The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 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 poi
lus are not rescuers of the wounded.
Latterly, goodly number have been
trained for functions which bring them
into closer relations with the actual
combatants than with the disabled, and
a 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 gas-mask; to growl without
barking) at the slightest suspicious APP
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 supertlous, 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
(as has been reported and even print
alarm bell at the approach Of asphyx-
iating gas"
Four-Footed Sentinels.
"Fidele," a 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 charm on
his watch-chain). and, after a proper
period of convalescence, he joyOusly |
resumed his service at the front.
Lion" sentinel with the -th regl-
ment of Colonial infantry, signalled |
the proximity of a strong German pa
troll whose mission it was to capture |
a post some two hundred yards in ad- |
vance of the French lines. His alarm .
permitted the opening of a 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 the
dog.
The Official Bulletin of July 10, 1916,
this sentence: IAN attack
directed by the enemy upon our out
posts in the region of Raschendael
(Belgium) was checked by our fire."
The failure of this raid was due to a
dog named Fox" He was placed upon
he roll of honor of his regiment with
his mention:
"FOx, Serie F4, matricule 221 of the
Kennel A, fOiled an attempt of the
Germans to raid our first-line trenches.
by dark night and a gale
# wind, the enemy had succeeded in
approaching our barbed-wire barriers
being seen or heard by the
entinels. The dog Fox of the Nine
eenth company of the --th regiment {
# infantry, who was mounting guard /
i the extremity of the trench, alarmed ;
ne post twice and permitted us to re- /
GIVE the enemy with a shower of
,renades. Thanks to Fox's alarm, the {