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WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF,
December 16, 1914.
The following instructions in elementary duties of the farrier,
horseshoer, saddler, and wagoner or teamster, compiled in the
Division of Militia Affairs, under the direction of Brig. Gen. Albert
L. Mills, General Staff, Chief, Division of Militia Affairs, is approved
and herewith published for the information of the Organized
Militia.
It is believed that these instructions are all that need be mastered
to do in a satisfactory manner the work ordinarily required.
For situations not covered within, the services of a veterinarian or
those especially skilled in the respective trades of the horseshoer,
saddler, and wheelwright must be secured.
By order of the Secretary of War:
H. L. SCOTT,
Brigadier General, Chief of Staff.
Preface
This manual is prepared as a guide for those who may be entrusted
with Government animals but who may not have an opportunity
to refer to professionals the many perplexing questions which arise
in actual service.
Many authorities have been consulted and the ideas gleaned
therefrom have been incorporated where applicable to a pamphlet
of this character.
The subject of duties of the farrier has been prepared principally
from notes by Dr. Ingild Hansen, Veterinarian, Quartermaster
Corps.
Reference is made in several places within to "Field service"
and equipments "A", "B," and "C," and to "Combat train"
"Field train," "Baggage section," and "Ration section," which
the following will explain:
Field service includes service in any of the following cases: In
campaign, simulated campaign, or on the march. In mobilization,
concentration, instruction, or maneuver camps.
Equipment A, as referred to herein, is the equipment for use in
campaign, simulated campaign, or on the march, and includes the
articles then worn on the person, carried on horse or pack mule,
and transported in the wagons of combat trains and in the baggage
section of field trains.
Equipment B, as referred to herein, is the equipment which, in
addition to equipment A, is prescribed for the use of troops in
mobilization, concentration, instruction, or maneuver camps, and
during such pauses in operations against an enemy as permit of the
better care of troops. Equipment B can accompany or follow troops
only when other transportation - generally rail or boat - is available.
Equipment C, as referred to herein. includes every article
necessary for field service, and is therefore the sum of equipment A plus
equipment B.
Articles distinctively for winter use do not form a part of the
field equipment unless specially ordered by proper authority.
Table of Contents Preface Chapter I - General instructions for handling animals Vices Training horses Grooming Feeding Watering Shelter Chapter II - Farrier General instructions Detecting disease Restraining animals Table of weights and measures Disinfectants Equipment Veterinarians Pannier Farrier Horseshoers' emergency Medicines Diseases, internal Diseases, external Injuries Wounds Bruises Saddle galls Chapter III - Wagoner or teamster General instructions Feeding and watering Grooming Classes of transportation Classes of harness Harness Wagon, care of Routine of teamsters' duties Chapter IV - Saddler Harness and mounted equipment Harness fitting Harness, care of Harness repairs Tools, ordnance Materials Tools, quartermaster Chapter V - Packing Uses of pack mule Aparejo and accessories Placing aparejo Lashing packs Blacksmiths' kit Cargador's kit Chapter VI - Horseshoer "The Army Horseshoer" Purpose of shoeing Frequency Shoeing outfits Ordnance Description of tools Quartermaster Blacksmith and farrier's kit Emergency horseshoer's equipment Shoes, allowance Kinds Nails Shoeing. Preparing hoof Preparing shoe Nailing Clips To tighten shoe To remove shoe
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