New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1917, Page 14

SALUTE. THE NOLE, L — KING OF THE WAR Tommy Atkins Loud in Praise G10b€ Clothingflousc of Lowly Beast : ; ‘ TOP COATS FOR SPRING: Let Us Impress Upon Your Mind the Very Important Duty You Owe Your Dollars ‘When purchasing goods with which you are familiar, buy on your own judgment. mwlflnwhldlyou-nsmthmflllr,hn'tnbanwlooklndaeewhmmmn ‘When purchasing make your dollars go the furthest? (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) ‘With: the British armies in France, Feb. 6—Two years and a half of the grimmest war in history have wrought the triumph of at least one American institution—the army. mule. He has been weighed anew in the scales of i 2 battle, praved on the fire-swept flelds 'l'h-shtun:‘hy o s L e i eiens Tk il of France and Flanders, and not founa we have ey B P ‘which we gladly extend to our customers. : wanting. 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When or- dering. /2 mail include 10c—Parcel Post Charges. 5257 Stores in 97 Cities.— INDIAN PRISONERS EXPORTED FOR WORK Many Now Employed As Labor- ers in Mesopotamia Simla, India, March 2—The exper- iment cf granting well-behaved short- term prisoners in Indian jails a con- ditional remission of sentences and employing them as laborers in Mes- opotamia is now being conducted by the government and is attracting wide attention. Some time ago a few hundred such prisoners were sent to Mesopotamia and, the trial having proved a success, several thousand more will be started on their way to this war theater shortly. These labor corps are made up entirely of volunteers and it is declared none of them will be employed near the fighting - line. An official of the home department told The Associated Press that the next lot of prisoner-laborers to be fent out would number between six and ten thousand. “The terms offered have attracted a large number of volunteers from the better class of prisoners,” sald this official. “In fact, several times as many men as we are sending have asked to join the labor corps. The men permitted to go must have good records as prisoners and must be physically fit. “They are paid wages better than the average given to India and after they have worked for a stated time they are pald a bonus of about a vmonlh’s wages and are given a com- plete pardon, provided their ocon- duct has been satisfactory. “So far as possible the prisoner- laborers will be treated as though |- they never had been inside a jail. The corps are organized on much the same lines as those followed in the jcase of the free labor corps now em- ployed in Mesopotamia, the chief dif- ference being that they are partly of- ficered in the Indian ranks by ward- ers, to whom they are accustomed, who have also volunteered for the purpose. All ranks are dressed and equipped in exactly the same way as members of the free-porter and labor corps, but for obvious reasons the control and discipline exercised will be a little closer than in the case of the frec labor corps. “The corps will be employed in loading and unloading sea and river craft, stacking stores, road and hut making, and the like. There is, of course, on intention ‘of taking them near the fighting line. An exper- fenced inspector genergl of prisons will be in administrative charge of the corps.” farms in the south, he has journe to the war and come into his ::’:: The much maligned, supposedly stub. born, balky and generally pestiferous mule, has won a place in the heart of 'ho British army from which he can never be dislodged. He was quite an asset in the South African cam- paigns, but now is a real aristocrat of the transpart service, Magnificent Oreature, most magnificent creature,” replied a British Brigadier when ask- ed for an opinion of the lowly Ameri- can mule. “And he has a much better character than generally is given to him, He is something like a camel in that respect. Most people cry down and berate the poor'old camel, but once you get to know him he is much to be admired. It is just the same with the mule. He has some ways with him which the British Tommy didn’t. quite appreciate at first, but now that they are better ac- quainted and, have formed a sort of entente cordiale, the two have utmost respect for each other and ‘carry on’ at the front with complete under- standing and effectiveness.” ‘The mule had his supreme test on this front in the battles of the Somme. There were days and nights of un- ceasing labor, short rations and little or no attention. The strain, was con- stant and terrific. In exact ratio to the number employed, six horses suc- combed where a single mule gave way. The horse, of course, is an animal of finer fiber and is far more sensitive. If he stumbles into a shell hole flelled with water he will strive and struggle to get out until he actually dies of a broken heart. Not so the mule. He has no imagination and not much of an outlook on life. He calmly - and philosophically lies 'in the shell hole ARE READY FOR SERVICE i oo Four in Competman For Head o] D. A R ’ until some one comes along and digs| him out. Thick Hide Valuable, The mule, some suppositions to the contrary notwithstanding, is vuilner- able at times to shot and shell. Many of them have been killed in action along with the horses, and others have died of wounds. But modern veterin- ary skill is working wonders for the animals of war and one must be badly hurt indeed to be abandoned. The thick skin of the mule saves him from many of the troubles that beset the horse. It wards off mud blisters and the affections that come from the wet and damp and long exposure. As to working values, the horse being far more anxious to please, will ordinarily accomplish as much as one and one-third mules, Some horses do the work of a mule and a half. But they cannot “stick it” so long. Visiting a veterinary hospital where there were hundreds of horses under medical repair, it was strange, to notice but a solitary mule among them. Someone suggested this was strange because the army had found the mule such a fine animal he had been imported by the tens of thou- ands. “That’s precisely it,”” said the doctor in charge: “it's because he is such a fine animal that yvou see so little of him here.” Because he 1s generally civil and sometime goes to sleep just abaft a howling nine-inch gun, it must not be supposed the American mule has lost all his old craft and mulish cun- ning. At one of the hospitals there is a sulphur “dip”, or bath, like the cattle dips on western ranches, Most of the horses will plunge in over their heads and swim through, getting the full benefit of the disinfection. But Mr. Mule is rather too suspicious to take suchfchances. He is drawn in with great reluctance and holds his head high above the yellow liquid. One old fellow went through six times one day but not once did he geet his head wet until ‘the sponges. were re- sorted to. 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