ARMY MASCOT ACTS THE GOAT—DISCHARGED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 121, 24 May 1941, Page 4 (Supplement)

ARMY MASCOT ACTS THE GOAT—DISCHARGED

After a year's service as mascot to the 2nd Garrison (Ist A.1.F.) Battalion, Barney, a white Angora goat, has been discharged.

i He was "arrested." taken to a I police station and locked up for three ■ I Q3VS When members of

THE conductor of the 2nd Garrison I Band, Sergeant Pearson, said| that, as leader of the band, Barney had been the most photographed mascot in the fighting forces, states the Daily Telegraph." Memoers or the garrison said that his discharge was brought about by friends of the battalion, who taught him to like strong drink and cb e w tobacco. Barney's expulsion was ordered by the

commanding officer of the battalion, after a man had taken the goat on a tour of North Sydney hotels. After drinking several beers, Barney bolted from an hotel and climbed on to a shelf in a confectionery shop. . . . ... He knocked over bottles of lollies and ate them, and then charged into a greengrocer's shop and ate some tomatoes.

the garrison located Barney they were presented with a bill for £8 damages. The garrison bugler. Private Kelly, who owns the goat, said: "We were all disappointed with the way Barney turned out. "He was a kid. just a month old, when I took him to the camp. We named him Barney after the colonel. "He used to stand up on his hind legs and almost talk. We didn't mind him stealing butter and cake and sugar from the mess, but after he took to beer he became a nuisance. "I have given him to a man at Fairfield, who has promised to give him the right food."