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Show fsday, February 1. 1940 PAGE THREE Recent Order Retiring Some of Army's of SCOTT WATSON streamlining of our regular army, now 1 in rapid process, may I necessary to keep pace pgE I the demands of modern (fare, but as a result of it L's a glum group of men Cong our soldiers these C They are the men who have d Cge of the Cdrupeds used by the ma-g gun, howitzer and companies of the ious infantry regiments long-eare- C head-Crte- rs new streamlined the First, divisions the East; the Second, in and the Southwest; the Wd, on the Pacific coast; the Fifth, in the Middle est Ihey an in jt have been ordered to all of their animals to quartermasters departed as a result of the com-et- e -- motorization of these giments which will speed their tactical movements im IVi miles per hour to 35 es per hour and the same y is in store for the mules other infantry divisions become motorized. What itobe.done with these faith-s- i beasts has not yet been etermined by the but it is henceforth the mule-rav- a machine gun cart in tele Sams army will be a Ling of the past. Hereafter recruits will tarn the care of motors of mules and as a result favorite army joke will have she revised. For years there a been a saying among the Two packers in Gen. George war of 1876-7- 7 cinching up a Crooks army during the Sionx Indian pack-mul(From a photograph by Stanley J. Morrow; courtesy, University of South Dakota museum.) sections, his pack trains were selected as being best suited for the most arduous work ..The idea upon which, Crook as-ieworked, and which he successfully carried out, was to select trains under the who had enjoyed the widest experience, and were by nature best quarter-aster-generadapted to the important duties at they would be called upon to perform. Those who were too much t addicted to alcoholic stimulants, or were for other causes unsuited, ce were as opportunity presented replaced by better material. As 1 0$ with the men, so with the aniteller collection mals; the of bony giants and undersized Sonora rats, whose withers were always a mass of sores and whose hoofs were always broken and out of sorts, were as speedily as possible sold off or transferred to mule-dinne- rs pghboys that the other uses, and in their places firs? have associated we saw trains of animals which in weight, size and build, were of yith the type which experience had prges for so long that not shown to be most appropriate. their dispositions but s, The aparejos or po their facial characteris-- p formerly issued by the quarcame to resemble those termasters department, had been ... pack-maste- rs al, cer-unth- in-te- ad their-cantanke- rous pack-cushion- y the mules. iTliii does the 4 h a is k not. mean, however, army mule is a vanish--T pAmerican. Take the word of hj.'Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis p that! He has been in the cav--p far almost 40 years and he r organized and commanded j modern mechanized Seventh 1fhy brigade at Fort Knox. He that the day will never vhen an army can get along ut mules and horses and ? eolely upon motors. Speedy 4 efficient though trucks and motorized vehicles may be, FJ can never entirely replace lure footed and enduring hy-hen munitions and sup-ar- e to be transported over types of terraine. book's Pack Train Famous. atever the future of the mule may be, he has GEN. GEOBGE CROOK al-w-on burlesques, and killed more mules helped in carrying his-- 7 than they insisted upon loads. 'Crook their our country. Especially with mule each provided having 4 ihis true during the Indian for an especially, aparejo.made ; West-andthe p'Paigns in the it that waj just as Jttture of that era is filled with him, saying a mule to to ridiculous expect fences to the pack trains of an with burden a carry and their masters, the as it would be to expect Packers, , which accompanied aaparajeo to march comfortably soldier of the army expeditions which did not fit a with knapsack 'isnst the redskins. Outstand- and shoulback his to wiong the successful Indian-ter-s squarely in these used article ders, Every was Gen.' George Crook had to be of the best trains 4 oo little pack part of his success materials, for the very excellent 4 ue to his recognition of the reason that while out on scout, it ae of a good pack train and his was impossible to replace anymination to have one of the He began developing this thing broken, and a column might be embarrassed by the failure pliable adjunct to the forces of a train to arrive with ammuhis command during the nition or rations therefore, on campaigns in Arizona in the score of economy, it was betarly seventies and some of tst descriptions of the opera--4 ter to have all the very- best make an army pack train are to in the first place . Wise Old Males. und in the book On the Bor-Crook , (published by The old mules of a train know Scribner's Sons in 1891), their business perfectly well. Capt. John G. Bourke, who They need no one to show them es; where their place is when .the 9Eial Crook wasat all tiroe4-V- ning J:obeappqr- to secure for his men tioned on the canvas and in every C on campaign all the neces-L- 1 way deport themselves as sedate, members of of life, and to do that he prim, all vestiges whom from 0Iu his very wide experi-- C society, C at there was nothing to of the frivolities of youth have Pare-- ur a thoroughly orgarv-a- been eradicated- .- They - never sound of the bell, pack train, wander from the could follow a command and give no trouble to the packf tht or by day, and into every ers on herd. But a far different story must Cl? no atter how rocky, CJjcWy wooded, or how hope-- ) be told of the inexperienced, fresh from 2 esrt. He made the study skittish young mule, or of Missouri ains grass7, of blue the the great study 4 if of source the is He an(l bad always the Nebraska. of knowing that the more profanity than he is worth, 'i fL department under and were it not that the Recording control were in such admir-- . Angel understands the aggravavendition, that the moment tion in the case, he would have his e was threatened in other hands full in entering all the a permanent and place in the military of to its hon-- k ill-fitti- ng 151 u a V - t f well-behav-ed d well-equipp- ed sat-CfJ- i 1 " In two" things the column from the Yellowstone (Terrys command) was sadly deficient: in cavalry and in rapid transportaThe Sevtion writes Bourke. enth cavalry was in need of reorganization, half of 'its original numbers having been killed or wounded in the affair of the Big made up, Horn; the pack-traias it necessarily was, of animals taken out of the traces of the heavy wagons, was the saddest burlesque in that direction which it has ever been my lot to witness tor this no blame was to Terry, who was doing' the best he could with the means 'allowed him in Washington . . . Crooks pack-traiwas a marvel of system;" it maintained a discipline much severer than had been attained by any company in either column ; under the indefatigable supervision of Tom Moore, Dave Mears and others, who had had an experience of more than a quarter of a century, our mules moved with a precision to which the worn-ou- t comparison of clockwork is justly adapted. On the first days march, after meeting Crook, Terdropped, lost or rys pack-trai- n stores more than Crook's damaged command had spoiled from the same causes from the time when the campaign commenced," But lest this unfavorable comment on the efficiency of the pack-trai- n .of. a .rival7 outfit be ascribed to the natural prejudice of an officer for his commander whom he admired and respected, as Captain .Bourke did General Crook, let it be added that an even severer criticism was uttered by an officer in the Seventh cavalry. He was the late n in--t- ry the k k well-organiz- n, mule-Cnner- s, - e. cuss words? to wliich the green pack mule; has given rise. He will not iyind the bell, will wander, away from his comrades on herd and iii sundry and divers ways demonstrates the perversity of his nature.. To contravene his maliciousness, it is necessary to mark him in such a manner that every packer will see at a glance that he is a new arrival, and thereupon set to work to drive him back to his proper place in his own herd. The most certain, as it is the most convenient way to effect this, is by neatly roach-in- g his mane and shaving his tail so that nothing is left but a pencil or tassel of hair at the extreme end. He is now known as a shave-ta- il and everybody can recognize him at first sight. His sedate and comrade is called a These terms, in frontier sarcasm, have been transferred to officers of the army who, in the parlance of the packers, are known as and shave-tail- s, respectively, the former being the old captain or field officer of many fogies, who knows too much to be wasting his energies in needless excursions about the country, and the latter, the youngster fresh from his studies on the Hudson (at West Point), who fondly imagines he knows it all, and is not above having people know that he does He is a shave-ta- il all elegance of unispick-spa- n new, well form, groomed, and without sense enough to come in for feed when the bell rings . . . An Animated Sight There are few more animated sights than a pack train at the moment of feeding and grooming the mules. The care shown equals almost that given to the average baby, and the dumb animals seem to respond to all attentions. General Crook kept himself posted as to what was done to every inule, and, as a result, had the satisfaction of seeing his trains carrying a net average of 320 pounds to the mule, while a pamphlet issued by the government had explicitly stated that the highest average -- should - not -- exceed 175 pounds. So that, viewed in the most sordid light, the care which General Crook bestowed upon his trains yielded, wonderful results. Not a day passed that the general did not pass from one to two hours in personal inspection of the workings of his trains, and he has often since told me that he felt then the great responsibility of having his transportation in the most perfect order, because so much was to be demanded of it. , "The packers themselves were an- interesting study, drawn as they were from the four corners of the earth, although a majority of them, as was to be expected, n were of origin. Not an evening passed on this trip across the mountains of the well-train- ps December, 1895.. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, who as a young lieutenant fresh from West Joined the Point (a shave-tail- ), Seventh a few weeks, after the disaster to Custer. Two years later young Scott was stationed with his regiment in the Black Hills when General Sheridan arrived to locate the new post of Fort Meade. In his book Some Memories of a Soldier (published by the Century company in 1928) General Scott writes: Casters Train a Disgrace. the Seventh cavalry officers all made an official call on General Sheridan in a body in the tent of our colonel (Samuel Sturgis). It was a large hospital tent, but it was so full and my rank so low I could not get entirely inside. Sheridan expatiated upon the value such a post would have, when Indians broke away from the Nebraska agencies and went north toward the camp of Sitting Bull; a telegram to Fort Meade,, he .said, would, enable a cavalry force to. head them off here. I took my courage in hand and asked if he thought that post would be any good here without Instead of having a pack-traime thrown out, it seemed to -strike him-Just right, for he turned to our colonel,' saying . Sam, do you want a pack-train- ? Ill give you one. The Seventh cavalry had nevbefore, er had a real pack-trai- n because General Terry thought you could catch Indians with a team, though he never did it himself. Whenever we encountered cavalry from General Crooks department of the Platte, away from our wagons, the difference was painfully evident, for General Crook was the father of the modern 'aparajo train." Cutrain was a disgrace, improsters ran&s that Crook did not vised from the mules taken from to the quietly take a seat close his and the wagon-trai- n packers ramn fire of some of the packers and listen intently to their reminfor miles and iscences of early mining days in train was scatteredbeen have could captured easily California or up on the Frazer Hank n had the Indians known about it in British Columbia. "Notwithstanding frugal quarYank, Tom Moore, Jim ONeill, termaster Jack generals,-- " the-- " Fort Long, Charlie Hopkins, Long rs given us by Jim Cook, and others, were forty-nine- Meade pack-trai- n and well able to discuss General Sheridan in 1878 survived the most exciting times known to even the penurious General the new Pactojus, with its accom- Batcheler, who stripped the army panying trying days of the vigi- of mule, and this Train even surlance committee and other epi- vived the retrenchment after t) e war. It was sodes of equal interest. These were.men in the truest sense of sent to the Mexican border in the term; they had faced all per- 1912, when the chief packer called ils, endured all privations and on me at San Antonio, and that conquered in a manly way, which train serves the cavalry on the is one unfailing test of greatness border to this day. I used to love every mule in it, long ago." in human nature. . n. -- -- six-mu- le - Spanish-America- Mo-goll- on Spanish-America- n, popularity with our readers, for it brings you the B. scon of combining pleasure and profit. With jig, coping.Jor keyhole saw, you may cut, these designs from wallboard, plywood or thin lumber. Each . pattern - - That- was practically what Wclici did. He insisted on producing, writing, directing and acting in whatever picture he decided to make. RKO agreed. And after some weeks of trying to get started, and Anally postponing the first picture while a second, "Smiler With a Knife, got under way, it was announced that all bets were of?, so far as Heart of was concerned. The reason - -- Dark-ness- f'AyiumMWUuwe " UU ' , V - v- ORSON WELLES to setUe things up with Welles and the cast that he had assembled for the filming of the Conrad classic. And various Hollywoodltes are collecting beta made with frienda who were sure that the picture would reach the screen. Cinching up a pack mule from a 'drawing by Frederic RemOn Frontier ington, illustrating Service, by Lieut. G. W. Van Deosen In the Outing Magazine, tremendous BT STREYCKMANS ond ELtoO WATSON mix when RKO $160,000 ed LI ERE Is a new that 1 1 we know is department going to meet with Gibson Girl decided to shelve the first A LL the Miss Americas" Orson Welles film,- Heart of and In spite of Darkness. People in Holly- all the American sweetwood were against Welles be- hearts, past and present there has fore he arrived, there; they been only one truly American girl, Gibson Girl. She .was tall, redidnt like him in advance, the served and overdressed but fupj and lost few chances to prove more than 20 years she was the idol it. It was too much for the of America admired by the men film colony to have a man de- and imitated by the women. mand the world with a pink The Gibson Girl ribbon tied around it, and was sonfictimes athletic, someget it. times shy and given was that the budget for the picture well over a million dollars was so hlgh. It cost the company bell-shar- p. bell-shar- ThefName Is Familiar k hostilts..-- by Weateru Nourspapor Unloo.) Cjj f8s jshasfl - 'Mules Recalls Valuable Services of Pdck Trains in Indian-Fightin- g Days CO After his successful campaigns against the Apaches in Arizona. Crook, in 1875, was transferred to the conomand-- of the Dcpart-ment,the Platte and the next All Is Mot I Felles year, in his expedition against the Sioux and Cheyennes, proved how valuable a Ingrid Had Promis'd pack train is. After the disaster to Gen. A Musician's Meeds George A. Custer and his Seventh - Hy YlrglnJiuVnlo- -r cavalry on June 25 ,'"7 876, the forces of General Crook and Gen. (Releeeed by Western Nenapupar Union.) Alfred H. Terry, Custers superior officer, united to - pursue the PLENTY of bets were won When Ingrid Bergman arrived recently In New York on her way back" to Hollywood to make Joan of Arc the made two definite statements to the press. (1) If she becomes famous she will not forget her husband, back in Stockholm. (2) During this stay in ths United States she absolutely will not lose her head over American ica cream, as aba did the last time she was here. As a matter of fact, the has already become famona. Contrary to custom, she was Introduced to tho public In her first American picture, Intermcuo," without the usual ballyhoo. She taved tho picture, despite the fact that Leslie Howard, Edna Best, and two enchanting children were also la the cast end an can give the most enchanting child ' experienced actress the toughest kind of opposition. Miss Bergman should be perfect for Joan of Arc"; her beauty, talent and sincerity maka it fitting that tha role should be hers. X ENDSTh ODDS AND boy, In Johnny Greens "Johnny Presen u" koto dixovorod e new mv of relaxing after rah aortal,; they hold a font session on toy inUrumanU ... . Robert Taylor got tha coveted role of tho hero of "IT oterloo Bridge " opao-ulFivian Leigh ; it teas rumored that Laurence Olivier, the hero of her prb vote life, might get it . . . Greer indeed of Nor mo Sheerer; will do "Pride end Prejudice" So Joan Creu ford get s the lead in "Susan end Cod," for which Mitt Carson was tched-ule, . , And Mi , Shearer will do the film vertiitn of the Broadway success, TAe IT arid We Make." . " The aim of many a student musician is to land a job in radio, preferably on a network staff orchestra. a year job, at a subIts a stantial salary, offering a degree of security difficult to find anywhere else in music. Frankie Masters, who has been conducting dance music on the air for more than a decade, offers his advice to those trying to do it. "Dont expect io gel anywhere just on your ability to play one type of music well on one Instrument," be musician's dally says. work covert a range from awing to symphony, and the muaiciaa who cant encompass that range hasnt And theres- for men who caa play two or more Instruments." o Car-so- ... d , sometimes rcgat but always she was pure. She sat in the back, of rowboats, a para- sol over her shoulder. rode - saddle, of course. She played C. Glbaou without croquet And was who the real Miss stooping. Gibson? Nobody but an imaginary creature of Charles Dana Gibson, the artist who drew her. Born at Roxbury, Mass., In 1867, he became one of Americas greatest Illustrators. He made his first sale at 19 to Life magazine and was still a young man when Colliera ordered 100 drawings from him at $1,000 each. The name of Gibson, through Tils creation of another person, was as widely known as any throughout the world. Kaiser Wilhelm II was a Gibson Girl fan! the czar of Russia had a collection of her pictures and the drawings were popular in Alaska and Tokyo. A man by the name of Gibson created a girl more popular than the Cleopatra of yesterday or tha Ann Sheridan of today. And when a girl who doesnt exist has more oomph than those two, shes really got something! l. steel has heard the Bessemer process for making it, but hardly anyone knows about Sir Henry Bessemer. He Invented the process of converting cast iron lnte tough steel. He was an English engineer born In 1813. During the Crimean war, he wanted to perfect a cannon that would lira a spinning projeotlle but the cast iron la the guns was not strong enough to , , . r L Joan Bennett seems to have been . well dressed, bride - when ry she married Walter Wanger, the producer, in Phoenix. Ariz. She wore a beige jersey sports dress and a beaver hat and coat And for the third time the selected a groom a . good bit older than she was. ,, Until almost the last minute it was generally supposed that she would marry one of New Yorks young men about town. But that would have meant giving up her carcer-ran- d when you have young children, ifs ri.ee 1o have a career f) withstand tha more powerful ex that was Z90G) brings accurate outline of the design, and complete directions for making and painting. Men, women, boys and girls are finding this a fascinating pastime, and with each order will be sent a circular showing many addition- -' al novelties which you may make at home. Today, we are showing Meslgns that will appeal to flower lovers. Cut out and paint these clever designs and they become gay realistic flower boxes of your own making. Number ZD069, 15 cents, brings you the pattern for these eight designs along with general directions. Send orders to Aunt Martha, Box 166-Kansas City, Mo. 4 Strange Facts i Unique Help Call Cold Heart or Feet Blind Camera Fang I When a lone traveler or settler the vast uninhabited sections of Australia Is sick, lost or in any kind of serious trouble, he is permitted to cut a telegraph wire, an act that is immediately recognized as a call for help. ' Linemea promptly ascertain, through electrical instruments, where the cut was made, often hundreds of miles away, and set out at once with food, water and medical supplies. In Approximately 1,500 of the marriage licenses issued in the United Paris he was able, States each week are never used. plosion necessary. In to make a stronger cast iron. Then he succeeded in producing steel, patentingIBM.the It process in consists of burning out the carbon and other impurities by blasting air through the molten metal, a process still in use today. Sir Henry wee a prolific inventor. He wai the first to compress graphite into a solid mass so that lead pencils could be made. One of his first inventions was a method of impressing the government seal on papers so it could not he forged. The royal government promptly stole hie patent without any attempt at "recompense. Being a young unknown, ha did nothing about it But later in life bo made a vigorous protest and the government apologized for its misdeed and made him a knight to quiet him a reason as good as many others for bestowing the title of sir upon an Englishman. - Annie Oakleys' nie Oakleys. The reason for calling them that is vague, but the personality of the original Annie Oakley for whom they are named is not She was Americas greatest and . "Americas markswoman Sweetheart too, long before Shirley Temple or even Mary Pickford won that title Known as Little Sure Shot" Annie Americas ten million dial telephones do not have an exchange whose name begins with Q" as this letter is omitted from the automatic dial. 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