Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29

coin. secretary, which shows that
Mexique's claims were not overlooked
even though republics are sometimes
lungrateful. 1t reads: Let this mule
be we'll kept and cared for at the
public expense as long as he lives.
Old Whitley, of the Twelfth Army
corps, was another famous army
mule, according to General wilson;
There was a tradition that Old
Whitley was in the ammunition train
at the battle Of Buena Vista and the
storming of Monterey, like Mexique
But, whether he proved his courage
| on those stricken fields or not, there
was no question about his having the
true fighting spirit.
His chief pleasure in life was to
slip his moose and wander ABOUT the
camp seeking a mule that was
worthy of his heel. The disturbance
he caused frequently made the SOL
diers think the enemy was making a
midnight attack on the camp. But
one night he nearly met his natch.
There was a big. seventeen hand
dun mule, belonging General Sickles's S
corps called Dynamite. This mule
was a double back-action kicker,
with cylinder attachment and noise
| less motion. One night Whitley got
loose and got into Sickles's camp and
ran up against the big dun mule. For
few minutes the big dun fellow
didn't seem to be "in it," but, as they
say in the prize ring, "he was game
as a pebble got his second wind ana
toed the scratch. Now the two mules
stand on their hind legs and paw and
bite and scream, and now again as
quick as lightning they wheel and
stand on their front legs and kick
with 2.00O-volt power. while a goodly
portion Of the army stands ABOUT
cheering them on and betting on the
result. Suddenly the dun mule pre-
sents his broadsde to Old Whitley,
when, quicker than thought, the old
warrior lands his two feet just over
the region of the dun mules heart
The dun mule drops, gasps once or
twice and is dead.
The name of the next mule that
General Wilson celebrates Is lost, put
his exploit lives. a good many years
ago. during an Indian campaign IN
the west, an officer conceived the ldea
of mounting a rapid-firing gun on
| big mule. The thing was done ana
everything promised well until one
| day on the march the lanyard got
tangled with the mules hind foot.
The mule kicked and there was a
rapid discharge. Surprised. he began
to turn round and round to learn
where the noise was coming from. Al
the same time he kept kicking TO
dsentangle his hind leg. The ERECT
| was remarkable.
The spectacle presented by friend
Ily and well-disposed mule revolving
on a fixed center, discharging rapid
firing gun in all directions with every
movement of his hind leg, aroused
conflicting emotions in the detach-
ment. among which warlike enthusi-
asm could not be included. The
command could have encountered
with firmness an attack by the red
men in the open field. but revolv-
ing mule. saddled with rapid-hring
gun, scattered death and wounds with
every kick from his left hind foot;
was too much. even for well-seasoned
|American soldiers. After the second
revolution a disOrganized battalion
of rank and file alike began shouting
from behind trees and rocks and out
of the fastness into which they had
all fled, stop that mule! stop that
mulei"
There is another army mule whose
name is lost to fame, but whose un-