They were marked with a red cross in a square of white, and contained rolls of bandages, from which any man, able to use his arms, could help himself until his rescuer brought further aid.
The flask which Hero brought was marked in the same way, and the Major buckled it to his collar, saying, as he fastened first that and then the shoulder-bags in place, "When a dog is in training, soldiers, pretending to be dead or wounded, are hidden in the woods or ravines and he is taught to find a fallen body, and to bark loudly.

If the soldier is in some place too remote for his voice to bring aid the dog seizes a cap, a handkerchief, or a belt,--any article of the man's clothing which he can pick up,--and dashes back to the nearest ambulance." "What a lovely game that would make!" exclaimed Lloyd.

"Do you suppose that I could train the two Bobs to do that?
We often play soldiah at Locust.

Now, what is it you say to Hero when you want him to hunt the men?
Let me see if he'll mind me." The Major repeated the command.
"But I can't speak French," she said in dismay.

"What is it in English ?" "Hero can't understand anything in English," said the Major, laughing at the perplexed expression that crept into the Little Colonel's face.
"How funny!" she exclaimed.