved
hundreds of lives and hat not in a
single instance have they mistaken a
some cases where the soldiers cap
could not be found, the dog has torn
open his ~knapsack and hunted out
something that he could carry back
to show that he had made a discovery.
The national society for the rain
ing of ambulance dogs has already
sent 100 Of these animals into the
field and II more are soon to Sc. 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 har-
mony, the dog knowing the mar and
the man knowing the dog.
AS a rule. each dos works over a
ground Of 300 to 400 yards, and as
soon as he scents a 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 obllged to accompany them il
hauling the guns; they creep along
under cover as well at they can to
the desired position, leaving the dogs
and the guns behind. When they have
reached the desired location, all they
nave to do is to whistle and the dogs
come up with the machine guns and
are scarcely noticeable to the enemy.
An affecting scene was reported
from HatHt1lr aft01s Tho G~~& a..
around Liege. A machine gun dog, a
worthy emulator of "Patrasche"-the
dos Of Flanders imm~ortalized by
-ouida (Loutse de la Ramee) the
English novelist, was wounded in the
leg; at the same time one Of the gun
ners was wounded in the face and af-
Ter the battle they were seen return
ing: Inc soldier had the dog in his
arms and the dog was affectionately
face.
"Prusco' is the name Of a shep-
nerd dog that belongs to a estafet
VINO carries orders along the lines
with a sidecar. "Prusco" sits along
side his master; whatever the pace
ana owever rough may be the route,
ne cannot be shaken from his post.
The estafet received a bullet in his
shoulder the other day and was un.
able to so on. He tucked the order
which he was to bring back to head
quarters under the dogs collar and
nraliy persuaded him to start off with
1t. The dog delivered his message
and then started back to find his mas
ter. accompanied by stretcher bear
the lines.
Another dog who will go into the
history OF this war belongs to the 2nd
regiment Of artillery. He guards the
battery while the men are reposing,
and his keeps his seat on the gun
carriage when the battery is going
into position. If the road Is so rough
as to shake him off, then he leaps
upon the horses backs. He is never
left behind