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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
Horses in convalescent pen
Description: Horses basking in the morning sunlight in a convalescent pen (Where the horses, under constant Veterinary supervision, and under a carefully regulated feeding program, recover from their Influenza, from Equine Distemper (Strangles) and from…
Loading an animal for transport to the hospital
Description: Animals that require hospitalization are placed in a van and transported to the hospital.
Loading wagons with hay
Description: Loading the wagons with hay for distribution to feed racks in paddocks and pastures.
Teamster directs feeding
Description: The teamster (who is riding) directs the feeding and controls the team.
Mule team pulling hay wagon in snow
Description: Six mule team pulling hay wagon through thirteen inch snowfall.
Placing grain in feed racks under severe weather conditions
Description: Placing grain in feed racks under severe weather conditions.
Supervision of feeding
Description: Noncommissioned officer directs feeding procedure under supervision of Veterinarian.
Inspecting horses and mules
Description: Inspecting a group of horses and mules, a daily routine which nets many newly sick animals.
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.