, 1916-04-05

loyalty belligerent were his sentiments that
he once hntted a Boer general who hal ja't
taken the oath of attcglnncr.
One Welsh regiment, foistking The tladl'
tional goat, has adopted a splendid bal! dog
as a pet. The dog is a true "StAne", ana tue
regiment is very proud Of him.
Very often, OF course, It happens that Tom
my cannot take bis E6ts abroad With him on
active service: but in that tse he can gene.
rally find 8 ,me friend who will come 70 the
rescue and look after his dog or any other
pet he leaves ut home; but # there il no one
to do him this service, our Dumb Friends
Lengue willingly axes charge Of the pets Of
soldiers and sniIors while they are on active
service, aud hundreds of amin Is, mostly eats
end dogs, were brought TO tlen during lass
year.
Sometimes Tommy requires a permanent
nome for his pet. IL this case he League
puts him in touch VITA somebody wiling to
take the animal, and so, if there is time, he is
able to see his pet installed i'll its new home
before going away'hjms If.
The League undertakes TO inl permanent
or temporary homes for soldiers pets, or they
are sent to one or other Of their numerous
homes in the country, where the animals are
splendi&ly looked after, aud have plenty of
fresh air and exercise, ana are returned,
when their owners want them buck, in the
pink of condition.
The Geological Society has also taken
temporary charge of a large number Of prl-
vate pets, chiefly birds, Belonging to officers
on active service, and ii has supplied small
animals, chiefly monkeys, to several regi-
ments i'll training in this country. 1t is spe-
cialiy proud, however, of having the care of
some bears aud Indian blackbuck which We're
tho ,uocoOto- Of 10 uipNontC AZ fb,o frauI E',,,N
of the bears are the pets of Canadian regi-
ments, two females belonging to the 2nd
Infantry Brigade aud to the Divisional AM
munition Park, AMI two mules belonging to
the 9Th aud 10Th Batteries Of the End Bri-
gade. These are young examples of tue
American black bear (UrSus Americanus),
captured as cubs in Canada. Thy were
placed on the Nlappin Terraces, and have
lone extremely well.
But if Tommy does have TO leave his own
pets behind to the care of some kind friend
when he goes to tie front, he manages 10
acquire many new and Varied pets "out
there"
The Army Service Corps have quite a M
nagerie. They adopted all kinds of auimals
from the deserted villages they passed
through, parrots, canaries, II squirrel, white
rats, ferrets, and Il goat being among their
rather unique pets.
It is to be hoped that most of the pets
that have been AIKEN to the front have CONS
through the campaign unscnthed. In oil
probability they have been cared for well in
in the rear of the fighting line. Dur
ing the Boer War mascots were numerous.
Among them were the monkeys adopted by
Strafhcona's Horse and the G. /. ", which
took part i'll the march through London at
the close Of the war. Bobbie, the brindled
bull dog of the Royal Irish Rifles, was au-
other notable pet, whose rival in popularity
was the famous goat of tho Welsh Fusiiiers.
Perhaps he most eminent of all regimeutps
mascots was Bob, the four-footed hero of the
Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was present
at the gallant stand at Moiwand, and figures
in the celebrated picture "lhe Last Eleven"
The Kingdom.