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Show Army Patriarch Retires; Bounces Soldier a Day FORT BRAGG, N. C Wild Root, 33-year-old army' mule, which threw a soldier a day for seven long years and two the last day she was saddled sad-dled just to show that she was not weakening was retired with fuli military honors. There was a formal review. The orneriest mule that ever stuck her nose into an army feed box stood by Lieut. Col. William Clarke, commander of the Fourth Field Artillery Ar-tillery battalion; Capt. J. O. Seaman Sea-man and other officers, as the battalion bat-talion her own including 687 mules and 117 horses swept past in full pack. Maj. Gen. Jacob L. Devers recommended recom-mended the retirement as one of his last orders before relinquishing command of Fort Bragg to take command at Fort Knox, Ky., of the armored forces of the United States. Over the time-hewn back of the little, dun-colored "toughy" hung an army blanket with service stripes. There was little of her famed friski-ness friski-ness as she took her honors. In fact, there was a trace of boredom in her apathetic eyes, where evil was wont to dance. |