The Washington times., 1916-10-20
DISTRICT TROOPERS
REVEAL BLUE BLOOD
Horse Bites, Kicks, and Bruises
Settle All Question as to
/ GeneaIogy Of cavaIrymen.

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BAN ANTONIO. Oct. ie (maiD.-Mur-
der will out. So will blue blood. For
instance. Troop A. First Separate Cav
elry. District militia. Ia famed for the
blueness Of the blood of it's members.
Anyone having doubts as to whether or
not their blood is really blue need 70 no
farther than Capt. Herbert ]. Bryson.
medical officer, detailed with the troop,
For the past week Captain Bryson
has come into indisputable evidence
that their blood 10 blue. He has treated
Sites and kicks and bruises r%ses re sSs e9r ss
a result Of being thrown repeatedly to
the ground and dragged over the rough
Held. The troopers blood began to
received their wild horses and. Judging
making. their blue blood viii be near
the surface for some time to come.
~ Rspey P manager sere 81 aep the National "a
Theater, 10 badly bunged up with bites.
kicks, and stamp he received while
trying to break into the horshoer's
never shoed a horse before In their lives
10 them.
Has Half Dozen Bites.
Private Joe Maloney exhibits half
dozen bites on his chest and body, the
result OF his successful efforts to tame
a wild bronco" known as Oscar
Wilde" Sergeant Sauiers. Private
James Wilson. son of the Secretary Of
the Department Of Labor; Jesse Wilson.
s pRS Private " s ko %so Pollock ys snd
vate Roger are also shy hunks of flesh
on their chest and limbs. while few OF
the troopers have escaped the distinc-
ton Of being kicked a score or more
times and made record breaking flights
through the air for twenty or thirty
feet
Horseshoers Stone and Blum had 10
apply to the remount station Tor
stocks" four posts and hammock
with which to raise the animals COM
pletely off the ground and render them
helpless while they are being shod'
Received Bad Deal.
Priyates G. f. OBrien and J. ID.
Roberts are the joint possessors OF an
other horse not assigned to them when
thu deck Of cards was shuffled and cut
and the wild animals doled out. Their
steed is a devils horse" also known
as n rear horse" and sometimes called
1.-THE Walking Stick" 1t Is long,
aim insect which looks like a twig from
a tree and has six legs two Of which
are green. The insect stands about two
feet high and Is about eight inches long.
When II was captured Privates Rob.
erts and OBrien tied a piece OF thread
around one Of Its legs ana attaehed tne
thread to a heavy oak tent peg driven
A foot into the ground. Half an hour
later the insect was running amuck IN
the cavalry camp. and the joint owners
say II chewed the oak tent peg In two
and dragged half OF it around behind II
until captured.
The troopers are mourning the loss o.
Private Paul Sharpe. one OF their mos
popular members, who has been ordered
detailed to Fort Sam Houston to hell
guard the prisoners OF the Thirty
seventh Infantry confined there. Ut Il
understood the detail Will continue on
month.
Hold Nightly Parties.
The members OF Troop A have gotte'
on the most intimate terms with tn
regulars in the Sixteenth Cavalry, o
which the District OUTFIT is a unit. Fac
night the militiamen give a party II
honor Of the regulars. Instruments
music is furnished by Corporal Winhel
Scott at the guitar and Prixate "; I
Olmsted at the mandolin. The militia
men and regulars join in singing popula
and sentimental ballads, as well as
number of original compositions by Cor
moral Alfred Thompson. Private job
McCallum, Private Alden Bling, and Sci
Reant Beebout.
The troopers camp has been a sea @
black mud for the past two days be
cause OF the continual heavy rain. an
the blowing around they must do to at
tend to their steeds. Irrespective Of til
weather they must water. feed. an
always before they do a hands turn fc
themselves. The cavairyman Is tra'ne
TO think of his animal first and himse
later, II he has time.