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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
Use of manure
Description: All manure except that which is diseased (infected) is placed on spreaders similar to this and spread over designated pastures.
Wrangling team moving recovered horses from quarantine area
Description: Wrangling gang takes conditioned horses-fully recovered from and immunized against Strangles, Influenza and a few, Pneumonia - back to duty.
Wrangling team leading horses
Description: The wrangling gang leading horses in groups of three Quarantine Area.
Entrance to operating floor of veterinary hospital
Description: Veterinary Hospital, main building. Here, the entrance to operating floor.
Convalescent pan at veterinary hospital
Description: Convalescent Pen at Veterinary Hospital. Horses here received unlimited ration, constant Veterinary attention, and are here conditioned for return to duty.
Packed horse's leg
Description: Horse's leg - packed. Packing reduces fever and inflammation. Also localizes infections.
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.
Partially recuperated horse
Description: Sick horse, now partially recuperated, being loaded into a van for short trip to Convalescent Stable.
Testing fecal specimen
Description: All experiments carried on at the Veterinary Laboratory are supervised by trained technicians. A fecal specimen obtained from each horse arriving at the Depot is tested for parasites.
Experiments in diseases of horses
Description: Experiments in diseases of horses are carried on at the Veterinary laboratory. Cutting celloidian tissue sections with a microtone.
Experiments in developing antioxins
Description: Experiments in developing antioxins (horse diseases) are carried on here in the Veterinary Laboratory.
Examining small animals
Description: Checking small animals (ferrets, rabbits, etc.) used in experimental work at the Veterinary Laboratory.
Inspection of forage
Description: All forage is inspected by a Veterinary Officer who is duly licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.