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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
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- Collection: Quartermaster Corps Front Royal Remount Station Photographs
Shaving of horse's neck
Description: Shaving the left side of the horse's neck preparatory to branding.
Shaving of horse's neck is completed
Description: New arrival at the Depot. (Note, neck has been shaved to permit placing the Preston Brand thereon.)
Horses' first day at the Depot
Description: A long train ride did little to increase the vigor of these new arrivals.
Feeding of horses in first few hours of arrival
Description: New arrivals on the Depot must be fed with extreme care. No water at all for first few hours, only Timothy Hay fed. (The feeding of rich foods - high in protein or in carbohydtrates such as alfalfa and corn - tends to founder the horse.)
Facilities for sick animals
Description: Shelter facilities are available in all paddocks where sick animals are confined.
Horses sick with Influenza and Strangles
Description: Sick horses here use the morning sun for medicant. Sick horses are usually force-fed.
Sick horse in morning sun
Description: A sick horse, in force feed lot, here takes advantage of the morning sun.