The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-19
WILLIAM TELL NOW HOME.
Filipino Goat Mascot Kidnapped b
Jackies Back From Havana.

William Tell arrived home from
Havana Friday afternoon, whittier he
went to witness the inauguration ot
President Palma. Mr.. Tell would not
discuss the impression he formed of the
Cubans or the way they usher into Of
NE presidents. but from what a few
of his friends said, William" did not
enjoy his visit to the Pearl of the An
TILES to any great extent, and showed
in many ways during his short stay
that he was very anxious to get back
TO his new home at the Brooklyn navy
ward, says the New York Times.
William" who. by the way, is the
only genuine Filipino goat at present
connected with the American army, has
an interesting history. and it is from
that standpoint that this story is writ
ten Born not far from the naval sta
ton at Cavite, P. l., about two years
ago, il was Mr.. Tells fortune or mis-
fortune, il matters not which, to be
kidnapped some fourteen months ago by
couple Of jackies from the gunboat
Helena. The sailors were out for a.
good time and the thought of captur-
ing new mascot had not entered their
heads. when all OF a sudden they ran
across a little white, black-spotted ami
NAL peacefully nibbiing away at the
grass that grows in spots around Ca
Vlte. No sooner was William sighted
than the two Americans forthwith de-
cided that his right place was in the
navy and aboard the Helena. which at
that time, outside of a rather ancient
parrot. was minus a real mascot. So it
came about that the goat was soon
captured and taken to the naval an
ehorage off Cavite, where he was with
considerable ceremony enlisted as a
ma E0nf nf tho TTnff1a
There are very few vessels in the navy
that do not carry Tnascots during their
cruises, and of these pet-carrying men,
of-war nearly every one boasts of a
goat as its chief of staff in the mascot
line. Most of these goats are of Amer
lean origin. so it win be easily under
stood what a unique place William
TelP' occupies at present. He arrived
at New York on board the Brooklyn,
which had been the flagship of the Ash
attic station for a long time and it was
from one of the sailors aboard that ia
nous vessel that the following story of
the accomplishments, etc, of Mr. TelF'
was CLEANED:
When the goat was first brought on
board the Helena" said the sailor, "he
was a little lean. hungry looking cuss.
and looked anything but the trim, we'll
groomed little fellow he is at the pres
ent time OF course, you know that il
isn't any easy matter to train a goat
for service in the navy, and in the case
Of this one the task was unusually
hard. owing to the fact he did not I'M
a word Of English. The day
following his kidnapping committee of
three Of the oldest men in the Helena's
were appointed a commits
sion to educate William For a long
time il was almost impossible to make
him understand thing that his teach
Frs tried to impress on him. Finally
though. after he had been in service
some six or seven weeks, he began to
zee things in a better light. and then
lis education went along in splendid
shape. the goat catching on TO all the
English words and learning tricks so
asst that his tutors soon found out
hat they were running short of tricks.
md had 10 give him weeks vacation.
At the end OF ten months the commits 1
ion reported that the education of the
Soat was completed. and the result was
hat the Helena had the smartest mas |
'ot in the seryice-an opinion that has |
'een verified by Williams career.
To give you an idea OF what William |
an do il will be enough to give Won a 1
air idea of his abilities to saw that
here is hardly a command given /
board ship that he does not under I
tand. For instance, there is the target
racuce. William is mortally afraid /
I the big guns, and he knows exactly
That is coming the minute the officers
I've the orders that cause the men To
81 the guns ready. No sooner does he
ealize what is about to take plaee
nat he whlsks away down into the en-