Arizona republican., 1920-06-05
MUCH DECORATED. DOG VETERAN IF WAR IN PHOENIX
Chicago Man Brings Canine
 lie Trained in French
 Army-First of Troupe of War Dogs Coming to City

S w smith of Chicago has arrived ll tll lne city with Rex a war dog, ad- .allee guard of a group of six which " .h shortly be taken to the coast ~here they will be put into show m an exhibition of the renarl5a ble. -Alhss these dogs and thousands of others were trained to do in the world war.
 Rex is well decorated. He wears q uisunguished service medal a croix ee suerre bestowed upon him by the french for making his way through tne German lines at Chateau Thierrv ~Ath a message calling for re-enforce- fnents- He has a wound stripe, com memorative of a shot received in the .eit toreleg at Metz. Another casualty 1e suffered was gassing at Chateau merry On his right shoulder there Is the brand of the United states. and on the left that of the republic of france. He also wears three service sIflpes- On his right side there is a lag of the United States, and on the left the colors of France. He carries dtspatch bag and first aid pack filled Wtth bandages and iodine. He has oti- er medals and insignia, the caducea aud medals contributed by the Red Cross.
 Afr. Smith went to France immedi- @tely after the war broke out and took service with the French When the first dogs were sent over to be trained. AIr. Smith made known that Y he was a dog fancier and that he had eeen a trainer of dogs for Ringlings circus He was accordingly assigned to the business of training a consignment or terriers sent over from Ireland. Rex was then six months old He developed rapidly and became a dis patch dog in the French armies where he served for a year and a half. When the Americans came Rex was turned over to them and most of the time thereafter was used in the Red Cross service
 Rex received his hottest baptism Of fire before Metz. where he was wounded and where MT Smith lost 1s dogs. The shell fire there was so con- tinuous and heavy that for three weeks the dead could not be buried so that when the firing ended there was a sickening job to be performed Notwithstanding all his medals and honors. MT. Smith says, "Rex's" head has not been turned, he is still a com mon dog.
 Though slightly less intelligent thar some other breeds of dogs, said .Mr smith. the Irish terrier is the best wal dog He learns quite readily what it i. necessary that he should know. He i. less susceptible to the effect of ga. than many other dogs, and wher wounded, unless put out altogether comes back as strong as ever, while @AAAN- war NOSS oAS dPL IO QulL lls same.
 Thesa dogs were sent out on frs sid missions when the fire was so hoi that men could not go over the top The dog would find a wounded man and if he was so badly wounded that he WAS unable to avail himself of the aid brought him. the dog hunted for another man who could crawl and brought him back to the helpless man One of the dogs which will be here shortly can himself apply a first ait handage- The French taught theil dogs to avoid wounded Germans, bu the dogs trained by Americans wer, indiscriminate in their ministrations t. the wounded.
 The latter part of MT. Smiths serv ice in France was with the AmerIcal Red Cross. He has been wounded an, has twice suffered from mustard gas so his lungs are yet weak from it. H VIII remain in the atmosphere of PhOe nix for some time. He is now stoppin at The Palms" 427 West Jefferso street.