. The horse and the war. Illustrated from drawings by Lionel Edwards and from photographs. With a note by Sir Douglas Haig. 72 THE HORSE AND THE WAR. A winters scene on the road to the Front. Waiting for water. issue up the line. In this way he may have anything from 500 to 700 animalsunder his care, farm buildings, as well as covered lines, being utilized forstabling ; while, when the grass is growing in the spring and the summer, thepoorer animals are given their absolute freedom and the reinvigorating the summer months, too, it is the custom of this squadron leader to swimhis horses
. The horse and the war. Illustrated from drawings by Lionel Edwards and from photographs. With a note by Sir Douglas Haig. 72 THE HORSE AND THE WAR. A winters scene on the road to the Front. Waiting for water. issue up the line. In this way he may have anything from 500 to 700 animalsunder his care, farm buildings, as well as covered lines, being utilized forstabling ; while, when the grass is growing in the spring and the summer, thepoorer animals are given their absolute freedom and the reinvigorating the summer months, too, it is the custom of this squadron leader to swimhis horses in the sea close by. I mention these details because they will showthe care, thought, and enterprise of those who are giving all their life-longexperience and enthusiasm towards bringing the war-horse back to healthand maintaining him at the maximum of his strength and usefulness. Iwill just add, in reference to C depot as a whole, that since its establish-ment to the end of 1917 well over 100,000 animals had been received andissued, the average per day of those coming from the veterinary hospitalsin the vicinity being 48, while, of course, t
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