Description
Hames, H. L. Lee (1996). The Mules last bray: WWII and USFS Reminiscences. Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. 74 Seiten. ISBN 978-1575100258
The Mules’ Last Bray is more than a story of the author’s experiences with mules. It is the last chapter in the history of the mules‘ service to man. Every civilization since the beginning of time has used the lowly ass or his hybrid descendent as a means of transporting their goods. You can no longer see mules cultivating cotton, tobacco and corn or working in the hay and grain fields. Teams of 30 mules pulling a combine in the wheat fields of the Pacific Northwest are now only a picture or a memory. The U.S. Forest Service Remount of 2,000 head of pack mules no longer exists and has been replaced by smokejumpers and airplanes. Only a few mules are continued in use at a small number of Ranger districts. The army no longer has to plan its campaigns around a supply system dependent on mule transportation so they have done away with their remount service and now only have a few horses and mules for ceremonial purposes.
