Show A valuable muleskinner Mule skinner in one of res hes beachs beacha stories he be has that inimitable character of his old bill joyce declare now a good mule driver Is the littlest orn erlest speck in the human line known to the microscope but when you get a poor one hed spall one of them cholera germs you read about just by contact but it if old bill had listened in on a conference which took place tit at camp Kearney Calif during july 1917 when thousands of men were being trained tor for service over there he might have revised his bis estimate certainly certai nii it was a jolt to the self es ea teem ol of sone some of the professional men choat first had a high idea of their worth to their outfits two battery commanders ol of an artillery regiment were engaged in a heated argument overhearing part 0 oc it the regimental adjutant undertook to adjust their differences the matter mat terl he asked lies iles trying to get a man away from my outfit replied captain no 1 well I 1 offered him a fair exchange declared captain no 2 chos the man anyway asked the adjutant A mule muleskinner skinner and a darned good one said captain no 1 what are yuu you going to give almy him asked cited the adjutant A banker and two salesmen replied captain no 2 then in a sudden burst of generosity he added and it if lie he insists ill throw in a lawyer to boot 0 0 0 |