The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-30
LASHING AN ELEPHANT
THEY ARE COURT MARTTlLED LIKE
HUMAN OFFENDERS.
Their Maneuvers to save Soldiers from
Punishment-C.n iuet on Parade
and Ia Bate.

Captain Montague ". Martin IN hfoVh-
ivn Eagle: OF all the animals III '"e
world the elephant Is by far the mos,
Intelligent. Few people who nave nD'
Travelled in India are aware OF us 49,.
ordinary sagacity. Every body VIII u""V,
less ADM. that he is the strongest am
mai living and possessed OF most mar
yelous memory but beyond ms 'n'.' -
very little known or thought aoout MN,
exceotinx that he Is exceedingly aWk""i"
and ungainly 10 look at But those VIM
have lived IN India and visited places
where the elephant convict s'auohs az
and who have met an elephant pd'.''5
have a little more TO say on 'n' Hi"''','
f.lenhautg are used for many purposes
hnt principally for carrying heavy LOADS
from one part Of the country TO another.
The Indian government procures the pest
~ them which they use AS transport
and for their artillery. When garrison "'
tillerv 20 TO India they become ellhtf
mule or elephant batteries. Iheie ai'
elephants 20 each battery. TO eacn gu"
0orty poundcrs). there are attacheu W.
elephants tandem fashion, ana ',''u
elephant follows as a reserve. Whcn 'ney
come 10 a very rough road or steep MI
where the two are Unable TO pun IT, me
reserve elephant catches hold Of the gun
lehind with his trunk and pushes
Elephants are very particular ABOUT
their rights For Instance. When ioIih'u
up on parade. the senior or longest seiV-
ing elephant takes the right OF the RANK
the others forming mp in succession ac-
cording TO their seniority, Just IKE SOL
diers. the tailest man always taking ihe
right. the others forming on his left ae-
cordine 10 size. If. say. No. elephant
NV mistake or otherwise. formed up on
the right of No. Z, elephants No. I ana
No would push him bodily out OF th'H
way. There is quite frequently ire
mendous row in the ranks, occasiohcd ny
this sort Of thing and only stopped 10y
the officer I'm command shouting "At'eh-
tion," There was one battery IN lndia
of which ! took particular notice, as !
Law I'm the SAME station with 1T for a
long time in fact, l became just as wen
acquainted with the men and elephants
as II really belonged 10 the battery. III
was known as the First Battery OF thc
1rirst Brigade of g9IrisOn artillery. we
wxlre stationed at CampbellpOre' near
Rowal Pindi. Bengal ON one occasion
noticed as the battery fell IN as usuai
for morning parade scuiiie III the
centre between two elephants, Originate
ing by No. . elephant forming up on the
right hand side Of No. s elephant. NO.
objected TO this. and by refining back out
of the ranks and pushing forward again
BANNED in between No. and No. l. being
particular to knock as roughly against
no. 9 as possible. No gunner was angry
and not easily pacihed He said NO.
gunner did 1t himself, and not the ele-
phant. The consequence was fierce
fight.
No proved more than match Tor NO.
/ and kept hitting him numerically. when
Mo. s elephant. who had fingered behind
- ether elephants. apparently suspect
chief, ran TO the rescue, and, pick
A.uar up with his trunk, threw
- air. He was atterw ara
-cious condition and
iough practically
as brought as
rharged with
hat in In