The Jasper news., 1917-07-05

~ tne VeneruDle anu sihiotei
&N phrase 'let loose the dogs
seAo of war" O new and softened
meaning.
The dogs of the French army are
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 appreciably to divers local
successes. They have saved the lives
Of thousands of soldiers by their intel
llgence and devotion, by their courage
and address. They have. given their
limbs, they have given their health,
they have given their lives. They
have been cited on the rosters of their
companies, their battallons, their regi-
ments. They have been decorated.
Their virtues have been celebrated by
the cinema. by the newspapers and IL
Illustrated magazines and by the novel.
Festivals have been held for the bene-
ut Of their hospitals and convalescent
homes. Their delegates were enthu-
slastically cheered ut the Palace Of
the Trocadero by an audience of over
600 persons Qncluding many wound
ed soldiers from the military HOSPITALITY
on the occasion of the last annual
meeting of the S. p. A. (Societe Protec-
trice des Animaux, corresponding to
our s. P. G. AZ. And committee has
been formed Cat the instigation of
their two-fOoted comrades-in-arms) for
the erection of a 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-
ton Of the sanitary department of the
Army of the Soclete Rationale du
Chen Sanitaire. After a short stay at
Longchamp, they were sent to the
front, where they conducted them.
selves, on the whole, exceedingly WELL
pic" wns brought down by German
bullet In Argonne. "Toby," alias
"CrapouIllot," died from shell wound
received ut Vic-sur-Tourbe. KAISER
"Kronprinz" and "Francois-J Joseph
names given in derision, because OF
fancied resemblance to the soverelgns
Of the adversaries-served jealousy
and fell upon the field of honor.
In 1915, mainly on the initiative Of
the s. p. A. and the Anti-Vivisectior
league, some three hundred more thor
Oughly trained dogs were turned ovel
to the sanitary department, and now
not hundreds but thousands are sue
corning the wounded between Newport
and Alsace. Prince" a 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 Il single day at Vau
Quois. "Pax," blind and paralyzed ant
"invalided" In due form because OF
these infirmities contracted In the serv
Ice, has the rescue of more than two
hundred wounded to his credit. Or
the other hand, cadet" efficient sing
ly, but too ill-tempered for team work
has developed speciality altogether
his own, that of gathering In" tn,
dogs of the enemy. When Cadet
spies q Boche dog, he pounces upor
him, masters him. grips him by thu
ear and brings him to the trench al
prisoner.
The sanitary dog" scours the battle
field In quest of the wounded. WheI
he discovers suffering soldier HI
falls back on the brancardier, t
whom he is attached and makes plaiI
by his attitude that his services ar
needed. At the outset he was laugh
to fetch to the brancardier KEPT or 1
handkerchief. But the handkerchief O
the soldier Is very apt to be In 4
tightly-buttoned pocket and he ma!
have lost his kept. Furthermore tn,
kept has been replaced largely by thu
heavy helmet, and 1t Is next to impos
sible for dog to remove the latter
when 1t is held on by chln-strap, Al
1t almost always is. So 1t has becom,
customary to have the dog fetch an!
object whatever (plpe, handkerchief
helmet, briquet, tobacco pouch. car
fridge box, bit Of uniformly. save {
bandage, which he is taught to scrupu
lousy respect.
Surprising Canine Versatility.
The SANITARY dogs" having beel
FIRST In the field, thanks to the ante
beIlum preparedness efforts Of the 20