El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-07
Tally WILL NOT FOSTER MENDICANTS
EUen DOgSAided In TheAUied Victory
CANNES of All Bre eds
Brave Shell and Bullets
To Help Masters.

DARIS, France. Dec 7.-Just out
l side the many little cemeteries
scattered throughout torn and bleed
| ing France. little mounds, little piles
OF stones or even crossed sticks give
only vague suggestions that beneath
it all there lie the bodies Of unsung
heroes-the war dogs.
Beneath these unsophisticated
mounds there lie the st. Bernard, the
Scotch collie. the Great Dane the mas
sive Newfoundland. the Irish setter,
the pointer. and, as the doughboys
dOgs''-each and every one a hero
Only Few Don't Make Good.
But a very small per cent Of the
dogs pressed into service failed to
make good" A few failed to get &C
customed to the noise and din Of bat
tie. Others seemed aetually unwill-
ing TO learn But the majority soon
became actual war veterans and all
they seemed TO expect or ask for their
invaluable services was a pat on the
head and a kind word They were al
ways paid in full.
Their training began at a safe dis
lance behind the lines where they
could become accustomed to the din
Of battle gradually. COmmOdious and
sanitary kennels were installed at
was assigned to his doghouse his
training began in earnest. y war
dogs lgalth is as carefully watched
as that OF any human fighter.
In connection with their teaching
to become accustomed to the noise Of
battle was the training they receive
to dodge the bullets Of enemy snip
ers- The latter knew full well that
Fido may be bearing a most import
ant message. and extra effort was al
~ til -
this reason hours and hours are spent
TO teach the dogs to duck" the in
slant they hear the ping OF the rifle.
1t is wonderful how quickly they
learner this most important part Of
warfare and dropped instinctiVely at
the sound OF the rifle. Then follow
the lessons in searching for wounded
soldiers. These are the Red Cross
dogs, which have first aid outfits
fastened about their bodies. Their
wonderful services in this capacity
may be easily imagined, as many a
doughboy. Poilu or Tommy who lay
slowly bleeding TO death on the bat
tlemield has been saved by the timely
arrival Of the Red Cross dog.
Many OF the more strongly built
dogs have been known TO carry Is
leaves OF bread at one time 10 hun
cry soldiers fighting in isolated po-
sltions- The bread, or other food. is
placed in sacks strapped over the
animals back and the soldier who
has been cut off from direct commu-
nication will gladly bear witness TO
the fact that such services are indis-
pensable.
Then. OF course. there IS the war
dog. the dog which actually took a
hand in the fighting. Many OF them
are trained to carry hand grenades 70
soldiers cut off from the lines OF COM
munication. others are trained 10
carry munitions in the sacks strapped
about them
French dogs especially. are ex-
perts in carrying munitions, making
their way with unerring accuracy
through communication trenches TO
the front line.
1t is doubtful II ever canine sa-
gacity has been appreciated until the
great war For instance. when FidO
arrived at his destination, having
passed through the very apex OF bat
tie. and had been relieved OF his bur
den. his first move was to jump and
bark as though rejoicing in his sue
cessful feat