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WORK OF PIGEONS
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ON BATiLliriaus umi
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GREAT WAR
Carriers of Vital Messages Ever
Since Battle of Marne
in 1914.
U-BOAT IS TRAPPED BY BIRD
News From Trenchea Taken at Full
Speed to Headquarters and Supply
Lines Information Gained
From Captured Pigeons.
Paris. At the Ternos gnto of Purls
may be soeu a memorial, the work of
Bartholin, on which Is Inscribed:
"Monument to the Halloonlsts and Car
rier Pigeons of 1S70." What memorial
will acknowledge the services of car
rier pigeons In the world's war of 1014
101S remains to be seen, but their work
amid barrage lire, bursting shrapnel,
the zip-zip of machine-gun bullets and
the death destroying gases was of
enormous value.
Carrier pigeons were used on nil the
battlefrouts but their best work wns
on the western front, from the chan
nel to the Swiss border nnd from the
Alps to the Adriatic gulf. They car
ried messages at the Marne, when the
Huns were driven back by Marshal
JofFre. Hundreds were used In ' the
bottle of the Yser, in Flanders, when
the Belgians and the French halted
the German advance; and they made
many nnd frequent trips In the first
bottle of Ypres, In the drive on the
channel ports when the British, French
nnd Belgians -stopped the Germans de
cisively In the final battle at the close
of 1014. They aided In the capture of
Neuve Chnpelle by the British and
they died In numbers with the British
Tommies at the second battle of Ypres,
when tlte Germans advanced toward
the Yser cnnal using for the first time
poisonous gas. Again the birds did
valiant service when the French tried
to break through In the Champagne In
the fall gf 1015, nnd In the whole
series of the Verdun attacks lasting
through July, oftentimes the only com
munications with mon in advanced sta
tions were the dogs that crept through
the barrages and the carrier pigeons
that returned with messages. Where
telephone and wireless broke down,
and men could not Survive the storm
of snort fire, It Is recorded that 07 per
cent of the messages carried by carrier
pigeons came safely, through.
Told of German Retreat.
When the Germans retired to the
"Illndenburg line," it was carrier pig
eons carried forward Into the front
advance lines that brought back the
news of the retirement long before
telephonic communication could be es
tablished. Through the whole area,
1,300 square miles, on a front of 100
miles from Arras Jto Solssons, enrrier
pigeons did their work effectively. And
wherever the Americans fought, at
Cantlgny, Chateau-Thierry, Torcy,
TSouresches, Belleau wood, Conde-en-Brie,
Buzancy, Jaulgonne, Fere-en-Tur-denois,
Bllgne, Cierges, VIlIers-Argron,
Fismes, Frapelle, Bazoches, Juvigny,
St. Mlhiel, Argonne forestcarrier
pigeons were likewise on the Job.
A carrier pigeon aided In capturing
a U-boat and her crew. A coast wntch
er on one of the loneliest parts of the
west coast at sundown saw the tip of
a periscope arise and then the conning
tower of a U-boat. The underwater
boat stopped, and the officers and crew
were seen on deck. The lookout mnn
tied a note bearing, thelnformatlon to
the leg of a carrier pigeon and released
It from his basket. , The next morning
a German submarine, which Jiad run
out of gasoline, and Its officers and
crew were taken to a naval sub-base.
A British patrol boat was discov
ered by a German submarine and tor
pedql and shelled. The skipper, hav
ing on board a carrier pigeon, wrote a
brief message, telling his position and
what had happened. As the bout
sank, the skipper began swimming for
some wreckage to cling to. The pigeon
went up gradually in a spiral, and the
Germans, seeing it, began shooting at
the bird. The skipper, drifting on the
wreckage, gave up hope when he saw
the bird had been hit. Twenty miles
away, however, It lighted on a patrol
ling destroyer, its silver-gray plumage
. . ....... i.i i iu tall feather"
specked no """" J ,..., ml
shot away, nnd one of its w
,,. The eomnmndlnt: officer
message, the destroyer wit rus -.1
full H,"eed to the Vlnce
within three-quarters of an boar
,ho ,me that the plg.-n """
the- officers and crew of the patrol e.
picked up where they chum to the
wreckage.
Spy With Pigeons.
An American at I-lcge. In wrltliut of
the German advance, told this Inel-
"As I returned to the city, walking
along the IUver Meuse, I saw one who,
oblivious of war and Its alarum, was
dangling bis" legs over the water and
peacefully tlshlng. The battle In Iho
air, which be must have witnessed,
ba.l not moved 1dm. The certainty that
tho Germans were only a few mile
away had not concerned him. I e
smoked his pipe and placidly cast his
line. It was soothing to overstrained
nerves to see that clnip, but It was
only n few hours later that 1 learned n
Gonnim spy had been arrested as be
posed ns a fisherman, with a creel full
of carrier pigeons."
Another story reads:
"In the cowl, habit and tonsure that
mark the monk n young man told his
bends obourd the train bound for Ant
werp. And a woman, hardly more
than a girl, kept her eyes fastened on
the man of prayers. She studied on
the devotion with which his lingers
slipped from decade to decade of the
long, well-worn rosary that bung from
the cincture about his waist. Hut, al
though bis lips appeared to move in
humble supplication, the woman saw
that he had failed to kiss tho cross.
The lapse was significant.
"'Spy!' the girl hissed Into the face
of the alleged ascetic. In an Instant
two guards had seized the man and
rushed him down the train corridor.
The woman examined the small wicker
t.uskot behind In the seat. Lifting tho
lid, she found three pigeons."
Get German Pigeons.
A news dispatch brletly summarized
such a find thus:
"A German trawler was captured by
a British warship near the Orkney
iv.l.,,w!u t.t ihn nnrth nf Ki-ntlnml. She
j is believed to have been engaged in
spying, as carrier pigeons were found
on board.
Inference has already been made to
the number of messages carried back
to the French Hues by carrier pigeons
In the defense of Verdun. A pigeon
captured by the French conveyed this
information :
"The rolling fire of the enemy with
guns of the heaviest caliber is such
that sectors S., C, and II. are to a
great extent leveled. The garrison. In
cluding that of sector V., Is disorgan
ized completely. Some of It has been
obliged to fall hack on the Kighty-tblrd
nnd Ninety-eighth regiments, which
also had to retire.
"Sector V. (von Ilium's) was sub
jected to .such fire that its observation
post was put out of order. All sorties
are being bombarded and one is occu
pied constantly In replacing them.
"The battalion asks Its immediate
.. . .. , , i,v freh troop,
relliT Till" e
can tight " 1,""i''r'
,,,:;Sm'l,,i,Kl'.'.:NANT 8TIC.N.
IS'r'S . ; ;;,;
.H.s.rucllnn of the ""; '2;,
had I n accomplished l b . "rt
,,,,.ss as could ""rl l ' wJ
,lirl,ed by eurrler H- J
means that the CI f J
. French ! '"'r , ,
,,en carried, and that a.
Muimulson Fort wa taken. A M
Vllc.mn. village bad been oecupt d
I . prisoners numbered , tb-ma.u .
,,;,, ,,,,,,,,, 1(.s,,i, tro-p- were ad.
e g across the central plateau to-
ward Ynud n and M.,t Pan.a.so
nnarrv At 10 :'M the new M that
C were a .1 of 1UU t : "j-
liml in a quarry '-'-'0 yards '
fort. B)' -':' 1h" ."h "
,-lmvlgnoa nnd Vnud m.
oml .dKW.,.r... ..rrl.- lyhK ..
northern edge of the Am- bHU. ha
been occupied. CbaMgnon h
furthest point cuiiieinplated ''
Un ...al'tei-roenied an adwu.co o
a.e and one half mile ''"'" "!'f
face of the best remaining troop, of
the German empire."
Aided by Camouflage.
While many carrl-r l'K'-'"V',,',n1f
th.-tr habits of splrnllntf. "'" 1
dangerous practice and learned to ny
!S and tin forward n ... H l j
comparatively low. can.oullat:"
Mnl.- considerably In K-tili
,helr loft carrying with t'" "Vv
from tro,n,s In front. At rt
tn the battle of Verdun, (be crown
"rtnee's army bad a H-clal umnp t
I,,,.,, shooting down carrier pl-on n
they left the fort. ,
And unother story of Verdun , It
was at Thlaumou. hUleen tlm
,uken. lost and retaken. Wireless and
telephone bad long ceased to
No human being could cro the -r-niln.
The comiiiaiobiid was l'
pernte Heed of comuiuulcallng with
the rear. Suddenly the glasxe re
vealed a dog, crouching on 1 Ml,
crawling through the tb.hhe. and In
n moment of temporary lull leaping
forward. n Its back was a pannier.
Nearer and nearer the dog came, and
pravcrs were Involuntarily offered a
the'beast flattened out here and them
In the debris for shelter. Am-lher lull
and the dog leaped forward and at
last It scampered Into Thlnnmout with
the pigeons safe III the pannier. On
the dog's collar was tbl messae :
"We relieve you by attack on Frold
terre, 8 p. in."
"Stop the German battery on mir
left. Here are the element for point
ing." was the written message of tho
commandant sent back by one of the
pigeons. Another momentary lull nnd
the pigeon Is released. Iog and pig
eon, faithful and distinguished friends
of man, have done their work to suve
civilization.
PKOrmsiONAI, C0LTM
Red Cross Workers
Aid Exiled Greeks
Athens. In Its work In the Greek
Islands the American lied Cross has
the co-operation of the United States
navy. Six submarine chasers have
been assigned for transporting person
nel and supplies.
On the Island of Mytilene an- .r,2,000
Greeks, who fled there from Asia
Minor five years ago. Bed Cross work
ers are regularly visiting all the towns
and clothing has been given to about
20,000 of tho refugees.
At the outbreak of the war, in 1011,
there were 3,000,000 In Asia Minor.
More than 500,000 escaped to the
islands In the Aegean. Thousands
were massacred. Armed hands of
Turks roamed the countryside, plun
dering and murdering Greeks wherever
RACHEL M'MILLAN BABY CAMP IN ENGLAND
DR. ELLSWORTH
TUB VTKKIUNAUIAN
10th urn! II. Strwu,
I'hona M-3122,
SWOPE & SW0PE
Lawyeri
I. O. O. F. Building
Independence. , , ft.
One of the features at this big English nursery ennm is the mit ,,f ,i
eleeping quarters for the children. Every day that weather pern .,"1 ,hl
children take this healthy way of getting their afternoon pUD. 9
found. Tho others, driven out of thHr
homes nnd sent Inland, are now return
ing, to (hid their homes either destroy
ed or occupied by Turks.
The refugees in the Aegean Islands
intend to return t. Asia Minor as soon
io-i conditions penult. At present the
Greek government gives each refugee
six cents a day.
The lied fross Is devoting much at
tention to the prevention of further
epidemics, such as the typhus scourge,
which took ouch a heavy toll at Myti
lene. Food Is hcnriiy mid costly, and most
of the refugees are underfed, even In
the largo towns. Nearly nil are In
rags. Tho hospitals are short of medi
cines and other supplies, and have
been crowded by Intluenzn cases.
Clothing, blankets and medicine nre
needed on all the Islands. Canned
meat for broth Is wanted n the hos-
rtmerican women run ' the
I wnrwtwmo id, ...... ..i...i.
, cunning is mndo'on
the three Islands of Mytilene, Chios
and Samos.
22,000 In Town of Mytilene.
9o?JJh" fm r(;f,l",,M Mytllpne
22.000 are In the town of Mytlleno nnd
Its suburbs; tho others are scattered
about In 02 villages.
Of the 20,000 refugees on Crlos part
are sheltered In old ,IOUHes m)( the
rem n wooden barracks, divided with
bagging and old carpets into "rooms"
each accommodating tt family of from
live to ten persons.
The Islands of Leumos, Imbros, Ten
edos and Samothrace are served with
Ued ( ross supplies from Mytilene; OIn
ousa is served from Chios, and Ilcanla
I com Samos.
Tlu' American lied Cross nt.
were received llt Mytilene ' with the
greatest etl,siIlsm. The horses were
unhitched and the cnrrlnKe drawn by a
cheering crowd to the residence of the
governor i?pnirt ,... .
a i, v. eoramnnaeered
private home and placed it at their
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