The Spectator., 1915-05-18
DOGS SENT ID WAR
Vienna Has Great Sendoff for
 Canine Army Recruits.
Austria Finds New Use for Stray Pups-HouseWives Called on to Sacrifice Pots and Pans
 for War Use.
By HARRY HANSEN.

Correspondent Chicago Daily NewS)
 Vienna, Austria.-When the dog catcher of Vienna runs across a we'll built, well-fed, unregistered dog, he no longer thrusts him into wire cage and hauls him off to the dog pound He says: Come along to the recruiting sergeant
 For Austria has found a new use for stray dogs. They go to war. They are going in squads, in companies and in battalions out beyond the Carpa- thians, to help Austrian soldiers stand guard on the outskirts of the army, to procure valuable information about the enemy and to act as faithful mem bers of the Red Cross relief corps.
 Like the dogs of the St. Bernard mission high in the Alps, these war dogs-some of them-are to rescue hu man beings It is we'll known that wounded men frequently crawl into the deepest underbrush of the for ests To find these men, to carry them temporary relief and finally to lead the Red Cross men to their side will be the principal task of the dogs, al though some will assist the patrols or stand guard with the outposts though the watches of the night, listening for sounds from the direction of the en- emy. Other dogs will be sent out to determine whether trenches of the enemy have been evacuated or are still occupied, information usually gained only with danger to the sol diers.
 A big force of these dogs of war left Vienna with military banners the other day. Twenty Red Cross men led a great number of trained dogs through the streets to the railroad station.
 At the station the customary for nal program, never omitted in Aus tria, was given. A physician of the general staff of the Red Cross for mally welcomed the party. The phy- sician in charge of the dogs formally replied. Both addresses were deliv- cred in polished rhetorical German. What the words meant to the dogs no one knows, but it is safe to say that they enjoyed to the full the distribu- tion of eatables that followed. They left yelping, barking and wagging their tails furiously.
 Austria is training more dogs, and the increased demand is likely to make serious inroads on Viennas dog colony. But there is one consolation for the Viennese-the dachshund, or turnspit dog, has so far been declared ineligible. It is said that at first the dog catcher viewed the concourse of polished aristocratic "dachshunde" as his legitimate prey. The cafe loung- CTS and the boulevardiers, who like to lead the animals around. objected. The dog catcher said he thought the dogs would be valuable in the trenches, be- cause they kept their stomachs close to the ground. But the protests won the day
 Germany began using dogs for re- lief work on the battlefields in 1870, and when the present war broke out various societies of dog fanciers quick ly took up the mo ement to furnish dogs to the army. It Is said that Ger many now has more than 2,000 trained dogs in the field.
 war QdS CdAiou upou thC <Auoliioh housewife to make another sacrifice this time such pots, pans and house hold articles of brass, copper, nickel and zinc as she can spare. The call for metallic articles went out under the patronage of the minister of war and was signed by Friedrich von Georgi. minister for the defense of the fatherland. It bears out the belief that the Austrian government, like that of Germany, will not allow its soldiers to lay down their arms until even the kitchen utensils of the latherland have been melted down and converted into bullets and shells.
 The government is providing for 250 1000 prisoners of war at per capita cost of one crown (about twen- ty cents) day, according to statis- tics that have just been made public by the ministry of war. It is point "a out that this is five cents a day ahove the international agreement. ana II no small drain on the funds and s aoonurces of nation that is making S v H.~x a0ort n kaan itn own uoOple