THE COMING OF THE CAMELS

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A QUAINT AND CURIOUS CHAPTER IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF TRAVEL WEST.

Featured in the May 1956 Issue of Arizona Highways

BY: SAMUEL A. SICILIANO

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BY RAMDEL A. BOLJANO It is a rock pyramid frenings become plaque sad ampporsing a metal silhouette of a cursed, To many, speeding sloog U. B. Highway theyo just wast of Querbaho, Arnauma, is nока аррис на коrber in 1. xaydad of fur-fetched examples in the "Sackstor" s of pramoning se band of cigarctos cigarettes over odas. Tu sobe, wius stop to sewati tiso edges of a outdesity man jagged than others, it adds up to one more in the the reads of mikinya te a comomnity concinos, these moti and amone emotions which hasor a man's doods long afor be los deputed the carts opusa which he performed them.

That to a few, those who find resse cue than rescos in hissury, when sesxh for and find greatsos nec caly in нессгорбићeneru but ako in fallave; this pyramidal pile s power to a sama aαπά και καμακίτσας, neuter saccisful, batch class hva The man was Hadli All, wind, dancing ayed, nakage from the markut places of the Ziear Esex.

The Asperiseret was me to a long line of efforts, suns right, noty wrong, whkh love resulted in making the Anny of The United States of America the most peant Egising force the world has ever known.

From the reports, recemoenderloos and maggedores of Jefferson Devia, Secretary of War (and later to president of the Confederats Bars of America), the 33rd Cangas, on March 3, rügy, included de following in he Defence Depaгоsент «ругербтions bilk "Sec. 4. And be in further further stanted, That the sucs of sirty thousand dollars be, and the same is is hereby barchy appropriated under the direction of the War Departiment, in the puchase of cocks and importation of shromadaries, co be employed for salitary par Upon approval of the appropriations bill Summary Davis Jant Army Major Henry C. Wayne and Navy Lieutenant D. D. Perter in China, Shuyios, and oder Eastern cities to purchase and bring back on the Undani States the best camels and drosredarks they oould find.

This was an wasserik task. Knowledge of the handpad besses was practically nil in this country. FewAmericans bed aver ved such ace. Clans had yet to Enter wpon the American scoma and the country's sco lagikal garden was youn away fum intuenst in the carol Report Major Wayne overesine the chascadas set in Iris path sad on Veisntry to, rays the Navy dip Hopply Left Satyrus for the United States ourying twenty camis of burden, the draft wink of the breed oine dreune Surka, the spously savalry type; three animals classified simply se "comes", and a month old calf type a Yawn. Also an Malur Wayne's "pesskoger Hat" we ca Hedf All who, by his son admisten, was known in the Putting боль з "one fine comul doctor".

The Supply served in Indianole, Texas, early in May, away and in all-prochkinné "savel nanol doctor," decose, by virtue of the American president for niceties and his sea u falling good heanor new lawn to everyone sa Fi Jally, superintended the drive westward.

The drive, baired at Army stations along the way for cans, proved that the murels would live up to War Department expectations in roansport and supply. Thres camele could carry a load which required dx mudas. And the desert boasts could troved twice as faut as their long-

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Now meters of the way of the droundary for desert paaral. But have Hi Jolly Jolly and the lofsat Cond Corps, URA met with apparition The poo-Civil War Or's under Hi Jelly's tatalogs bnnd that the cand out-swbicaned the proverbial hard-beaded stay male and oceanterled the tough cavalry house of that day. It also had another dissivantege-- One cosporal naked in his journal, the bear was m wing in sink is tooth into any part of the socialy away coming within mack of its long neck.

And to further complicate matters a malady animowa la the medical records of inland fraud solitary-amick-an-xppeared en duk call books. The sens drivers h cara dalantly E top the away-walking Ships of the Desert.

Building being that what they have atensya coco, an increasing aumber of canta fided to return to ben fal Inwing the treining essions as the Amen. Repers from membaca of the Corpe contelised many and vaded ressa for shooting their transparstien along the line of march.

Hi Jolly did his beste bat troop scadora, sya pathacle with the feellags of their nosa in regard to the Banels, would bisern all the abjeedana in their quas in

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"There theen in, Major," answered Fl. Jally, bia cya twinkling, le the Yomos sne, "What cadeirmed the Major. "Thess Hrtle Bonors Bats!"

"Do yus nodes them, Majar? asked. Hi. Jelly. "Ix terrible bot on than Yoma rand and my male he drink and alaink every day, I think one ses meeth as thσι read and I got no mais But beneath it all Hi Jolly was still a "camel-doctor." At war's and he and a friend toured the ragiona aoud par chand a fow of the comeds the Indiana bad rounded up from the found the any had ist adrift in the desert. Tony

COMING OF THE CAMELS

Shar repeats, owning accuracy mantiene of the many step tags gained.

The Anal Engl blow to the arsel experiment runs with the ombakar of war between the fums. Some of the camels were sold to private concern for the int porting supplies to westem mias, a few went to small kod mul memageries. Many ed than were just comed love in the Arzana demor to fend fer thensseirra.

Hi Jolly ramsinsd with the array. He nurved as scout, packar sind did tka sudred kod use fute the many alwayw found in thon daya fur cirliks who could do a hamıdırd and one things.

Fit for grow with his friendships and, just jave ze wyer frontier counianity bad ka quote of people whs "karw ule Hit Jally," au did it have to share of "Hi Jolly soucics"

Perhaps ja the mos-told of timeς λεγειάς Έως τo de with the javil terle bellow's "mlatinnions of ariny prop arty. Hi Jally was "male" for am may. On ne bo sken he was hauling supplies from Fort Great to the fast at what it wου Έναπι, Ασεκu, driving a teara f alz galone actoy canes. Ele arrived to Yoona two weeks lace, diving ủa of Gs smallest nindeι κάτι Υπατε συναι mander bac over seen, heeley stoffed ante chair collers to Press them Dewan silpping off The unsanctioned desperado bespeaks, "Where is that Ben tears plussed on baoling suppώς τι τον τοίχοs in orth oxirl Arisons.

Just a Hi Jolly's efforts with the Army Canad Campa falled, however, za did this now vention. The floty surfsse of the mannerda todis brudsed and cut t carvels soft, vadded fose and da minus ducemned Hi Jolly wed his boud with death and wone" if dary dida's shanden is enterprise. "The sight of the camels, as one mines par it, "shimpeded more hosts and unles in the usange them a fine alex wathapusita,"

Hi Jolly was now too old to setus to govorases sereins so he wear to Yassa to sook a living amung de izkanie there. They unged but to apply for a pasion from the govumm và whành ba had devored in many of his wocking you He followed their advice and want to prospecting while he waited for macica to his laden. Heave dandand, zcxording to lose who knew bhai, that lên "beloved Any would repay hin for bús kong servins.

But ida petitiza lat koolf in the m of green-nawand red-tupe nid, in Decamber, 1901, HE. Jally, who had tried bis hoc te bepardone another in the dialogubbed list of R. Any w wz, died in Qantas no sudad a ma sud και αρισίιεκτ, neither fal, both due senar.