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T H E C H E M A W A A M E R IC A N
DOGS AND CATS IN WAR
V eterans of the late w ar testify th a t cats ap p aren tly
d o n ’t m ind th e terrific noise, th e confusion an d the
danger— if they recognize any d an g e r—of the fiercest
battles. Even prolonged heavy artillery or m achine-
gun fire w orries them not at all so long as they have
dry, com fortable q u arte rs and enough to eat.
On the o th er hand, dogs are u su ally g reatly upset.
W hen shells b u rst near them they show great d istress
and give voice to piteous how ls. O ccasionally, h o w ­
ever, an individual is found th a t seems to enjoy the
noise and the ex citem en t, d ash in g along th e fro n t of
th e tren ch and b ark in g gleefully even w hen exposed to
the en em y ’s fire.
Dog and cat m ascots found th e w ar for th e m ost
p art one big lark for th ey wrere pam pered an d p etted
by the men, fed the best food th a t was available and
given th e m ost com fortable corners of the tren ch es and
q u arters occupied by th e soldiers. O ne of these m as­
cots, a te rrier, provided g reat fun for the men of
one reg im en t. T h ey are especially fond of tellin g how
he w ould perch him self h igh on a tra n sp o rt w agon at
the rear of the b attalio n and b ark saucily at all o th e r
dogs he saw as the tran sp o rt tra in moved along.
It was not unusual for lost dogs au d cats to find
th eir way into allied cam ps d u rin g th e h eig h t of e n ­
gagem ents. It appears th a t in m ost cases they had
belonged to people living in nearby houses w hich
were w iped off th e m ap by shellfire. T h ere were a
few, how ever, th a t evidently had traveled long d is­
tances.
On one occasion a black cat walked sedately in to
the m idst of a B ritish b attalio n w hile a hot fight was
on. Its a ttitu d e and actions said alm ost as plainly as
w ords: “ I like you fellow s and I th in k I ’ll stay rig h t
here w ith y o u .” T h e m en treated it k in d ly and it
did s ta y —su rv iv in g a bom bardm ent that cost th e lives
of m any of the hum an m em bers of th e u n it. T h e
men saw th a t it w as fed th e choicest bits of food, p e t­
ted it and tied an identification disk about its neck.
It stu ck to them like a b ro th er, being co n ten t and at
hom e w herever th ey w ent.
and F ro bisher serving as lieu ten an ts under him , did not
v en tu re a d irect attack because it was m uch sm aller
and was m ade up of m uch lig h ter vessels. Being
speedy, how ever, the B ritish ships sorely harassed the
S paniards, fighting them like a jaybird fights a crow .
N um erous B ritish fire-ships w ere sent out and by
th is m eans m any of the S panish galleons were d estro y ­
ed. A t length w hen it appeared th a t the tim e for real
aggressive action had arrived th e B ritish set to in
earn est and the arm ada turned tail and fled northw ard
in hope of g ettin g aw ay by passing around to the north
of the B ritish Isles.
Severe storm s were encountered off the S cottish and
Irish coasts and B ritish ships k ept p o u n d in g aw ay at
them at every tu rn . A s a resu lt only about one-third
of the ships and half of the men of the p ro u d S panish
fleet ever got back to S pain, the o th er tw o -th ird s of
th e sh ip s being sent to th e bottom and the other half
of th e m en being either lost or captured.
A m ong the S panish ships was th e great galleon
F lorencia. W hen the F lorencia, in th e a rm a d a’s
flight n o rth w ard , got to a point near T oberm ory, off
th e coast of S cotland, a w ell-directed shot from a
B ritish ship fired her pow der m agazine and she was
blow n into sm ithereens; her tim bers, her crew and
her cargo being scattered over a wide area of the sea.
A ccording to popular report th e Florencia carried
gold, jew els and silver plate w orth in th e aggregate
several k in g s ’ ransom s. M any have dream ed of salvag­
in g these valuables and various attem pts have been
m ade in th at direction. Several years ago a salvage
com pany was formed and th is com pany has been
w o rking in te rm itte n tly ever since. Sw ords, bronze
cannon blunderbusses, scabbards and a few Spanish
doubloons have been recovered. Of late reports have
told of finds th a t indicate th at th e searchers are com ­
in g near th e ancient treasure-chest and are about to
reap the fru its of the m oney and labor they have e x ­
pended.
T h e ad venturous trea su re -h u n ters are now w orking
h ard er th a n ever, inspired by the hope of being re­
w arded bv both th e long-lost gold, silver and jew els
and th e vindication of th eir belief in one of th e m ost
rom antic of treasure-trove tales.
FIND TREASURES OF SPANISH GALLEON
S tu d en ts of history will recall how P h ilip I I of
Spain in the year 1588 equipped and sen t out under
the com m and of M edina S idonia th e fam ed S panish
arm ada, one of the largest fleets th a t up to th at tim e
had ever put to sea. H is threefold object was to p u n ­
ish E lizabeth of E n g lan d for h aving aided his rebellious
subjects in H olland, to avenge the d eath of M ary
S tu art and to overthrow the reform ation in E n g lan d .
W hen this form idable arm ada appeared off th e
B ritish coast in July, 1588, th e E n g lish fleet, com ­
m anded by A dm iral H ow ard, w ith D rake, H aw k in s
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