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Show Fwmmm,mcM of D)g WW Msi)ffigr 8 THERE aro now about a dozen different dif-ferent means of communication in the army lamp, flag, heliograph, helio-graph, shutter, telephone, tolegraph, powor-buzzcr, contact-airplane, dispatch rider, carrier pigeons and messenger dogs. Round tho last-named thcro gathering a wealth of romance, for the dog's value as a messenger is being dally proved In tho army. Thero has been formed In England dog school for training dogs In tho arduous ar-duous and Important work of message-carrying message-carrying under fire. Tho messages, writes Augustus Mulr in London Mali, are fastened in a pouch on tho dog's collar. yilKRE Is an amazing interest a- tached to Ihe dally life of a messenger mes-senger doir. Each animal has a kenne! of Its own, which It is taught to regtinl as Us own private property; and this kcnnc'l Is taken with tho dog to Its final destination overseas. Moreover, the keeper of a kennel of dogs is never changed-; thus the dogii regard one man, and one man only, as their maistoi This is an important factor fac-tor when tho animals aro taken to tho trenches and liberated with a dispatch in tho pouch. They return at onco ty the place where they know their kennel ken-nel Is and where their master Is awaiting await-ing them. As soon as the dogs return with a message it Is rewarded with food. This reward always takes tho same form-cither form-cither moat, or bones, or somo other delicacy so that immediately a dog is released with a mcssago It dashes on homo In anticipation of tho customary tidbit which awaits it, A RMV dogs are never fed until thu day'3 work is over, rnu their ration takes tho form of army biscuits or the residue frcmi the soldiers" mess tabic. Thcro are many rules In connection with tho health and comlcrt ot theso canine messengers. There aro hours for rost; hours for cxcrctec; and so much -training per day'to be ionn. Thus tho messenger dogs aro always in tho pink of condition; and they hove never failed .to rospond most loyally to the severest tax on their great patience or their strength. Tho messenger doga are used In placa of men and aro called to work over the fighting zone, where men an messengers would bo in constant danger trom enemy fire. Tholr value He, not merely in saving the livos of men, but in carry- ' lng messages much' moro swiftly than J men could do over tho fame ground and U with less risk of the lo&s of tho message jml by the death or injury of tho mcssen- tljj ger. flu A dog can creep or run in almost com- 19 plcto safety whero a man would be hit. Iffl and the lives of many men In tho tiring lino may be saved by a mossage car- H ricd by a dog to a point two or three H miles behind. mU In one Instance last year where jfij the Germans launched an attack mcs- 1 . sages of groat importance were carrtod M by dogs, which had to swim across A jUa stretch of water to reach the headquar- ' j tcra with which it was noccssary to J communicate. On another occasion, n Hjj ( which the Black Watch wero concerned. , jljjj j a cream-colored lurcher known as j W, i Creamy carried a map showing a new J tffl line which had been established, as , well as an important message, ana j j carried it in twenty-five minutes whero , a n.an would have- taken throe hours j JjjjS If he had got through. j REAMY was under heavy shell tire j m during his Journoy, hut came '( through unhurt, as most of tho mcsaen- JSJ ger doga usually do. Tho percentage of i j Wj dogs lost la small, and after a ycar'a ijlral w'qrk Creamy Is still doing his bit Icjr ' j j lils country 1 n |