The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-11-03
CAMELS AGAIN
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WASHINGTON, Nov, 3.--Thc
q case st tho national museum horc
constitutes tho sole relic 0f two ship.
loads Of can,eis brought from the var
East In tho "fifties'' while Jeffers0n
Davis was secretary OF war in An ef.
fort 10 solve the problem NJ t,rns.
porting military Nuppilrs bct vccn thc
'MiAsissippi river and thu pon,A sent.
tered across tho westeru den.rts.
Hostility Of nativ, mule drivers 10
tho "ships Of tho desert" and tbe
beginning OF tho Civil war arc as
siGned by government suthori.ies ma
the reasons for tho failure OF the ef
fort To utilize camsin m burden car.
riers over the western plains.
In. Charles G.. Carol. Of the
department Of agriculture, has writ.
ton an official history Of IN. in,por.
tntion OF cnmc,s. Be snys the idea
Of transplnntinx the beasts 10 Amer.
lea originated with tho Svanish
after the conquest of South Amer.
jca and toward tho end Of tho 18th
century thsy were Introduced into
Peru. The camels wsro not lookod
upon with favor BIZ the rui,ns Off.
ciais, however, and they dvjudled
away. Sons csmsis also wsre trans.
ported 10 virgiuis from Guinea in
1901 but thcrc II no authentic record
os tho enterprise except tha, Il fail.
cd.
Transportation trou bias durirs tho
stubborn Indian var in Florid, caus.
% Major GEORGE u. Cross man 10 sd.
vocate the uss of the des~rt scasts
for military purposes, but nothing
cume OF tho plan,
Some Year, later Major Harry C..
Wayne suggested 10 the war depart.
r,ent and 70 mrmbsrs o, copx,cns n
pian for govern msnt importation. His
Ideas were endorsed nv J,ifer,on
Davis. then chairman Of the senate
military com mittse. and After Mr..
Davis beca, me secrctary Of var un.
der President Pierc. he pres,.l the
sksic,on Of q camel which s,.ads In
Lroject. Finally in Dccembcr 1894
couRrrsa approved an amendman, nv
senator shieis, of Illinois, 10 the an.
nusi army appropriation bill provid.
ing $50, 900 TO be cxprndcd under
the direction Of the var dana RI mcnt
In the purchase and Importation OF
cameis and dromedar,~s 10 h. sm.
pioyed for military PURPOSES.
Secretary Davis nj once sen, Ma.
1or Wayne 10 the i.evaut 10 round up
the cameis, III. sccr.,sry of the navy
placing NJ tho disposal OF Mr.. Davis
the storsship supply. with her crew.
under tho command Of Lieutcnspt
David u. Porter tastevwnrd Admiral
Porter.J Il was ordered that the
ship land n, n Texas port N Il was
supposed the ciimat. there would
more resemble that OF the Far East.
Major Wayne and Lieutenant Por-
ter bought their first animals ia Tun-
4, in August and upon applying tor n
permit TO brink the camel away the
Boy Of Tunis presented 10 the I nited
States two other animals, one Of
which finally because the veteran Of
tho American herd.
The ship then went to CONSTANT
uopls. whore the officers declined an
offer OF the Sultan OF Turkey TO pre-
sent four camcis TO the United
States because II was found tn, AMI
mails would have to bo brought from
Asia and the officers did not want
TO walt for them, Tho Supply went
from Constantinopie 10 Alexandria,
Egypt, whore Il was proposed 10 pur-
chase ten dromedsries and 80 taneis
but rcd tape" 80 disguised the