The sun., 1898-10-25
His Place in History is At
the Very Top Of the
List.
COL. TOM ALLEN on SUBJECT
A Returned Visitor From Tampa
Talks Entertainin9ly Upon the
Work of DOnkeys In the
Wagon Train Service
Of the Army.

When it concerns oysters or mule
there is but one authority in the city
Colonel A. l.. Ainscow.
When 1t relates to pool or poker w
must sidetrack Colonel Ainscow ant
defer to Colonel "Tom" Allen, Of Th
Philadelphia Press.
These gentlemen, however, discusses
mules ut the justly famous restauran
Of Colonel Ainscow and Colonel Allel
made some decidedly interesting Obserya
| tlUns, based upon information gathered
while visiting his father, Colonel Henry
| t.. Allen, VINO il in charge OF all TIM
mules belonging to Uncle Sam now
| quartered in Florida.
1t will he recalled that Colonel Ain
scow handled thousands of mules fol
the Government during the clvil wal
und no man knows the habits OF thai
umiaDie animal better than the doughty
colonel, VINO evinced the greatest inter
est IN the recital OF U0Olnei Allen, who
said:
Il have just returned from Tampa
and stopped mere to say neliO to Captain
ION name anu see lew relatives
nave in the city. l never noticed muies
N my lie until l struck Tampa, wnere
my father has drOves Of them 10 care
Ior. ana l want to tell you that the
wagon trains, The uarKey drivers anu
auOve nli, the ~aluies lorni the most III
,eresthg part .ot army ire.
Inc wagons that the Government.
uses are punt to run through ultches, ,uyel
AoGAs ANA iUsS ANA every tuiug eise tnAt
.sn nIgner unal the Wueeis. lou cVuiun .
si4.asn Une OI lnein wiln any thing snof.
VI uynaliille gun. nacn wagon 10
t~
are the greatest institutions Oh eartn.
AuiK ABOUT HORSES! " ny, one ARMY Indie
is worm more tuun IL wnuie uluve Va
nulses. We seen u team Oi BLK army
.Auies ut AuLnpu maui u ioau over lAree
truAAs ana ultcnes mat you WOulu tninn
uULLlng snort vi u wheel tfelgnt ~
,UluVLi,e cUulu Uuuse.
Inc army mule never perspires he
lusn any NERVES. ne never Worries.
AAe Al naui away IUr nuurs To get wagon
niIe through sunu up " tile nuus
AIe II lahe u wagon around cOruels tnAt
wvulu puzzle Il cyclisu ana up miis mai
an AIpIue clllluer Would walk aruuuu.
IIe KNOWS us nIucn US u good many Men
Al tne army, ana ne lSn AFRAID OF man
vr lIIe ueyn.
'Wny, you couldn't have IL war with
uuL Muie!
"A mule, an army mule, knows enough
not to Work unless lie has 10 10 81. /
WOuiun attempt to put harness Oh
an army mule Tor Il major general y COM
MISSION. Every time u teamster down
al tampa attempted 10 harness a mule
ne became nero. 1t was u tOss-up
every time whether he'd get the mar.
ness Oh Or 90 to the nOspIlai. Nobody
Dut all old mule driver Or u negro Gun
harness an army muIe. He's pretty
slow klnu Ot u BEAST When it comes 10
covering ground, Dut he can SWING his
rear emu around INTO the firing line quick
er than anything 4 ever saw, ana wuen
ne lands with both feet he nits the soar
pieAus nlne times out OI ten. 1he army
mule kntMs Where the weak spot IL.
Alter you get ,..t harness Oh the army
mule Ieai.z.s l...., it an OFT and he set
lies down TO business.
Il II bet tnat tuere were as many men
injured Dy my mules AS We're killed
and injured Dy bullets ali u.rlng the
war. I've seen as many as tweAty-tour
,eumsters Ill Ine hospital at one time
kicked there by army mules. And they
uiuh't always get WELL either. | know
vi one case tllat happened during the
short time 4 was ut Tampa, where u
negro teamster was killed instantly by
all army mule. And II furnished good
Illustration Oh Inc wonderful memory
mat mule has, too.
nat negro l,anIster used to pound
that mule un..iercliully. lnS.e.I of us
ins strategy .nd cUaAing his mule into
suunisslOn, lie used to beat it haru
enough u XIII horse. Wen, for two
mUhths that teamster didn't drive that
mule. But the mule never forgot HIM
lie never made any attempt to inJure
MS new driver, VINO knew enough to
treat hin decently. But one day the old
teahlster came buck. The muIe relneln-
Dereu hlm. He waited with as much
uOcllIty and patience as an OK until he
was harnesseu, ana then, when the OLD
teamster was otf his guard, he let ty
with both heels, caught thut negro ia
the PIT of the stomach and stretched
hin out as dead as Il hammer. The other
teamster was standing right there by
nm, but that mule uidn't make any
attempt TO kick him. He had Just been
laying for the fellow VINO waliOped him
Two months before, and when he had
finished him he was satisfied.
'lhe teainSters down at Tampa were
the toughest lot OF men l ever met.
When l say tough, | mean that they
NoaAN o"hA hioAS anu hO luOAS
hghting than anybody else in camp. Most
OF the teamsters are negroes. A negro
loves Il mule. He thinks as much Of
his mule ns he does of his wife and fam
lily, and don't know but he thinks more
OF the mule. Those negroes are great,
strapping fellows, and they stick to-
gether through thick and thin. If you
hit one negro teamster you have hit
every one of them in camp When
gang Of them gets fighting it's good
idea to run and keep running until your
wind is gone. They'll fight ut the drop
of the hat and don't fear anything.
THE army teamsters drive team of
six mules with one rein, called the jerk
line. 1t is fastened to one of the lead
ers, and the teamster sits on one mule
with the jerkline in one hand and the
brakerope in the other. When he wants
the team to turn to the right he jerks
three or four times on the line When he
wants the mules TO turn to the left he
pulls steady on the jerkline. A teamsler
can make mules do all kinds of stunts
with that jerkline, and the mules never
make mistake, either"
Colonel Ains"Ow expressed the opinion
that it required more patience, pluck,
physical courage and ability to manage
100 army mules than to direct the whole
Department of War;
Concerts at the A'mshouse.