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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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On Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:38:08 -0700, Don_from_AZ
<djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:

>Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 04:04:26 -0000 (UTC), Mike Van Pelt
>> <usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <rh3ofjh7lppb4srpb0csegat3bn7vdq5f6@4ax.com>,
>>>Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>>That's why two types of camels exist: one for hot deserts, one for
>>>>cold deserts. The number of humps is the clue as to which you are
>>>>looking at, when you are looking at a camel. Or so I have been told.
>>>
>>>Huh.  I wasn't aware of that distinction.  I recall reading
>>>that the U.S. Army experimented with camels for use in the
>>>Southwest, and abandoned the project for some reason.
>>>
>>>And way back when... there was a TV western where Our Hero
>>>rode a bactrian (two hump) camel.  Not that I expect the
>>>TV people to get this right, but did the Army try to use
>>>the wrong kind of camel?
>>
>> I have no idea.
>>
>> More likely they found out why the camel has been described as "a
>> horse designed by a committee".=20
>
>In Quartzsite, Arizona, there is a gravesite with a small pyramid made
>of quartz and petrified wood with a metal camel figure on the top that
>is called the "Hi Jolly Monument". It commemorates a Syrian camel driver
>named "Hadji Ali" (anglicized into "Hi Jolly") who was hired by the US
>Army when they tried an experiment to see if camels could be used in the
>western deserts of the US to transport people and freight. You can read
>about it here:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_Jolly_Monument

Hiding among the multiple links in the first paragraph is
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_Jolly>
which notes that, among two films and a children's book (and other
things), he is memorialized in a folk song.

Which I have on the New Christie Minstrels /Ramblin'/ album, and so
listen to from time to time.

But I didn't know the backstory. Thanks for the information!

It also summarizes the Camel Corps history.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"