The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-04

or died FROM his wounds. had It no,
been for Tom
They lifted the dead man on. ear
r:ed Durand back 90 n ambulance.
and. Notwithstanding the gravity OF
his three wounds, he ls now mcnding,
an thanks To- Tom.
Toms case Is not an Isolated Incl
dent Of the devotion ct tho atnbu-
lance dos. 4 ease Is reported from
the vicinity of Nordun in which a.
dog discovered a soldier who had
been wounded In the head and who
had received first-aid from one OF
his comrades, who afterwards had
been Obliged to abandon him Ills
cap had also beeu lost and the dog
could find nothing that he could
carry back To- the ambulance To re-
port his lind, but he had the intelli-
gencc not TO touch the bandage on
the soldiers head Finally. despair
ing OF finding anything he could
carry back. be iay down on the
ground opposite the wounded man
and howied dismally until help
came
Dr. Verticr. surgeon ia The 18th
army corps. reports that thc ambu-
lance dogs in his corps have saved
hundreds of lives and that not in %
single instance have they mistaken
a dead body for q wounded man IA
some cases. whore the soldiers cap
could not be found, the doE has torn
open his knapsack and hunted out
something that ne could carry back
To show that he had made q disco,-
cry.
Vl,. r.f4.r.t .....t. -. a. ...0t.
ing OF ambulance DOES has already
sent 100 Of these animals into the
field and D. more are soon to go. Dr
Trouissaint, director OF the sanitary
service at the ministry OF war. has
authorized the training OF stretchcr
bearers with the dogs. so that they
may be able to work better in hgr-
mony. the dog knowing the man ana
the man knowing The dog.
As a rule. each dog works over a
ground OF 500 20 900 yards and as
soon as he scents a wounded man he
begins To bark and seek SWINE article
that ne can carry back as an indiea-
ton to the ambulance
For the same reason that the serN-
ices Of the dog have become neccs-
sary ip finding the wounded they
have become useful as demonstrated
in the Belgian campaign. IN the
bringing up of machine guns The
dogs are 50 trained that the soldiers
are not obliged 60 accompany them
In hauling the guns; they creep along
under cover AS well as they can 90
tho desired position. leaving the dogs
and the guns behind. when they
have reached the desired location an
they have Go do is 90 whistle ana the
dogs come up with the machine guns
and are scarcely noticeable 10 the
enemy
An affecting scene was reported
from Belgium after the first nghtiug
around Liege. \ machine gun dog.
a worthy cmulator Of 'Patraschc,
tho dog OF Flinders immortalized hy
"Ouida' Guuise de la Ramoe), the
English uoNcllSt-wns wounded IN
tho leg at The same time one of the
gunncrs was wounded 100 the iace,
ana after the battle they were seen
returning. The soldier had the dog
In his arms and the dog was aftec-
tiouptvly licNiug the wuuud IN his
masters face
"Prusco" ia the name of "a shcp-
herd dog that belongs 60 am cstafet
who carries orders along the lines
with &c sidccaf "Prusco" sits along
side his master. whatever the pace
and however rough may Doe the route,
hv Dannp be- shaken from his post
The c~staiet received "a bullet loo his
shoulder the other day and was un-
able 90 go on. lie tucked tho order
which he was Go bring back Go head
quarters under the dogs collar and
finally persuaded him "a start off
with &c. The dog delivered his mess
sage and then started back Go find
his master. accompanied hy strctcher
bearers who brought him safely
back Co the lines
Another deg who will 500 into the
history of this war belongs Co the
2ud regiment OF artillery. He guards
the battery while the men are rcpos
ing and he keeps his seat pn Che gun
carriage when the battery is going
into position. ~ the road is 500 rough
as tu shake him OFF sometime. then
hc leaps upon the horses backs lie
b. never LETT behind
HIDDEN DANGERS.