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Show MONKEY IN UNITED 81 ATES ARMY Twssty-Tlilrtl It. .lio.nl Msasot ll-hsrnied ll-hsrnied 1.7 llull.la. Frits, the nmsinl of company H, 21, rcKulura, and veteran of the I'hlllpplno war, is kuowu to the boys of the company com-pany as "comrade," and lo them he la away above the nvcrugo of his kind. FrltB enjoys tlie rare distinction of being the only nne of twelve monkr-ya ' able to stand the long ocean voyage from Manila. Frank J. Knoffk.iy la tba owner, and the soldier baa never -gouo luto an eriKareineut since April j 14, 10(10, when Frits was brought Into ramp, without the faithful monkey j cither on hl shoulders or trading I along close by his sldn. Frits has been f on every island In ths Sulu archipelago, archipel-ago, and Buffered without a murmur " the long and trying campaign. I When Knoffkcy lav wounded on tba field on C'cbu island, his comrades In uniform pressed on, but his com rail. Frits nestled close to his side and guarded blm 'through ths watchos of : '' tha night. On ths regiment's forced march acrosa Latay Island, Frits divided bta time between walking snd rid: i., on ths shoulder of tbs men all along tha ' Una. It was on this occasion that ba j cams near losing his life, at thu hands f of several wild monkeys, because ba j bad no tall. A monkey loaes hla social i standing In tha Philippines wh.n he is ' minus a tall. Frits escaped from bis Indignant relattvea only by leaping to tha shoulders of bis master. " i |
