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THE FIELD ARTILLERY JOURNAL for animals and men for this service. This was very exhausting and at times dangerous work, and desertions were so numerous that an attempt was made to hire the native labor. This was also unsatisfactory. In September the system of requisition was again adopted with better results this time, often calling upon the aid of the civil authorities and the intelligence service. "Chemical Warfare," by Chef d'Escadron Paul Bloch, is continued in the June number. The author deals with the various technical means of gas protection. In this issue Lieutenant Colonel A. Grosset concludes his article "Verdun" and Commandant Desmozs continues "The Allied Debarkations at the Dardanelles." 538
CURRENT FIELD ARTILLERY NOTES Objects and Value of Preston System of Branding Many of the horse record cards coming in from organizations give as the cause for disposing of animals or separating them from the service, such notations as "died" or "condemned and sold." Such remarks are utterly useless in collecting data on why we lose animals. The following notations on the Preston System of branding animals were prepared for the purpose of acquainting officers with what this system of branding is intended to accomplish. The Preston system of branding horses and mules was adopted for two reasons, as follows: (1) As a means of positive and permanent identification; (2) as a means of collecting valuable data for the Remount Service, Quartermaster Corps, for the Veterinary Corps, and all mounted branches of the service. When a horse or mule is purchased for the Army its record card, Q.M.C. Form 125, is made out in triplicate. The original accompanies the animal, duplicate copy is filled in the office where animal is purchased, and the triplicate sent to the Quartermaster General's Office for file in the Army horse and mule record file. If the card of any animal branded under the Preston system is lost in the service, a duplicate can be obtained from the Quartermaster General or from one of the five Remount Purchasing and Breeding Headquarters. As long as the brand is properly applied the horse is positively and permanently identified, and his record can be looked up at any one of three places—and the first object of the branding is definitely accomplished. When a horse or mule is separated from the service, the cause for its separation should be noted on its record card under the heading "Final Separation from the service and reasons therefor," and the card mailed to the Office of the Quartermaster General, as prescribed in instructions thereon. The cause of separation should be stated in specific terms, such as "condemned and sold on account of ring-bone, spavin, periodic opthalmia, etc.," "died of colic, influenza, etc." A mere notation that the horse "died" or was "sold" provides no data as to the reason the animal died or was sold, and gives no information of value to anyone. After the record card, with proper notation as to final separation from the service of any animal is received in the Office of the Quartermaster General, the triplicate card for this animal, which has been on file in that office all the time, is completed as to reasons 539
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A FABLE BY LIEUTENANT J. L. CHAMBER
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