The horse and the war . kept as brief a time as possible in any of the three. There is a law in theStates which forbids any horses being kept on a train without off-loading,watering and feeding for longer than thirty-six hours. As most of the journeysfrom the purchasing zone are of several days duration, it has been foundnecessary to form subsidiary remount depots at suitable points on selectedrailways, such depots being used as off-loading and feeding stations. Allthese depots—purchasing area, embarkation area and off-loading stations—require and possess their necessary staffs of executive an
The horse and the war . kept as brief a time as possible in any of the three. There is a law in theStates which forbids any horses being kept on a train without off-loading,watering and feeding for longer than thirty-six hours. As most of the journeysfrom the purchasing zone are of several days duration, it has been foundnecessary to form subsidiary remount depots at suitable points on selectedrailways, such depots being used as off-loading and feeding stations. Allthese depots—purchasing area, embarkation area and off-loading stations—require and possess their necessary staffs of executive and veterinary officersand subordinate employes. Now let us come to the movement of the animal itself. We left him justpurchased walking out of the dealers yard branded with the broad arrow,etc., and the property of the British Government. At some purchase pointsthere are depots in the vicinity, and the horses are walked over and come underthe supervision of the depot officer on the very day of purchase. At others the. ZZ THE HORSE AND THE WAR depot may, through force of circumstances, be located a short train journeyaway. In the latter case the purchasing officer has to make local arrangementsuntil he has collected a sufficient number to fill a train, which varies from 300 to600. In either case the animals get a rest for a week to ten days or perhaps afortnight before starting on their real journey towards the embarkation that time they are malleined in accordance with the glanders which show any symptoms of sickness are segregated, and from day today the fittest are cut out and put into pens in which only those fit to travel,colloquially known as shippers, are kept. Every depot has its veterinary hospital and staff, into which serious casesare put. Now let us imagine we are starting off with a trainload of shippers from a depot in the purchasing area. First, we note that every horse on ourtrain has had its temperature taken as a final precaution, and
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