The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17

Correspondence Of AssceiAted Preset.
AIX=IzA-CI1APEfdl Jan. 16.--Tshe
records OF the German Red Cross DE-
partment show that SO far. after near
" four months 81 warfare, not q
single wounded man has been over
looked on q battlefield searched BY
'sRed Cross Dogs. AS q result Of
this the term, mans best friend,
which Is often applied to dogs, has
real significance 70 the German sol
der today. MANY Q wounded soldier,
French, German and English alike,
has to thank one OF these dogs for
the preservation Of HE life Had Il
not been that the dog had found him
and summoned assistance he might
have persisted. 81 Z
All Breeds.
1t has been shown that all breeds
of dogs may be trained for this ser
vice The majority employed by the
German Red Gross are Dobermanns
German shepherds. Rottweilers and
Adredale terriers There are repre-:
sentatives of other canine families
however. and not a. few world be
classed AS scurs.,' In fact some Of
the mixed breeds have distinguish
Themselves rsthe rapidit with which
they have learned their business. "A
Breed known in Belgium as the '.po-
lice dog has also done we'll. !;
Many Red Gross dogs had been
trained by the German army before
the war broke out. In this case
training had started when the AMI
NAL was about six months old. For
about six months after the dog had
been taken in hand he is taught no
more than to obey his master implic-
lily. After that his professional
education begins. Since the outbreak
of the war It has been necessary to
train dogs in q shorter period, and in
many cases this has been done with
the aid OF another dog, who in addi-
ton to being an expert Red Cross
worker had also the quality of moi
being mislead by his apprentice. When
a dog Is trained in this manner he is
paired with a veteran and, soon be-
gins to understand what is expected
of him. Nevertheless the schooling
OF the animal requires much attention
on the part of the master.
!. Scent Helps Dog.
The dogs are trained under sys-
tenn in which patience and kind treat
ment are, the principal elements.
Again and again the master of the
dog will take the animal to man who
Stimulates being wounded, or who, now
adays, actually is slightly wounded.
Whether or not the scent helps the
animal to find the wounded is an UNI
answered question. It is believed
that such Is the case, but In training
the dog this is not taken into consid-
GRAFTON. The dog is TAUGHT tossearcn
the field by inspecting every bush and
ditch
The dogs are brought on the ground
by man from the Red Cross com
pany, who. as a rule, has from two
to four Of them on a leash. When
the man considers the field safe for
the dogs he turns them loose with an
appropriate command, and then at.
tends to such wounded as he can find
himself.
Signal Given.
After q while the dogs return to
report. The manner I'm which the
animals do this depends upon their
own traits. So far it has been found
very difficult to keep the dog from
barking when he has found wounn-
ed man has been found. The Red
that would indicate that he had found
one. This is hardly needed, however.
AS a rule the dog which has not found
a wounded man returns to his master
with a sauntering gait and shows
neither excitement nor eagerness to
leave again. His action is different
when Ids search has been successful.
In that case the dog generally comes
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