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War Department
Office of the Chief of Staff
Washington, November 21, 1916
The following "Manual for Army Horseshoers, 1917" prepared at the Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kans., for the use of students of the Department of Hippology, as well as for the Army at large and the National Guard, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
[461.1, A. G. O.]
By order of the Secretary of War:
TASKER II. BLISS,
General, Chief of Staff.
Official:
H. P. McCAIN,
The Adjutant General.
Table of Contents
Chapter I.—"Horseshoers" tools and their uses—The forge
Chapter II.—The fire—Heats
Chapter III.—Working and shaping iron—The plate shoe
Chapter IV.—Anatomy and physiology of the horse's foot
Chapter V.—Normal shoeing
Chapter VI.—Gaits—Shoeing to confirm or alter same—Faults in gaits—Shoeing to correct same—The making of
special shoes for gaits
Chapter VII.—Diseases—The making of pathological shoes
Chapter VIII.—Shoeing refractory horses
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