. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . rty dollars per head. The depot system or caring for Government stock, receiv-ing those newly purchased and recuperating those returningsick or disabled from the field, proved a measure of the great-est economy to the Federal Government, in addition to itsmarked effect on the military efficiency of the mounted value of the animals returned to duty with regiments fromthe St. Louis depot alone, in excess of what the same animalswould have been worth at public auction as condemned articlesof sale, was in a single year near
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . rty dollars per head. The depot system or caring for Government stock, receiv-ing those newly purchased and recuperating those returningsick or disabled from the field, proved a measure of the great-est economy to the Federal Government, in addition to itsmarked effect on the military efficiency of the mounted value of the animals returned to duty with regiments fromthe St. Louis depot alone, in excess of what the same animalswould have been worth at public auction as condemned articlesof sale, was in a single year nearly two hundred thousand dol-lars more than the entire operating expenses of the plant. When it is remembered that there were six large depots,all engaged in handling the mounts and remounts of the greatFederal armies, and that the depots at Giesboro and St. Louiscomprised but a part of this complex system of administrationand supply, the tremendous responsibilities imposed upon theCavalry Bureau of the Federal War Department may beappreciated and 4l 4 - h1- m 1 1 ^ i Hr~4H AX HONOR MAX OF THE REGULARS First-Sergeant Conrad Schmidt of the SecondUnited States Cavalry—a fine type of the reg-ular trooper. He was decorated for galloping tothe assistance of his captain, whose horse had beenkilled in a charge, mounting the officer behindhim under fire and riding off to safety, althoughhis own horse had been wounded in five was at the Opcquon, September 19, lSGi.
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