The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
UNkDUC<TED hULEs
How They and Uuskiiful Packers BreuKhs
Disaster to the Dritish.

| Disaster to the brush.
Frs~ As Nee orteaas rm<s. Ds.ecYat
Tho fac, that tho loss Of two crack British reg
imens and . battery Of artillery al LadysmIth
the other day. was directly attributable 70 No
stampede Of the Ammunition pack mules strongly
emphasize a remark thst has boon made TO
poauy during The past lev woeks BY the STOCK
en- Of this city.
Tho Engilsb officers arc shipping some hrs,
rate mules TO South Africa haa bean tho general
comment among eIpcrtA but they'll DO no usa
for packing until thoy arc thoroug bly, uaincl"
The Importance Of . hrst clAAs pack train in
such a campaign as tho BRUSH arc now under
taking In The 1ransvaaI can hardly DO over-est-
mated II " impOss, bic W wagons TO any
extent over tho uacklcss vodL and the army mus,
depend on IL mules W carry its PROVISIONS. ils
ammunition. its machine gunA It's light ARTILLERY
and tic major pan Of It's camp equipment With
out its pack train . regiment would bs in very
much the position OF . man who had match Dui
no cigar
In orter 70 pack properly Q mule requires
special education and therein lios tho sDur,e
OF NO end Of prospective trouble in tho 1ransvaaL
Up W date tho Brush officers who have boon max.
Ing their headquarters In \ ov Orleans have bought
and shipped upward Of 1000 mules The spec,
ihcAuuns cAlled Tor small active animals sound
In wind and limb and weighing btwoen sou aud
WV poHhoS' anu ucy nave Ocou CuHou from urONcS
in all pars Of Tho country. 1hoy came FROM
northern Illinois and southwestern Texas and all
tho intermediate region As far a. answering
the stipulated requirement. they we're an e1ocp
uonally satisfactory lot but unfortunately there
Was no educational qualification. and in the Ian
guage Of stockmen, they were -gIeon- II "
doubtful whether ono IN hundred ever suoh
thing as pack
An effort was made 70 remedy this dhaculty
by ENGAGING number OF expert American pack
slgnmens 70 break the ami mails upon their arrival
Al South Africa. but much TO the regret OF the
figure The packers Of Tho " o., arc undou6,oiiy
tho best IN The world but they bolong 10 The uppts
ranks Of skilled labor and IND employ men, TOO
across soaA A., any rate, only handful wers
ostanSd probably no, more than four or Ave
months nth 10 O. pI0PsrIy trsL . mule fcI Pseiinr
been brought 10 lis hishes, perfection. rhat u
regarded 40 he minimum lime, The rgulA,ior
hTy Which carry rssI. and ToSTltn mn f- f1
used under The saddle. The 'rsin is in cher
Of chief packer who e Paid 500 month, and
train en- roulf Is an inter s'.rg tpcc'r'Ie. IN.
single OF double hie, led by q marc carrying a
bell suspended around her ,neck, The ehs
s" on se fu r. ".
packers lro' back and forth al each eide. seeing
that nothing goes wrong The teli.mar. as
zaiion She carries no load and her sole duty
IL To rush straight on al steady. even gait The
amazing and amusing. II they are well trol en-
10 The work they will follow the tell 10 he ends
next to impos,ihis to stampede The trsin II
a bee line 10 me h-ll.marr for aid and comfort
Of anv kind Ia used 10 keep The animals In lima
and 'hey march on. behind IN. o'heI, viii ne
Is 70 lie them toF'rher head and tail, bu, when
atew native hackers attempted 10 puI that me hot
oi the whole Ftfh Corps The average dis,,ncs
NcNr Of ne ground rrlts less difference ,hun
vice ma . mule ear 30 anywhere a goat can.
K"crinE the mules In line Is only ono Of tho
npon which he really raumrs himself Is adjusting
hr .1"T ,e.i nn,s p"v,Cs SpHd md nothing
two Winds e" Of pack saddles in use in N. Wr.%
IN" Moor and the Arar,hoe, the latter an Indian
invsntion which IL vastly the most ponulor II
Above II q canvas Is spread. and tho load Ii then
divided, y rossi'l', into ak or eiEh, ror,r.et
on each side, tho canvas Brought over and tho
pack secured by what ~ known rs diamond
n hIn rcS'y wHnS S iT,eT."ng Of rcT.s
and prevents sinnnE or course" there arr sons
loH'S 'hnt cannot he -,,hdivi'"d as desc,ih"d
and in that cas-" there IL simply one bundle 'nt
itatcs the "hi'rh
In addition 10 security the Vr-nt de'idersrum
IN nac''inr Is 10 avoid -ra'linp" the rulra hsrk
The skin Il verv sensitive, and the i-nsi rhrssou
~ almost certain 10 nro1uc~ an ohs'i0rtr 'NU
thN nut the snu' ~ out of service for months
A nro''fc cause ~ griing IL a cress~ In The r0n.
vac, and this II a nor, unon which the ~ .~rt
park-r EXERCISES snecinl rhrr. Fe IN hat
the under side NJ the load II rerfect'v srro0h In
wrck or two = few clurrHy hands car -sTly
disable a whole trntn The standard weight 81
a mack 10 900 wounds
rh- 'or"~oinr will give 'sir idrs ~ N" am
culti"s under which the pVliish rrrrv Is c"r'sin
IN Labor thrnroh 'nck of cor'~etert trSinsTs md
rNc''rrS IN the hsnda ~ ,N' ~ rurrsv EHTp,
the fnr animals sent from this mort more apt
IN nrove source ~ danger md Hrror"rcs hen
~ actual utn'v, Moreover, thr 'rsirS rrc wanted
for imrrdi"t" service. md even N skilled rem
The ground ihev would lack IN" recesanry
tive for training. II II a --rio,is prohler and
entitled IN considers t'on nmonR the Rrrntest Of
the difficulties thai bosot tho present campaign