[AHE records of tfel* yrmt *re replete with etorie* of the coorayetm* work perfonaet! bf carrier iiigeons while MTlac the live* of oar aottBers. hot at. Incident better tUnatrwte* what they hare accocnpiUhed than their actlTitle* la the battle of Betbttnconrt aad Dead M*c « WU. An ea- ' tire French regiment waa cut oft from I for four _ i, end With v Bethod of-comn,unicatins word f their plight to.the cenend la corntnand. That Mirth nlgat toe of the men scooting la Kp Man - * r and etambled orer a dead comrade on whose hick waa r^apped a basket carrying two little iteooa Hint during the four-day battle bad been nfegoarded by the body of their caretaker. Teu- | derly the scout brought th<: basket and bird* t to the colonel on the bill. Early the next rnlng taesaage* were written, affixed to the [ tegs of :h« birds, which, ex'unuated and dust- [ rolled, bat Imbued with Indomitable spirit and l pluck, were 11 be rated—wafted Into the air by the | prayers and wiahe* of the regiment, bearing with 0 the only remaining bop* -for these thousand* ■ of iuea v and the happiness of other thousand* In | their fsrulUes *t home. Shortly afterward both Urdl flattered wearily into their loft beck at | haailqaarten; and In a sortie ordered by the general the enemy was Crirec back and Use regiment a red. One o* the officers of that regiment Is now in Washington, and he has promised hlmveif tint r the war I* orer be trill bare a loft of the t birds lie can get and the bout care and ati that It possible trill bo but a slight pert of bit measure of appreciation and gratitude to (he Ut>le feathered | »e*aeoorr» to whom be and hi* omnradee owe their lives. These Utile birds hare been used la almost con cel Table tray to get word back to the fttm re* or to hredguarterc when all other n failed. Carrier pigeon* are not only osed by the lurmry. but are used frequently by the air eerriew. At 0>e Dunkirk hydroplane station they bate an enrlabl* rocord. There has not been a sti glr accident to a plane, nor the -lot.* at « plane la combat, where word of the occurrence • tens act brought back by the pigeon* Which are ' a port of the •qulivaeat of tin- places. Instances L ttf th- ralaa of cbe tseaowgen could be multlt 1 a.tboal number, but It is more lutervctiag ecouat hof U>«c bird* are bred, reared and ted unde' war condition*, rbe pigeon's ability to do alt of these wonderful ' i Ue* in Its faculty of orieaUtloo, that hg Its m o know ms »oon at It Is released In what i its home loft is and to fly directly to it t perfectkui to which orientation Is dereloped e highly bred and trained bonier was recently msfruted at s plg*on fly conducted by the jts section of Uie signal corpe. when 8.100 or pigeon* were released In Washington for to Sew York dry. 224 inilna. To a single these pigeons ran out of their coops and - In the -ilr with the :-jxrd of an express . end after inking n hotf circle to get tfartr ug were otf for New York. Every one of rtgaons was reported to hnr* r.rrived promptid the first srrtTal made the trip la 5 hours 40 minutes. Surely It did not stop to read r sign p««t» on the way. st bow tbr tioialng pig-on derelaped thl» r of orientation is a moot qcevtioc. bat »t is In (hat It has been cultlrated through era » until now It is almost uncanny. What ; to the air" Is a quality calli-1 by «. and you (trill find that each person knows hr bas the rtiiwer to the riddle. Some call jste lore of h-jme; others attribute It to focBlmoapUeric rondlliona, s.gbt. ot memory, snally. 1 cannot caT It anytblog more or Dm instinct, highly developed. We fled It In r degree in tiorv*. dogs and cats, sod In • birds it *eena» to be dersloped a UtUe teas Ldly. but with sufficient accuracy so that Imigrate- annually tl.<Hj*atids of miles without lid of any other o.iupss* tlian their Instinct. '

so nerj-ous that they could not stand still—they were like f * hairspring of a watch, constantly preening and ducking and on the move. In very early time* homing pigeons were in vogue In Egypt, Greece and among the Somana. Racing pigrens bos been a royal and andonai sport In Belgium. France, Italy, Turkey. Egypt and Engfor hundreds of yean. It was Introduced in'o this country in the seventies and has enjoyed o fair and steady growth until now there are three national homing pigeon nsroctstlons with a membership of more thou 2.000 breeders. Much time is spent in teaching the pigeon all of the tricks which .count when the bird is actually airing In coipetition with other pigeons. It is taught to enter the loft Immedi tely opo:i Its return. for a bird that does not enter ag that the message it carries can be taken from it Is of very little value as a messenger. Nothing I* more exasperating to the fancier or racer than to hare the pigeon return end cool us anatomy onu view the scenery for a half hour befora entering the loft. It Is nearly sufficient cause to make the trait tar of pigeons lose his faith in pigeon nature: besides it give* the neighbors a chance to make remarks about the fullgiown men playing with birdies. Once the bird Is Inside the loft It cannot emerge, since each loft Is .viulpped with a trap through which the bird can #nter at any time hut cannot go out unless the trap Is set for exit. The ordinary barn variety of pigeon or those bred for the production of squab* for market and the raring burning pigeon should not be confused. They sre as distinct and have as many polo’* at difference as have the big draft horse and the high-strung, nervous racing horse. The ordinary pigeon has very little homing ability, whereas the homing pigeon D kept and bred oxriuslvcly for that faculty. They arc also bred for •peed, and every muscle which Is used Id flight is developed almost at tbs expense of the other muscles of its body. In races the actual speed recorded la almost beyond belief. Fpeeds of 1,850 to 1.900 yards per minute, or M) miles per hour, have beru made for short distances, and ft Is not extrnordlusry for a bird to cover In excess of 500 miles in • single dsy. The record for 1.003 mile* is I dag. 11 hour* 24 minutes and II seconds, and wns ssade by s bird named Bullet, aud the longest sumssfol rare was 1.089 miles from Denver, Colo, to Springfield, Maas, (time 22 (hi.vs. S hours. 22 minutes), ail hough Instances are recorded • where birds sent from New York to the Pacific enact as breeders, have, on liberation or cacafie. returned from California, over the mountains aud plains to their old homes In New York. At vsriaus times In this country the army and navy have decided to use use carrier pigeons In their work, but with indifferent sneerxs until the recant war. The old repo rts are rather amusing w hen considered In the light of present-day knowtedre of what can be throe wyti (he birds when handled properly. Pigeons were used in the navy more than 20 years •’go. but failed through Jack of proper care. At the time of the Mexican border trouble pigeons went again tried, but with lltt'e success for the same reason and through lack of time for arrllmaUsatioo. Homing pigeons were first put on a businesslike baal* in the army In March. 1017. In the •astern department. In November of that year the pigeon section of the land division of the signal corps was organised, sod since then rapid i been made In this country and

abroad. ; Hundreds lofts have been built and equipped In this country, and In the early days many pigeons were shipped overseas. Men have beta selected and trained In the science of pigeon breeding, rearing and flying. Many of these have already found service overseas id the care of lofts and the birds of o armies. It has beta nec- » train a large number of people In this work, as It was practically new to each person who took It up. The trulslug of officer* and men In the use and care of the birds at the front and in the forwarding of messages all took time. Unfortunately the plg- . could only fly and could not talk. netcRsltating the writing of the mer-sages- Some wag bas proposed to Improve the pigeon by crossing It with a parrot, thus eliminating the necessity of writing the message*. However, the pi jeon might have something to say about the m- Iter. One of the mu*t difficult parts of the work of Introducing plgeo.is Into the army service was to instill Into the missis of the officers and men the fact that the pigeon* are reliable. That they are reliable Is proved by the experience overseas. Where the birds are retained In forward positions while any other method, whether telephone, telegraph. Induction busters, wirelem. wigwag or runner Is available, and only when everything el*e falls, and only the birds remain, then through barrage, gat. and every other of the diabolical Inventions of war. more than 07 per cent of the Inriusted to our'pigeons are safely and speedl'y delivered by them to headquarter*. These messenger* rre curried to the front In especially constructed wicker basket* which can be carried handily by the soldier Intrusted with their care. Back of the line* the pigeon- ore kept In either of two kinds of lofts or home, stationary or mcvuble. but the essential fenture of each Is the same. Every effort is made to tneko each bird comfortable, happy and attached to Its home. This Is dons most effectively by the method of feeding, us the approach to the bird's affection Is throu ;h It* slomach. the same as with genn* homo. Each loft is equlpjied with a trap through which the birds ore taught to enter and leave without fear. Each time the bird enters the trap no alarm abtomatlrnlly rung, notifying the attendant "f the return '-f the bird, that the me--sagejuay h* immediately obtained and forwarded to headquarters. Before tli* late war If you hnd told n pigeon fancier thst yon could move hi* pigeon loft ns far ns 50 mile*, and that the plgson* would return to II swiftly and accurately he would probably hiyrr laughed nt you and said somelhii.g nlxrot your being a norics In the pigeon racing and hrcydlng game.* The tnovi.hle loft I* one of the advanrrt In pigeon lorv that the war has brought out. This Is a very ImpurU'nt development, n* It Is highly desirable that the lofts always be near to military headquarters and available for instant removal with headquarter* as conditions muy re quire. These movable lofts are very well constructed and are Interesting home* for these Itinerant messengers. They are outfitted with nesting boxes observation trap*, storage spare for feed, water, and sceamnMKbclon* for one or two attendants who are constantly on duty. In fnct. they remind one of the rlrcu* wagons that travel with tlie smaller circuses about the country. Another Innovation developed wu* the "owl express." Thera were pigeons at the front that | developed the faculty for wving it night and these wers railed veritable hmuun night owls, j In fnct. they enroe home much more steadily and ! accurately than some of their rlvillan hrotAern. | who were want to b* habitual riders of the "owl

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The sport of raring and breeding (tigeon* Is doe to receive an ttoprtu* n» a rlvtllan «|iort now that the war I* ended, and the progress made ends* war conditions should not Ik* allowed to Inpso. Thousand* of •oldie.-* will have beenme fniulilor with the birds and will have a warm regard for them. Th.te will he maur who will share (hr feeling uf the office- whu wu mentioned lu tt»e first part ol ‘hla artPle os haring been saved by the pigeon* in the buttle of llethuiemirt and Dud Hsu's UP.

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