Show REb ED G CROSS OSS DOGS I S VE MANY liVES Correspondence ence Associated Pr Pres s. s sO I 20 The The LA CHAPELLa j. j Dec of or the German R Red fled Cross Crass depart- depart nent show that IS so o far faz- alter nearly four tour I of warfare not a single wounded nan has lias been overlooked o on a battlefield earch by Red CrOS Cross dogs As a are are- re result re- re sult rolt of this term mans mana best friend is often oCten applied to do dogs s. s has real the German toda significance to today Many Ian a wounded soldier French German ind nd English alike has to thank one ona of ot I lhee dogs for the preservation of or his life lite tad Mad It not nol b been en that the dog dop had found I tim ilm and md summoned he might I ave iava e perished hed It has lias be been n shown that all breeds o 0 of logs may be ba trained for tor this service The majority employed b by the German Red Redro ro ro are German shepherds and Airedale terriers There ire representatives es of other canine les Iez ho however hoever ever and not a fe few would be as curs II In fact some of or the theT nixed T breeds havo have distinguished them- them elves eive tot for tho rapidity with which they lE learned amed their business A A. breed bred In Belgium as tho the police do dog doc has usa LIsa done dono well fany any Red Cross dogs had been trained by ly the German Gennan army before the tho war ar broke out Ut In this case training had started when the animal was about six months old ld For about six months after the dog dos lua lIaS b been en taken In hand ho he Is 18 taught no nomore nomore than to obe his master marter more Hore obey Implicitly that his professional e education luca begins Since the outbreak of or the thear war ar it has taS been necessary to train dogs dOj In a l shorter period and In man many cases this has been en done OM with tho the aid of another dog og who in n addition to being an expert Red Cro Crow Crop worker had also tho quality of or not being misled by his apprentices When hen a do dog I is b trained In 10 this manner ho hI hoIs hoIs Is paired with a a. vet veteran r n and soon begins to understand what is expected of him Nevertheless the schooling of or the animal requires much attention on tho the part of tho the master The dogs dog aro trained under a a. e system stem In which patience and kind treatment are tho the principal 1 element elements Again and again the master of the tho dog dOt will take the animal ani ani- mal mat to toa a man who 11 simulates mula tes being wounded wound wound- ed ed or who nowadays actually Is slightly lI wounded Bounded Whether or not nol th U the scent helps tho the animal animal ani ant mal to find the wounded 1 Is 1 an question Jt tt is cd that such Is th the case but In training the dog doS this is not taken into consideration Tho The dog is taught to search tho the field Meld by Inspecting every Y bush and lind ditch The dogs lO 6 arc are brou brought hl on the ground b by bya a man from the Red Cross Croas compa company who as a rule has hae from two twp to four of them themon on a leash When the man considers the tho Held safe ute for the dogs ho he turns them loose with an appropriate command and then attends to such wounded an DB he can rind himself After awhile the dogs return to report Tho manner Ij In which tho the animals do this ibis depends s upon their own traits so bo far it ht has been found VCr very difficult to k keep ep tho the thoo dog o from barking when he has found a wounded man maim and nd Instead t teach ach a signal that would ouM Indicate that he lie had found one one This This- Is hardly needed however hot As Aa a arole arule arule rule role the tle do dog which has not found a wounded man returns to his master with witha a sauntering gait and shows neither excitement ex cx- cx U nor eagerness S wt to leave etl sac again Ills His action is different whoa when o his search has been successful In n that case the dog generally general comes t tearing across the field I circles about his master and runs back and forth In the direction of where the th wounded man has been found round The Time Red Cross Cros g man 11 I follows I the dog gives I the d wounded man first aid and makes ar ar- ar for hi his al removal to 0 the Held field dressing station or ambulance Where hero the ground Is difficult and the area arc to be searched small or when the lines of ot Use tho enemy aro still too near the Red Cross man keeps kelps one of ot his dogs on ona ona ona a long line lino and searches the field neld In this manner |