An official website of the United States government.
Quartermaster Corps Front Royal Remount Station Photographs
The collection consists of 106 black and white photographs taken during winter of 1941 at the United States Army Remount Station in Front Royal, Virginia (operated by the Quartermaster Corps). The photographs are captioned and illustrate the process by which the Army cared for and trained animals toward the end of the era of the United States Army Remount Service.113 Items
Please note that full-text search is only available for items which have successfully had their text extracted. Due to the nature of the materials, many documents are not OCR-compatible.
- Collection: Quartermaster Corps Front Royal Remount Station Photographs
Animals are received at designated corrals
Description: Animals being received at the Norfolk and Western Railroad receiving corrals.
Animals are received at railroad station
Description: After being checked to determine of they are in condition to go over the trail by a Veterinary Officer the animals are then started over the trail for the Quarantine Area under supervision of the wrangling gang.
Animals feeding
Description: Animals feeding in one of the Maintenance Pastures under severe weather conditions.
Animals herded to quarantine area
Description: Animals being herded by wrangling gang from railroad station to Quarantine Area.
Animals in pasture under severe weather conditions
Description: Animals in pasture under severe weather conditions.
Behavior of sick horses towards feed
Description: Sick horses most easily located by their attitude toward the newly placed feed. Some horses just turn away; some try to eat but cannot swallow; some just go to the rack because the other horses are there.
Blood transfusion
Description: Blood Transfusion - from the jugular vein, right side, of healthy, thoroughly immunized donor to syringe to jugular vein, left side, of Influenza patient - Y 4 7 1.
