The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-09

Sutherland Highlanders and a White
goat to each Of the three battalions or
the Welsh regiment. Each of these
three Welsh goats was named Taf1y,
and each wore the number of his bat
talon. Agile, sober and easily fed.
these animals are able To endure all the
f~atigues Of "A campaign. and the esprit
de corps is not wanting in them. Dur
ing the recent maneuyers Tafy III.
knew the difference between a regular
soldier and a volunteer, as the English
call their National Guard. Angered at
the appearance of those second rate SOL
diers, the EOat never missed a chance
To make them feel their inferiori;y TO
the regulars. He amused himself by
butting them and chasing them around.
Unfortunately Taffy was utterly want
ing in that most indispensable of mill
tary virtues-discipline. one day the
! colonel, in full uniform, Mas talking
with his officers and was about to
mount his horse when the goat, with
out any respect for the principles of
military hierarchy, charged him and
stretched him at full length on the
ground. This outrage Of course merited
an exemplary punishment. but the col
/ onel could not very well make a COM
! plant against a white goat, and espe-
cially n that wore upon his forehead
a silver plate upon which was engraved
the following inscription: "Tafy, a gift
to the Sd battalion of the Welsh regi-
ment by her majesty the queen. 1894"
Deer are also difficult to discipline.
Mick. the name given to the deer of
the Royal Scotch Fusileers during
their stay i'm Ireland. was guilty on
several occasions OF breaches of dis
Cipline. lie vas rude with officers and
soldiers. loved to chase children, and
fought furious battles with dogs. Mac
kenzie Ill, given by the queen to the
Seaforth Highlanders, was not fond of
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savage animal and very difficult
TO approach. Only one man in the reg
iment could do anything with him. and
that was the drum major.
But the idea seemed strange to en-
roll under the British colors an animal
that distinguishes itself by ability to
run away whenever it is in danger.
The Seventeenth Lancers were better
inspired when they did justice to the
military aptitude of the bear. When
the regiment was in India Prince
Adoph of Teck. who was then a lieu
tenant in the army, killed a female
bear in the Himalaya mountains and
captured her cub. He made a present
of the cub to the regiment, and the
animal soon became a great pet. II
was a she cub, and the boys called
her Lizzie. She was stolen by a band
of Hindu jugglers, and some time af-
terward. when the jugglers exhibited
their trained bears in one of the VII
lagos near Lucknow, the soldiers rec
ognized their pet among the accom-
plished performers. OF course they re-
captured Lizzie, who was once more
enrolled under the colors Of the queen,
and delighted the soldiers with her
new requirements. She lived upon
bread and milk. but was very fond of
beer and took regularly a pint of beer
every day in the canteen. Lizzie was n
model of gentleness and docility.
When IL became known in the army
that the Seventeenth Lancers had a
bear the Nineteenth Hussars determin-
ed To have another. And what a bear!
They got a big. black Russian bear
that would make only a mouthful Of
the inoffcnsive little bear OF whom the
: Lanccrs were so proud. Unfortunate
, ly the big, redoubtable animal did not
reserve for the enemies of England the
/. warlike qualities with which he was
animated. on the contrary. as a sub
~ jet of the ear, the bear served un-
der the British Colors with marked re-
pugnanCc. and acted as If he would
like To get "A chance To devour all the
officers and soldiers of the Nineteenth
7, Hussars. The colonel, aware OF the
bears dangerously bad temper, had
him court martialed and sentenced &c
be shot. The sentence was immediate
ly executed without any formalittes.
To out-do the Lancers and the Hus'
n sars the Third infantry determined tC
7 gel "a Tiger. w men lllt hulS WIZ u
India they captured a little tigress dur
"A ing the expedition to Shikar. Durini
the first month of her life in the bar
racks Kitty. as she was called, was al
playful and gentle as a kitten. Sh'
nIaved with the soldiers and lived OF
= good terms with the dogs of the regi
ment; but her ]ferocity increased Wit
her appreciation Of her own strength
When Kitty was fun grown she used 4
wander about growing through IN
~ barracks, carrying away ~eNerythlnl
!, within reach. one day she managed L
: get into the provision store and seiz
= n quantity Of raw meat. From tina
: moment her natural instincts wer
aroused: she became so dangerous tina
" Il was necessary To chain her. Kilt
j was not shot. like the unfortunate bea
Of the Nineteenth Hussars. but whe'
y the Third infantry returned TO tn
ia metropolis II had left I'm India n wick
IL cd brute that made no distinction be
10 tween an Englishman and a native,
a soldier or n civilian, and only awalte
d an opportunity to chew up the first fel
IN low that came along.
's on the battlefield n bear renders on
n IN poor service. and a tiger will dc
n YOUR friends and foes alike. The Gre
IN nader Guard were better inspired tina
as the others when they adopted n domes
re tic bird whose merits were hlghlS AZ
n praciated by the ancients, but that re
somewhat into ohscurity after the al
al tack upon Rome by the Gauls. Durln
re the last Canadian insurrection a gr'
IL nader on guard saw a goose hobhlln
IN To him with a broken leg. "A sent
he mant of pity took possession of Il
heart of the soldier to such an eNtei
nd that it made him forget his duty. an
a. instead Of pacing up and down. !
Ep dressed the goose's wound and set "
al broken leg. The leg soon got wen an
tho goose lived with the soldiers an
was finally adopted by the regimen
- After some glorious exploits in Ind
,r the goose was brought back To Lon
IN don. where the people were mu,
-, amused to see II trotting along at u
its heaa Wi lls na''at.o", 80 in,n ,ri
- al the announcement that the mob