Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11

Ell PASO. Tex, July 1.-THE horses of
| Chestnut street and Wissahickon drive,
| Philadelphia police horses furnished to Off
GERS Of the 1st Brigade, are well, safe,
happy, contented and growing fat on alfalfa
and pure mountain air.
So the Philadelphia mounted policemen
whose pets they were before Councils, In
a patriotic mood. turned them over to
General Price and his subordnates, need
worry no longer about into what hands
the intelligent, creatures have fallen. Every
horse is being ridden by an officer and
gentleman.
Tho only anxiety that may come will
arise a result mlx-up in the num-
bers of the horses, which In Camp Pershing
are nameless for the most part. They
are identified by number like automobiles.
The number of the horse is buried on the
left front hoof, Three numbers on the
list furnished Colonel Turner. of the I'd
Regiment who brought the horses half way
across the continent, do not appear on
any of the left front hoofs in camp.
The missing numbers are 81, 936 and 563,
What horses are these? Where are they?
What error is involved?
SOME RECHRISTENED.
There are 10 horses in camp and they
have been apportioned among the officers
of General Prices staff and among the off,
GERS of the 1st, I'd and Sd Regiments. All
Is well, save for the enigma of the three
extra numbers-and the names of the
horses. VIII not some Philadelphia mounted
policeman supply the name which every
one of the glistening steeds is fairly burn
ing TO tell, but cannot because it can talk
only with its brown eyes? Perhaps II the
cavalry coppers knew that some of the
horses, with perfectly good names, are be-
ing rechristened Carranza, Villa, Mesquite.
Cactus, Mex, Ron. etc, they would hurry
and write and tell the various officers the
true names of the mounts.
And now for the grab-bag; or. rather, 1t
wasn't n grah-bag, but an orderly seec-
tlon OF horses, beginning with Brlgadier
General William G. Price and going down
In order of seniority.
General Prices horse is 93s and through
some underground source It was learned
that this horse is DAN Some Philadelphia
his pet, will be glad to hear that Dan is
the only black horse in the outfit. The
others are bays.
HOW THEY ARE ASSIGNED
Major Benjamin II. Whitaker, adjutant
general. drew 903 Major George S. Cramp-
ton. surgeon. 947, and Major y. Claude
Goddard, ordnance officer, 5b2 completing
General Prices stan. Colonel Allen. OF the
1st Regiment, Is riding 81 Lieutenant
Colonel Charles p. Hunt was awarded sos
and Major ], K Nichols $40. Battalion
Majors George B. Zane, Jr,, and Thomas
#, Meehan and Major Frederick o. Wage,
surgeon, will have 20 take turns riding 500
and 562 from the present outlook for IT
hasn't been decided exactly what is 10 be
done with three majors and two horses.
In the I'd Regiment the allotment of
horses is as follows: Colonel Hamilton
d. Turner, so; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas
J. r. Ross, $50; Major John Handy Hall.
9O7; Major Maylin ]. Pickering, 791, and
Major X. X. " Casey, 944.
The horses I'm the, 80 Regiment were dis.
trubuted thusy: 9s4, Lieutenant Colonel
George r. Kemp;T21, Major John W. Foos;
967, Major Robert NJ, Brookfeld; 94B
Major George Blair, and $50, Captain
Charles c. Meyers quartermaster. Bull"
is the correct name of Major Broolxhed's
mount. a horse famed for It's polite man
ners toward ladies.
ALL IN GOOD CONDITION.