Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-06-11 | Page 4 | Dogs for War.

DOGS FOR WAR An old idea is being revived ed in iu France Plin Pliny and Plutarch speak of the tIme dogs logs used by King Ages- Ages ihus in Greece more than two thousand years ago We V c are arc told too that the and Teu Teu- tons tens possessed train trained cd dogs are said to have been dreaded b by the Roman invaders in In Iu the days a s 's so o of chivalry the fighting dogs wore spiked coats of mail armor and are said to have ha taken no mean part patt in the battles of the Granson an and Murten 1 between between be be- tween h the and the Swiss away back in inthe inthe inthe the fifteenth c century Charles 0 Q hit jut had a pack of four fOUl thousand fighting dogs and now France is going go go- ing ilig to tl try the experiment of whether d of war can be made of service or not They are arc to be he specially tested in the coming coaling army aImy maneuvers Their duties will be chiefly to carr carry ammunition and provisions to the troops on the firing line to e convey dispatches to outposts to Lo seek out wounded s soldiers who might otherwise vise escape the attention of the medical corps We Yc would think they mi might ht be of great Sf service v ce t t to an army and the results of the trial will wiIl be Je beI I looked f forward to with much interest