European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page.28 the stars and stripes Goon tuesday May 13,1966 from rage 1 Days. While there Thomas poured the Bai Kinikini brewery when geese Hutc been used for warehouse Security since we the brewery has sign ponied that Narn intruders up the a Liick geese Llu Llantino gives Visi lors Fafnir emblems us menu plus. Tatum is Learned there have been no Brnik Ini i he warehouse since the Birds Bejan duly and he returned with encouraging words. " Vuu Chin i Tell a Goose la fetch or Sil or sic Thomas said. This is a natural the command bought is. A Csc. And tested them at three Siles. Hugo who vis i cd i he Sites was pleased u ill the results. They re practical they re inexpensive and their lifespan is 25 to to years Thom As said. You get a pretty Good service for Thomas said it costs about 550.000 a year Tor a guard Dag handler and training and while the command is considering set Ting dogs the a Csc were s lot quicker because of availability and Price. We have a 24-hour-a-Day Mission Thomas said. We Don t have civilian guards. We Don t gel help from the Community. It All comes out of our hide 1 the geese won t replace soldiers Thomas said. Bui if effective the Birds should allow Sites to reduce the size of patrols. Thomas began notifying installations after Hugo gave a hands up to Usarek commander on. Glenn Kotis. Most reacted with disbelief he said. Let s face it i d never heard of Security geese before Thomas said some 30 communication and air defense Sites belonging to the com Mand will be assigned guard geese. De pending on its size each compound will get Between is and 48 of he Biros. Perimeter fences will be sectioned off so the geese become protective of their do main. They la All have their own patrol area Thomas said. The command has contracted to buy 750 geese females and 150 ganders of the variety known As a German country Goote from Schuchmann. The guard Birds Are leaner than geese bred for food. The geese will be ready in four deliveries two weeks apart beginning sept. 1. They will Coil he army 60 marts each a Tola of maybe Here s no pushups or marching but there s whole lot of eating going on. 54,000 Marks about 524,545 for All 900. " Don t know where they la be assigned Schuchmann said they did t Tell me what they wanted them he also said geese can make Good sen tries. When it s a noise they Don t know that s when they honk said Schuchmann. They make an awful lot of noise when someone the honking Schuchmann said is Mother nature s version of an Early warning sys tem. They Don t have other Protection he said. When they hear these warnings they run away Many Farmers in his urea use geese to guard their chickens and ducks he said. Schuchmann 22, runs the Hof Gruenau form where he raises cattle pigs ducks and occasionally geese. Responsibility claimed for motor Pool explosion Karlsruhe Germany s.4s i a terrorist group claimed responsibility for the May 5 bombing of a truck and three gasoline fuel tanks at a . Army motor Pool in Kirchheim Blanden a German police spokesman said monday. Alexander Prechtel spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office which handles All terrorist cases in Germany said the Anli Imp Ali l croup sent a letter to the Gar Man news Agency spa in Frankfurt claim ing responsibility. We be never heard of the group Bat the letter was full of the Radical rhetoric usually found in such letters proc hell said. The Tetter was received Friday officials Wilh the 21sl support come had not been notified by German authorities concerning the group claiming responsibility for the bombing. We be received no official notification about any such group it. Col. Larry fur Row said. And we have not received any communication about anyone claiming responsibility the name anti imperialist croup was not familiar to 21st support come officials Furrow said. The predawn blast destroyed an army 2/hon truck damaged another and ignited fuel pods on the ground nearby. Police said a pair of Bolt cutters was used to Cut a Hole in a Fence at the unguarded site Small Wullert de Hawis. And Paul Colby con Rob lid id Ihli Gosling Boot Camp these goslings Are destined for a military career. But the German Farmer will care to fulfil his contract he plans to buy 1,000 Day old goslings from an incubator farm in Kloppenburg paying Between 4 and 10 Marks each. He expects about 10 percent to die from being crowded out at feeding time or being unable to stay dry or warm. The Farmer will keep the Birds until they re nine months old then the army will pick them up at his farm. The geese can live to be 30 years old eating nothing but grass and water. They need Only a shelter to keep them selves and their Straw dry. They can Graze off grass or get supplemental feedings of Grain or Corn. They need water. Bathtubs Nave been recommended so they can Bathe and play. The geese should produce two eggs a week hatching in about four weeks. These geese Don t like to sit on eggs except in March or april so in most cases inc egg will have to be incubated. Individual Sites can order incubators As did the one near Wiesbaden after its first 20 eggs did t Hatch. The incubator Cost about �250. The goslings Wil be used to increase the size of the goggle at each site. The bitter German Winters should not Hurt these waterfowl Schuchmann said be cause they excrete a protective Oil from under their wings. Schuchmann said he s unsure if the com Mand will be Able to Breed them or if they la for hero until september when they will be drafted for duly. Perform As sentinels m also amused by the whole thing lie said. Can t guarantee it. It s not my s veterinarians at the 110th medical Dot of the . Army Hospital in Frankfurt also i find some humor in the situation although it Means More work for them. We laugh about it Ever Lime we hear it Cape Robert Harris said. But it May _ i the service was asked for its advice in a february. We Don t know if they re Good watch geese or what hams said. There arc no studies done on the threshold of fear of else when someone comes into their Terri tory.". The detachment neither endorsed nor rejected the idea in its written response. We were pretty Neutral Harris said. The vets pointed out that the geese would have to be fed and watered and noted that their exact nutritional requirements Are unknown. The Birds can transmit same Dis eases to humans including bacterial and fungus infections the detachment warned. Harris said that As government property the geese Are entitled to full care at government expense if one gets sick on patrol he said they la ask the handler to bring it to the nearest army vet. Isiah Weller a Ken Cal and e4 Rovall contrib lid id Ihli Oryl 77th Field arty Soldier killed in 1-car Accident Babenhausen Germany is a 20-Ycar-oc Soldier assigned to a buy 4th in 77th Field arty was killed when his car crashed into a tree off Highway is Between Bacn Hauson and Dudenhofen. Spec. 4 John f. Kennedy sr., of Indiana polls wus declared dead at the scene at 4 20 . Saturday by a German physician. German and military police Are investigating the Accident. Kennedy s survivors include his wife Jam Mic and sons John or. And James. A memorial service will be held May 16 at Babenhausen Chapel said Pam Ward Darmstadt Community spokeswoman. The time of the service has not bean set. Temperatures May m l h. 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