ANTELOPE HEAD, SHOWING DEFORMED ANTLERS. 



The subject of the inclosed photo is one 

 of the most peculiar cases of retroverted, or 

 drop horns, I have ever seen in the antelope 

 tribe. This animal was killed on a high, dry- 

 ridge, between the 2 Laramie rivers, about 

 12 miles from the town of Laramie, Wyo., 

 some 4 years ago. 



The attention of hunters was first called 

 to the animal by his walking backward, in 

 a half circle, when feeding. He was very 

 wild and avoided death for many months, 



although being continuously hunted. More 

 than ioo shots were fired at him before he 

 met his death. He was fat and in fine condi- 

 tion when killed. Examination discloses 

 the fact that on account of the peculiar 

 shape and length of his drooping horns he 

 could not feed satisfactorily while walking 

 forward, so he walked backward in order 

 to reach the grass. 



W. H. R., Laramie, Wyo. 



THE ARMY PACK TRAIN SERVICE. 



BRECKONS. 



The pack train service was, in times past, 

 one of the most important though least 

 heard of adjuncts of the United States 

 Army. It performed a large share in the 

 military movements in the West, during the 

 past 30 years, and without it the army would 

 have been almost useless in Indian cam- 

 paigns. 



The central depot and training grounds, 

 for the pack service, are at Camp Carlin, 

 near .Cheyenne, formerly the supply depot 

 for the Department of the Platte. Here 

 the men and mules designed for the ser- 

 vice were trained; and from here pack 

 trains were organized, equipped and sent to 



various army commands in Texas, Arizona, 

 and California when required. 



The service was and still is in charge of 

 Col. Thomas Moore, chief packer of the 

 United States Army, a grizzled veteran of 

 over 30 years army service, who can at 6 

 hours' notice put a pack train, equipped for 

 a year's field service, at the disposal of any 

 command requiring it. 



Nine men, 47 or 48 mules and one horse 

 constitute a pack train for active service. 

 The men are the packmaster, 2 super- 

 cargoes, or " Cargadoras," and 6 packers. 

 Of the mules, 9 are for riding, 3 for packs 

 and one, and sometimes 2, extras for 



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