[Rarebooks] fs: Military Order of the Carabao

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(No. 6474 )  [Horton, William E., Joseph M. Heller, and James A. Moss]. 
HISTORICAL SKETCH, CONSTITUTION AND REGISTER OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE 
CARABAO, TOGETHER WITH SONGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUNG AT "WALLOWS" IN VARIOUS 
PLACES.
(Washington, D.C.): (Press of W. F. Roberts Co.), [1914]. First printing, 
Full cloth, Octavo, 185 pages, Black & White photographs. Very Good.
      The Military Order of the Carabao was formed in 1900 by servicemen who 
served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The name was 
taken from the principal beast of burden in the Philippines which performed 
many indispensable services in the absence of the Army mule. Includes 
several interesting old photographs, rosters of members, history of the 
order and its branch "corrals," etc. Brown cloth over boards with dark blue 
cloth spine, gilt stamped spine and upper board lettering. Preliminary and 
postliminary pages mildly foxed, several light pencil ticks in margins, 
bumps and light rubs at extremities, small hole to upper joint.    $75.00
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