Colonel Hathi

Colonel Hathi and the Jungle Patrol are supporting characters in The Jungle Book. Colonel Hathi is the main leader of the Jungle Patrol. He runs them in the style of a military squadron making them do military drills while singing a military type song called Colonel Hathi's March. His tone is so loud it makes most members wish "a tranfer to another herd". He ands the patrol are first seen marching past Mowgli the Man Cub and Bagheera singing. Mowgli spots another elephant who is Hathi's son Hathi Jr. Curious Mowgli asks what he is doing and for a while Mowgli jhoins in but does not understand Hathi's military jargon. After inspection Hathi nor the Jungl;e Patrol are not seen again.

After w while they return and irritate Shere Khan when they sing thier song again.After some persuasion Hathi finally leads a search party to search for Mowgli. After this they are not seen again.