The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-13

W ~ the venerable anu Slhlslor
MIN phrase "let loose the dogs
S@SAO of war" new and sOftened
meaning.
The dogs Of the French army are a
force to be reckoned with. They are a
really necessary cog in the big army
machine. They have distinguished
themselves in Argonne, on the Somme'
on the User, In the Vosges. They have
contributed appreclably to divers local
successes. They have saved the lives
OF thousands of soldiers by their intel
ngence and devotion, by their courage
and address. They have given their
limbs, they have given their health,
they have given their lives. They
nave been cited on the rosters of their
companies, their battallOns their regl-
ments. They have been decorated
Their virtues have been celebrated by
the cinema, by the newspapers and IL
lustrated magazines and by the novel.
Festivals have been held for the bene-
nj of their hospitals and convalescent
homes. Their delegates were enthu-
siastically cheered ut the Palace of
the TrocaderO by an audience of over
5000 persons Uncluding many wound
ed soldiers from the military hospitals)
on the occasion of the last annual
meeting of the S. 7. A.(Societe Protec-
trice des AnimauX, corresponding 10
our 5. +. c. Al. And a committee has
been formed Cat the instigation Of
their two-fOOted cOmrades-in-arms) for
the erection of monument in their
honor.
Saviors of the Wounded.
At the moment of the mobilization,
$50 dogs, specially trained to rescue
The wounded, were put at the dispOsi-
tion of the sanitary department of the
Army of the Societe Rationale du
Chen Sanitalre. After short stay at
Longchamp, they were sent to the
front, where they conducted them
selves, on the whole, exceedingly well.
"Pic" was brought down by German
bullet in ArgOnne. ''TOby," alias
"CrapOuillot," died from a shell wound
received at Vic-sur-Tourbe KAISER"
"Kronprinz" and "Francois-Joseph"-
names given in derisiOn, because Of
fancied resemblance to the sOvereigns
of the adversaries-served zealously
and fell upon the field of honor.
In 1915, mainly on the initiative of
the s. 7. A. and the Anti -Vivisection
league, some three hundred more thor
Oughly trained dogs were turned over
10 the sanitary department, and now
not hundreds but thousands are sue
coring the wounded between Nieuport |
and Alsace. prince" superb Alsa-
tian wolf, the first dog to have his coat |
dyed in the interests of invisibility, |
and still in the service, saved five |
wounded men in a single day at Vau-
quois. pax" blind and paralyzed and
'Invallded" in due form because of !
these infirmities contracted in the serv-
ice, has the rescue of more than two
hundred wounded to his credit On
the other hand, cadet" efficient sing
", but too ill-tempered for team work,
has developed a speciality altogether
his own, that of gathering in" the
dogs Of the enemy. When cadet"
spies q Boche dog, he pOunces upon
him, masters him, grips him by the
ear and brings him to the trench as
prisoner.
The sanitary dog" scours the battle
field in quest of the wounded. When
ne discovers a suffering soldier he
falls back on the brancardier to
whom he is attached and makes plain
by his attitude that his services are
needed. At the outset he was taught (
TO fetch TO the brancardier a KEPT or a
But the handkerchief Of
the soldier is very apt to be in
tightly-buttoned pocket and he may ,
have lost his kept. Furthermore the ,
KEPT has been replaced largely by the ,
heavy helmet and it is next to Impos-
Nible for a dog to remove the latter,
when 1t is held on by a chin-strap, as
It almost always is. So 1t has become q.
customary to have the dog fetch any
object whatever (pipe, handkerchief,
helmet, briquet, tobacco pouch, car :
fridge box, bit of uniform). save a
bandage, which he is taught to scrupu-
tOusly respect. =
Surprising Canine Versatility. a
The SANITARY dogs" having been t
irst in the field, thanks TO the ante c
1ellum preparedness efforts of the So G