The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-21
The LONGEARED GENIUS OF WAR
Army Mule Beast of Such Importance That Without Him
Modern Warfare Would be Impossible.

and instances are on record where in a
soldering career siN-mule team mas
Travelled tor week on WEAt II smpPed
from the roadside He also Sarives on Ill
treatment
1T amt kindness that a mule wants;
il $ abuse, said the sage army teamster-
Certainly the patience of the mule Is the
patience of job. He is somewhat stubborn
and hard-hearted, but he has sort of
mule sense, ideal in its way. His ears
ars not big for nothing. He Is as watch
tUI as a cat. Any unusual sound awak-
enemy at any II OF the day or night,
and he is not baS-Irul about lIung up MS
voice and warning his superior onGers.
"A mule will speak out and tell you
about a thousand things that a horse
would let pass without saying a word,
says the old army man. he better
sentry than the average man. who would
resent being called by his name"
A mule never gets ratified. He has IN
tuition but he never jumps at cOnclu-
sions and he does not know the shape OF
fear. mule can discover water two miles
on, and he always speaks up and tens
the driver about 1t ne viii go Nitnout
water for days If necessary, but when ne
gets within smiling distance OF it he halts
and remarks. II say now Ihete water
I over Wonder and I propose to have a
drink see2" Nor will he proceed till he
A well trained mule can be ridden into
a well or up a tree. He never breaks
down on the march As in the case OF the
army wagon, there Is a TRADITION that peo-
pie have seen people VINO once SdM a
mule team collapse, but no person can De
found who has himself witnessed such an
( When the back must be used in lieu Of
I vehicles the mule Is the only pack animal
| He will carry everything ms master puts
On him and he viii carry II forever and
give no sign of complaint. he fattehs on
waoing marshes and swimming rivers anu
/ elm bing mountains. he IS as sure-toot-
ed as ne is ciear-headed- A mule team
can draw an ambulance six miles an hOuI
! for twenty hours and reel .IesIeq dlIei
eatinE a bunch OF hay ana drinking
Notbirg short of an earthquake will
cause a mule TO run away. lie hsteus 70
I he roar of cannon without batting an
{ ear The sound of battle mas nelIher leI-
! rOr nor charm tor him. lie SAYS y. " "a a. =
Won pIIt him, and he raises the White nag
The mule is an army classic and the
stories about him are as the IessiiuS -, u
Samson There is a familiar Lincoln stoL
/ to the effect that one day the loss ~
! capture Of a few mules ana Two IIdyoi
/ generals was reported 10 the pre- e7A .i
I ssYVeII - said Lincoln. with shrewd tWln-
! HE in his ewes Il can make plenty or
/ major generals but l do hate 10 lose
I n is properly understood among army
teamsters that the only ways 70 STAR d
mule are to build a hre under MN % RT ~
! swear until the atmosphere Is pIuS- " ~ AZ
[ drivers like poets, are born, not mace;
I ON the whole. Missouri men are SuPpo9Su
/ fo handle a mule a little better Ihdu aug =
/ SCI,- sIea when General Otis was IN
/ command in the Philippines a raw W. IliS
/ souri, recruit was set TO driving IelLaC-
]
/ ,1nforfllnate because he mad 'hltcheu on
/ to the Baptists'' just before Jolnlhs Iiie
| army The roads were almost lhpdsoa-
/ HE and the rest Of the teamstefs WSIs
/ IiteraIIv bombarding their charges VIZ
| oaths. The Missourian held MS PedCS'
/ albeit in impOtent rage. Al iast Ouf %
/ tba wheel mules baked ana Iei llStu ~
! sdvaDCe a step. The driver USED every
J eDdeav0r to urge the beast along, DuI ~
/ no nurpOse Al last he roared OUT ~
/ emily. .-Oh, Lord, you know Watte III
/ mule ought to be as well as any DouN- -, ~
J whole army knows " here ne oushJ 20 W.
/ He knows where he ought TO pc; hi NJ y
J 1rhere he ought to be, on l-ofq, dI4 II
! ne doesn't move in a minute L intehd 20
! say so, by gum -. .f-r,e5 70 team
I Another soldier was assl ts5 - Jivision
( star dutv i'm General Funston : ui ISL t
/ n PRESENTED himself apoloseucdily Oe-
/ Tore mis- superior officer. -. .,.,,-,,t,
I 0aCap'n." ne said, hitchlng hlS mum t y. III
! avvlzwardIy in his trousers poCASSSr;
! visit YOUR pint Bill Jones TO o'l'il
III flows that; can't you drive!
What the devils the matter, then
wen ve see. Capn. I amt hait WlckeC
I ,ruff IL takes a reckleSser man IMAM
( r,iTste to drive a siN-mule team
( THESE assertions are all from me 49,
/ poinf If the army mule 5 stubDOII.I4 lit -
! 10 man who has had experience with mn ~
J doUbfs his loyalty, his courage ana ms
tUughness-