Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-03-21
DOGS PART in
THE GREAT WAR
Trained Animals Saved Man,
Lives in Preventing Surprise
Attacks on French and the
American Outposts.

which did such faithful duty durin,
the war rs sentinels, patrols, an,
messengers, their distinguished ser
vice has brought about an orranize,
movement to make use of their in
telligencc and fidelity, and of thci
keener senses of hearing and seeing
1t is certain that, at least, they will
be more generally utilized in polic,
work.
Since the use of police dogs bcgar
IN New York City other municipali
ties have taken up the work. and fo,
a time society women living in sub
urbs engaged trainers to teach theil
dogs TO watch strangers and in som,
cases to attack them. So far no wo.
ma nhas been attacked while walking
or riding when accompanied by DO.
lice dog. Properly trained dogs walk.
ing on sitting beside their masters
serve as protectors. But they can dc
more.
Two years ago, Mira, Il Belgian
police dog, won for its mistress, Mrs
Leo f. Wamer of Meadow Brook
Farm, Hampstead, L. l., police
badge rs special officer. After Sc
RES of burglaries in Hampstead Mrs.
Wanner was asked for the use of
her dogs. hey were put OH the trail
and stuck to it, and only lost it in
the northwest section of Hampstead
because the burglars Mt that point
lad mounted bicycles.
While New York City has caught
no murderers with police dog, one
of the animals trained by Louis de
Winter of Montclair did good work
IN Ridgewood murder mystery. A
girl had been struck on the head with
a piece of iron pipe, and dragged
across the road into the woods for
about 200 feet. As soon rs the body
and pipe were discovered dc Winter
offered the use of his dog, Hcrta Won
Ehrengrund. After smelling the pipe
the dog took up the trail, which led
to n farmhouse. The farmer said 4
stranger had been there several
nights before, but his description was
not accurate. Tho dog went from the
farmhouse to n building in course of
construction. Then it rushed to n
pile of pipe, and from one piece the
officers found length had been cut.
The trail then led to deserted shack.
The dog went upstairs, and an old
mattress was found with bloodstains
on it. The dog followed ACROSS the
country and toward evening came up
on froup of men talking Mt the road
side. The dog leapend upon one of
them and brought him to the ground.
This man ultimately confessed that
he and II negro had committed the
crime.
The use of police dogs in the out
lying sections of New York has done
much TO decrease burglary and there
are no more interested spectators of
their work at the annual police OK
hibitions than thieves, burglars, and
other crooks. With the advent of the
police dog, burglars, in sections where
they were used, began to use the au.
tomobile as getaway vehicle.
Police dogs frequently find intox-
icated men, and this is particularly
valuable work in zero weather, when
n man lying outdoors would freeze
to death. They do patrol work with
the policemen and more than once
they have discovered fires ut night
calling attention to their barkings
until the police have been attracted
and the alarm sent in.
In the sections where they are us-
ed the annual police report shows a
decrease of petty crimes, particu-
larly in addition to thievery.
Up to the beginning of the great
war the number of police dogs ex-
hibited at the Dog Show in New
York City increased by leaps and by
bounds, jumping i'll four years pre-
vious to the war from seven dogs to
seventy-two.
In European capitols police dogs
have special exhibits of their own.
On the Continent the breeds include
the Airedale terrier, Doberman pins
cher, German shepherd dog, rottweil-
Ter and the bloodhound. According
to the Gersbach-Jager instructions,
thirty lessons are needed to turn out
competent police dog. The first les
son taught is seeking and retrieving
articles the trainer has buried; the
second is to teach the dog to pick up
articles lost or thrown away by the
strangers; the third is instructing the
dog to make better use Of it's nosc;
the fourth is carrying message t.
a co-worker detailed in the same case /;
the fifth is to get the dog to carry
message back to the station, and
so on until the dog is able te. "trail"
criminal.
The message a dog ca lies is by
signs placed on the collar, Won Mercy
announcing n code of thirteen sig
nails to call for one, two, three or
four men as reinforements, to call
for one trainer and one dog, for an
ambulance. TO pgtrol wagon, for q,
fire engine and a paratus and there
were other signs}s to indicate "burg-
lars at work, I've men and dogs,";
"am trailing suspects, trail me-" (;
murder Coroner, detectives and the
forces; "am shot, disabled"
In 1907 New York police Lieu
tenant was sent to Belgium to buy
dogs used there for police purposes.
Including the cost Of his voyage