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Show SHOOTING ALL THE ARMY CATS Leavenworth, Kas , April 1. For men who are by nature superstitious, Sergeant Willium Carter anJ Corporal Alonzo Scott, negro soldiers stationed at Fort Leavenworth, have tho worst job In the world They were ordered yesterday to shoot all the stray cats on the reservation. When General Funston was in charge horc he tried to rid the post of its cats, but failed He also issued is-sued an order to shoot all unmuzzled unmuz-zled dogs. This order was re-Issued yesterday. General Ramsey D Potts, commanding com-manding the army service school, who renewed the warfare on cats and dogs, also Issued an ordor yesterday prohibiting pro-hibiting anyone on the reservation fiom acquiring any more of these animals an-imals until permitted to do so by him. |