The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-25
NJ C0MPANY'S Two PUPS
Maseots Brought From the Land
of the Rising Sun.
TOMMY RYAN HAS THEM
His Monkey, the Pride of the Companv
Died on the Voyage, and the
Japanese Pups Took It's d..
Place

Ihe most interesting mascot that
came back from the Philippines with
! the Montana boys is d. the Filipino
lad who rules over the destinies of
Company D. But D company is not
the only one with mascot M COM
| pany also has mascots. Tommy Ryan
left Manila with the cutest monkey
that ever swung by his tail. The ami
NAL was clever, naturally. and under the
patient and ll-directed training of
Tommy the little fellow soon made a
place for himself in the hearts of ev-
cry man in the company. Unfortunate
~ for M company's pet, the adage APP
piled with cruel force that the bright
die young. Barely had the Zealandia
left the hospitable shores of Japan be-
fore the pet became ill. No care and
attention and hopes and prayers of the
boys of NJ could ward off the newt
able. In the course of time the condi-
ton of the patient grew worse and
worse. From day to day, and at night,
too. for that matter, the most solicit
Gus attention was paid him, but it
availed not. At last the little fellow
died. There is little need to say that
grief and sorrow and sadness overlook
the company. He was buried with all
due cSitHlOHy, anu III not d lew eyes
there was a suspicious glistening of
that crystalline substance which usu-
ally swells itself into drops and trickles
down the cheek in the form Of tears.
But Tommy Ryan is a great lover of
animals, and when the M company
boys thought their mascot had sue
cumbed, as did many others who were
not mascots, to the rigors of war and
government transports and all that
that implies, Tommy brought forth an
other mascot-two mascots, in fact.
The affections of the boys which had
been so lavishly bestowed upon the
poor monkey were now transferred
with equal fervor to Ryans new pets.
These little fellows which now are
the recipients of all the love of the
company are two tiny bits of hair and
snub noses. They are Japanese dogs
which Tommy gathered into his fold
when the Montana boys We're being so
royalty entertained by the subjects Of
the mikado. They We're tootsy- wootsy
little puppies when Ryan first got them.
| They had never yet seen the light of
day: but life on transport soon OPEN
| ed their eyes and now they are the live
| liest little fellows imaginable.
Ryan has cared for them as a moth
| er would for her first born, and So in
! fact. did all the rest Of the boys of the
| company. On the way home from San
FRANCISCO lHe pelS eIJOyeu LIE luAuIS
| of Ryan's berth day and night, except
when they We're taken down for exer-
else or exhibition purposes, which was
| often. t"~a.
They have been christened "Shar-
key and Nellie" The latter has a
| Japanese name, too, but the name is a
hard one to remember and, therefore,
it is omitted. Sharkey was named be-
cause of the strong resemblance which
he bears to the pugilist. His tiny bit
of nose is turned up in way that
would make the ordinary prizefighter
green with envy, and his little, bright
eye is as full of mischief as it can be.
Nellie is bit more gentle in her ap-
pearance, which is nothing more than
right, considering her sex; but they
are both distinctively foreign in APP
pearance and it will take a lot of
Americanizing to turn those pug noses
down to the point where good.
American yellow dogs nose belongs.
| The mascots of Company M will be
worth the while of everybody to look
at Doubtless Tommy will give every
| one an opportunity to see them by plac.
| ing them on exhibition for a day or
| two in some show window of the city.