Show I BRA BRANDING ARMY MULES y I 1 M M k 1 I iS d L Lv I v r The part whIch the mule has hal played in the mIxed drama ot of the A Adean dean war has been nn an hn important one Great Britain has already b bu t tD several thousand d of at these thue mules and shipped them to Africa where hY b lo e been used In hauling field guns and transport wagons to the tho front Evers Een ass will remember ho how a band ot of these unreliable animals brought British arms arm by stampeding lit at the battle ot of It Is III not L 11 known that thal each one of these anImals le Is duty duly branded b by the British t i dies Ue b before tore being pressed Into active service The brand consists ct cf the the ther U governmental Insignia the broad arrow The accompanying tI a r shows ono one of these mules beIng marked with the ImperIal sIgn the beIng done of cour cou e with a Iron and always naturally mil against the wishes of the animal who has haa to be well tied down during durin th tits operation |