The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-13

ciete Rationale du Chen Sanitaire
and having long been the most numer'
GUS, have naturally attracted the most
attention; but all the four-fOoted pol
luS are not rescuers of the wounded
Latterly, a goodly number have been
trained for functions which bring them
into closer relations with the actual
combatants than with the disabled, and
! special canine military service has
been organized by ministerial decree.
Dogs now serve as sentinels, as scouts,
as dispatch bearers, and as revictual-
lers.
They are taught to wait patiently in
solitary spots; to pay no attention to
the most deafening detonatiOns; to
wear a gas-mask to growl without
barking) at the slightest suspicious ap-
proach; to move back and forth be-
tween widely separated points without
being tempted by irrelevant appeals en-
route or being disconnected by the OBJ
liberation of landmarks due to the
tramping or churning Of the earth.
II use only French dogs" says a
dog-training specialist, ''for very sim
pie reason that renders all other rea-
sons superf1ous, namely, that they are
the best shepherd dogs of La Beauce
and Of the Pyrenees, enterprising and
hardy, excellent pupils on condition
that you specialize them, that you de-
mand Of them only what they have to
give, that you do not exact from them,
as from the modern-style ladies' maid,
housekeeping piano-playing, sewing,
ironing, and the giving Of English les
sons. The efficiency Of the war dog
depends upon two things, obedience
and scent. Do not expect from the
best dog miracles Of well-nigh human
intuition. If you do, you will be de-
ce.ved. Refuse to believe that war
dog will learn to send telephone mes
sages by growing before a telephone
Gas has been reported and even print
ed), or that he will run to ring the
alarm bell at the approach Of asphyx-
iating gas"
Four-Footed SentlneIs.
"Fidele," big yellow mastiff, who
mounted guard regularly before the
portfolio of a trench on the User, was
shot in the head. He was evacuated
to a dog hospital. The surgeons sue
ceeded in extracting the bullet (Which
his master now wears as a charm on
his INTELLECTUALLY, and, after a proper
period of convalescence, he Joyously
resumed his service at the front.
Lion" sentinel with the til regi-
ment of Colonial infantry, signalled
the proximity of a strong German pa
troll whose mission 1t was to capture
post some two hundred yards In ad-
vance of the French lines. His alarm
permitted the opening of deadly in
fantry and artillery fire which re-
pulsed and decimated the patrol. Sew
eral prisoners were taken, who de-
clared that they would certainly have
succeeded In their enterprise had 1t
not been for the warning given by tho
dog.
The Official Bulletin Of July 10, 1915.
contained this sentence: IAN attacE
directed by the enemy upon our out,
posts In the region Of Raschendaet
(Belgium) was checked by our fire."
The failure of this raid was due to o
dog named "Fox." He was placed upon
the roll of honor Of his regiment with
this mention:
Fox, Serie F4, matricule POI Of the
Kennel A, foiled an attempt Of the
Germans to raid our flrst-line trenches.
Profting by a dark night and a gale
Of wind, the enemy had succeeded in
approaching our barbed-wire barriers
without being seen or heard by the
sentinels. The dog Fox Of the Nine
teenth company Of the til regiment
Of infantry, who was mounting guard
at the extremity of the trench, alarmed
the pest twice and permitted US to re-
ceive the enemy with q shower Of
grenades. Thanks to Fox's alarm. the