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Show jKAISER'S GOAT IN SALT LAKE j & & 4t PRINCESS LENA ARMY MASCOT r IJEIVATE P.OEERT POWELL, formerly of Salt Laie, and Princess , Lena of EUlnelnnd, Germany, mascot of C company of the military po-j lice. American army of occupation. The goat is from the flocks of the for-j mer kaiser near C'oblcn::. sccordin? to Privato Powell, hut is rapidly be-1 I coining Atrsricanizcu" ' and iiaa gained in weight since coming to the! ; United Slates. : ; ' i ' j ; 1 1 ! i r I" civ ! V :: ' '1 I I ' Former Property of Emperor Em-peror Accompanies Soldier Sol-dier to Old Home. PBTVATK IvOBERT POWELL, .formerly ol" Salt Luke, ot all the men of the American expeditionary expedition-ary forces perhaps, hits llie besi; claim to ''ctiin' the kaiser's goat.-' The goat answers to the name of Princess Prin-cess Lena, and before joining C company, com-pany, military police, of the 'Third army of occupatioa, was among the flocks . of the former ka iscr nea r his jalace j at Coblenz, (Jennany, according to Private Pri-vate Powell. Private Powell served in the M"euse-Argonne, M"euse-Argonne, St. Miliiel and .Flanders offensives of-fensives with the Xinef y-fivsl division. He is in Salt Lake visiting friends before going to Rawlins. Wyo. The goat has traveled wit h Mm from his home in Los Angeles. Lena, who is a valuable milk goat, took such a liUing lo Powell that he just had to take her to his company. 1 And as long as C company remained ! a unit. Princess Lena was its mascot. ! ' ( Princess Lena joined the American army ar tin? age of one month and was honorably discharged wilhout pay at the Presidio after five months of service-" Private Powell said. Princess Lena wears more insignia than any soldier of the American expeditionary ex-peditionary forces. On her blanket, are two gold chevrons, a discharge chevron, and the distinctive markings of every division 'which served in the occupation of Germany. In addition she wears a pretty pink ribbon and a tassel from t he dress uniform of a Prussian guardsman. guards-man. The goat attracted so much attention I when she accompanied Private Powell about the streets of "Xew Tok re-' re-' cently that a traffic policeman had to : disperse the crowd which athercd. Princess Lena lias ben in Uertnany, Luxemburg, Alsace-Lariaine, Belgium, Prance, Canada and the United States. The animal has become greatly attached at-tached to Private Powell and follows him about like a do::. Although he was offered jjivJOO for the animal ia Los Angeles recently he would not part with the mascot. |