Jiggs II
Personal life
Personal life
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Early in his military career, the *Boston Globe* described Jiggs II as "ferocious looking" but with a "mild manner and gentle disposition". Writing in a 1937 issue of *American Kennel Gazette*, then retired Sergeant Major Clarance Proctor affirmed this description of Jiggs II. Tunney himself described Jiggs II as "a very sensitive dog". According to Tunney, marines responsible for Jiggs II were under orders "never to scold him". Two early instances of bad behavior were, nonetheless, attributed to Jiggs II; on one occasion he bit an ice man, and on another occasion he chased a stenographer down the hallway of the [State, War, and Navy Building](/wiki/State%2C_War%2C_%26_Navy_Building "State, War, & Navy Building").

Jiggs II died in 1937 and was buried at Marine Corps Base Quantico with full military honors.


Why were marines responsible for Jiggs II under orders not to scold him?