New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-25


seutiye nocnment No g OF en- tn, XSHYVn cor"
Uncle Sans cames.
A YOUNG OFFICERS DREAM
In 1852. when millions in gold were being mind
In California, while thousands Of people were cross
Ing the plains to the new Dorado. and when
transcontnsntal railroad YVES only vague dream
OF a few enthusiasts. Lieutenant Edward r. Beale
!afterward General Beale) was stationed AZ Fort
Yuma between California and Arizona on the
Colorado Desert stTcam Of imm gr, q, and
irSs@ %G s equSn the
and mules in that dry. solar heat convinced Lieu
the c"mes Of sahara and Arabia could be used to
advantage. In connection with Captain Adams, OF
to Jefferson Davis. secretary OF War. lie pre-
pared pictures showing the various uses to which
aeld cannon across their backs hauling caissons
ara b GSs m b 2 nS men 2 IN The West
had immediate and enthusiastic reception by the
Secre,ary Commission was soon sent on, rom tb
uses that camels could be put to in military trans
port and with secre,ary DAVIS annual report to
Congress In 1882 there was request Tor an mp
p cparfmCnt. senator John ~ Mason afterwari
concerned with John Slidell in diplomatic relations
On March 8 1856, a bill appropria,ins 5000 ior
nature and secreIary p@vis appoiniedr Major q
Major Wayne sailed from Now York. He was In.
structed to go 70 London and PHIs and thsre &c,
men who had been in Oricntai camraigns where
nd uses sa OF tf be bns arfaT and as 70 the
best fodder and care for tlcm. ,
IN o tnH SSw hs SSEE
coed from Paris TO Cairo, and when he had bought
Naval storeshp supply then under command OF
Lieutenant ID. D. Porter. The Secretary goes into
and says that Damascus and Palmyra had once
been famed for dromedarios. and that kmrdstan
s Ssd ho%ey o. h ne % bS breed
70 be found in Persia lie 6sde Major wayne
STUDYING THE HABITS OF THE BEAST
Lieutenant Portcr's instructions were to awa,'
Major Wayne at some convenient point in the Medi'
teirancan 10 discmbark land force az Beirout'
tected against attacks from the warlike tribes OF
the interior on returning the lieutenant was 10
land his cargo al some point on tn coast OF bsssed
between Secretary Davis. Minister Pienipotentiary
I% orc nmG m Wayne wh thu Two
were in Egypt and Arabia searching Tor the pest
from the Eeypt"n Khedyc concerning his interes,
in the camel quest of Uncle Sans agents. and
subject. lieutenant Porter and Major Wayne
bought their first cameis in Tunis ana sras .e,g
Of the Bsy Of Nns FOR few weeks sa W Tbs, ta o
servatons MI twenty pages IN the book' -, -,
From Tunis they journeyed 10 Alexandria, and
HsTS sssan s"S%S "dy wpSrS
Of the tricks that turbanod hosrlers had of palm
From Egypt Major WAYNE and Lieutenant Porter
went lesurely over 10 Arabia. There they bought
more camcs Of another bred and during the three
months they were 50 cngSS naI ' The 20 ,ntsi
lion received at Smyrna thirty-three camels from
the ncror MajSp WSy"I r. r Esyp "a" good beast
could be purchased at from SO 70 $50 The swf,
dTomedary cost from si5 to $1,000 The range OF
nrra I'm Asia Minor was not so wide.
The store@hip supply reached Indanola. Tex: on
9en Thos" tina, survived were well and the whole
drove was taken under the care OF aptaln j. y
r@ KS, s.yc1ol Years The suwarce brought in
load Of forty.one Camels on February TO- 1851, and
these, too. were sent 10 the interior
LAUGHABLE FAILURE.
Secretary Davis nppends 70 his report crave
with special reference TO us employ ment IN the
Army he lived to see the finest possible oppor.
,uniiv for testing the value OF his importation but
seems TO have become too absorbed In other cares
to give this interesting subject the attention II de
The old-tme residents Of Western Texas hnys
vivid OF "a" Got IN 70 b military service
OF the Southwest and especially OF re auehao,,e
were moved overland at the rate OF forty to hf,y
niles day. carrying Government stores 10 the
points in Texas Almost from the first there was
difficulty in grooming and feeding he animals IN
others languished and becam" unht for work. The
military officers found it hard 10 get any hostIsr
alrymen and troopers took yioIen, dislike Tns
c %SlT WITH the strange boasts There were
frequent reports that "A camel or two had hrokrn
away durn; the night ana wondered away; ana ~,
always put forth to find the animals and bring
From May s. 1851. until in 1851 some thirty Of the
camele that had become partially domesticated 10
American ways and adapted 10 the climate OF the
Southwest were kept al the United States forts
at FL Paso and Bowie. Ariz The we're were rsd
partment. but because the troopers and team.
sters could not he got TO use them In place OF
horses or mules and especially because o,
labor in packing. the animals wore seldom used
In the last year or tyo OF their stay nj the gar
Sans bounty and never brought into ser
vice, IL 1851 the h'rd had Increased 10 f9r'y-four
stir Of those days in ev"-y for, IN ~" South NJ az
tonton was turned TO he great crisis The forts
wander away n VIII They travelled in pairs. and
sometimes IN lunches Of -four and six. across the
years in the Panhandle OF Texas. and In few
years made their way as FAR west as the colorado
but in twenty years most % them died among the
mountains or were killed by the Indians.
THE WILD SURVIVORS
Al intervals in the last decade soldiers and cow
boys In Ncw-Mcxico and Arizona have seen the
stray KspSs ARE wS e sn ny nsxe AND
have hard bony hoofs. unlike the pedal cushions OF
sumed a hard icathery appearance. II is likely
there are few left In America. They have not
been seen in the central part OF erhsr New,Mexco
OF the International Boundary Commission that
recently hnshed surrey OF the S91ndas syor me Ss
they saw two camels on the desert; and the AMI
mails. although seen we'll through held glass az.
| descendants OF the original herd They were rum
ming Wild in sonoT9 Mexico sSGu, tSr s m,sS
several In their country for years. and had hasted
on few OF them.