Show WILLIAM WL TELL TEL NOW HOM HONE Filipino qa Mascot by b br r T Jackies Jackes Back ac Prom From Havana Hava t William Tell Ten arrived home ho from Havana Havana Friday afternoon whither he went went to witness winess the inauguration of o President Palma Palma Mr Tell Tel would not no discuss the te ImpressIon he formed ormed of the th Cubans or the way wa they usher Into of a presidents but from what a few Of his friends said William Wilam did not no enjoy his visit to the Pearl o of of the An Au tiles tilles ties to any great extent and showed In many ways during his bis short stay that he ha was anxious to tat very ver get back to his new home home homent at the te Brooklyn navy nav i yard says sas the New Tork York Times I William who by the way y is i the only genuine Filipino goat at present connected with wih the he American army amy has hasan hasan an interesting history and it is from frou ro that standpoint that tat this story Is writ written wrt t ten Born not far tar from the naval sta ate tion t n at at Cavite P I about aliO fout two years at ago it was Mr Tells fortune or mis misfortune fortune it i matters maters not which to be some fourteen fourte n months ago by bya a couple of jackies jackes from te the gunboat Helena Helena The Te sailors were out for tor a good time and the th thought of or capturing capturing Inga ing a new mascot had not entered e their heads when all al of or a sudden they ran across a little white ani animal anImal an mal ma peacefully nibbling away uway at the grass that grows in spots around Ca Cavite Cavite vite vie No sooner so ner was wa William WU am sighted than tan the two Americans forthwith de decided that tat his right place was wa In the navy and aboard the Helena Helena which at t that time outside of a rather ancient ancient parrot was minus a real mascot So it came caine cae about that the te goat gat was soon so n captured and taken to the th naval an anchorage anchorage n off of Cavite Cavie where he was with considerable ceremony enlisted as a mascot of ot the te United Unie States State nay navy na There are very vel few fe vessels in n the navy ny that do not carry mascots mascot during duin their cruises and of these tese men nearly every ever one boat boasts of ja p goat as its Us chief of staff in the mascot mast line Most lost of ot these thee goats goat are of ot Amer Ae ican lea origin orgin so it will wi be b easily under understood understood stood what a unique place William Tell TeU occupies at present He e WilliamI arrived I at New York on board the te Brooklyn which had ben been the te flagship fa hIp of the Asi As Asiatic s atc station staton for a long time and it I was I from one of or the sailors aboard that t t fa vessel Y 1 that the a following f the accomplishments tc c etc etc of Or Mr Tell Te was gleaned When the goat was wa first brought on board hoard the te Helena H lena said sard tle sailor was a little lean cus cuss and looked but the trim well wel groomed little fellow he is at the pros pres present ent time Of course coUre you know kow that it any easy eay matter mater to train trin a goat for tor service serice In the navy and and in the case ce of this one the te task tak was w unusually hard har owing to the te tact fact he h did dd not not un understand understand a D word of ot English The day following his a committee of at three of the te oldest men In the te complement were appointed a commis commission commIssion sion aba to educate William For a long hong time it i was wa almost impossible to make him understand a thing that his teach teachers teachers teachers ers tried to Impress Impre on him Finally though after ater he had been In service some six or seven seyen weeks he began beg to see things In a better beter light and ad then his education went along in splendid shape shape the goat gat catching on to all al the English words and a nd learning lea g tricks so fast fat that his tutors tutor soon son found out that they were running short of or tricks and had ha to give him a weeks vacation At the end of ten months mont the commis commission sion reported that tat the education of ot the goat was completed and the te result was as that the te Helena had bad the smartest mae mas mascot cot ct in the te service an a opinion that tat has bat been verified by Williams veried career creer To give you an idea Ide of what William WIlam can cn do It will wi be b enough to give ghe you a fair fai idea idea of his hi abilities to say sy that there tere is I hardly harly a a command given I aboard c a ship hip that tat he does d not under understand understand stand sta dor For or instance there ter Is lathe the te target tret practice William is I mortally afraid of or e big big guns gns and ad he he knows o exactly what wilet i the te minute the officers I give the te orders that tat cause cu the men to I get gt the guns g s ready rady No sooner does doe he ne realize ie e f what is is about ab t to t lake k pla Je that he whisks away down dow into Ito the e en eu g ine ne room r m where he will gt W Jn II t the arket somebody t hI 5 him that there tere are ai to be b no more mor noises or uncomfortable recoils thai that recoil day dayOn plOn On the other oter hand the boat drills dris age ar a e his especial delight and he is never neer so a G happy hapy as a when sitting in a boat watching the rhythmical swing of the oars o tra In the he hands of ot the sailors Also he h understands exactly exact how to deport himself h 01 on o board ship being as lively as a a 4 cat ct when when Jin In the te quarters of oC the enlisted e neXt men r If and d he as dignified a as aa a judge j when visiting the te cabin of ot ad admiral adm miral m t 1 or captain He Be eats eat only navy fod f dod and aa the te tobacco that he consents to t o chew every ever now nov and ad then ten Is the usual navy brand We have not taught him how to smoke yet but it is not a a forlorn hope by any means eans that he may be prevailed on eventually to smoke as well wel as chew He Ho knows kows the flag fag of every ever nation naton that owns a ship and he refuses l to salute any color other than ta the te American although he has ha on several occasions s shown that he be holds In very ver high esteem the flag fag of Eng I land this thi fact being due Que probably to the good times given him by English J troops when he visited Australia during duing the Duke D ke o ot of Yorks tour of the British possessions possessions and also alse at Shanghai Shanghai where the treated him more mor like some royal royl visitor than th n mascot of ot otan an an American warship By the way I 1 might tell yot ho it was a that tat William came cale tp be transferred from om the Hele Helena Helena Helena na way to the te Brooklyn Brooklyn It I came camO about this In rn the harbor habor of ot Shanghai during durins the China trouble the Helena Helen and the Brooklyn met m and the sailors of our ship saw William do a few of his fa favorite favorite stunt stunt They Th y were so Impressed that negotiations looking to his hs trans transfer fer to t the Brooklyn were immediately opened At first frt the te men would listen to no arguments whatever about any transfer but the te men of the flagship persisted and eventually suc sac succeeded succeeded In convincing the Helena Heena sail sailors si 1 ors ore or that it was wa due to the education of William W that he be transferred to the tt Brooklyn BrOky and brought to America so that he be might have a chance chanc to form fonn forma Amore a more accurate as a well wel as Intimate knowledge of the land of oC his adoption |