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THE FIELD ARTILLERY JOURNAL The Remount Board makes recommendations to the Chief of Staff upon all matters pertaining to the supervision and regulation of breeding operations of public animals. The board consists of representatives from the Army, the Marine Corps, the Department of Agriculture, and twelve civilians who are appointed by the Secretary of War to serve for such periods as he may determine. The board is given authority, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, to accept donations of animals for breeding purposes and donations of money or other property to be used as prizes at agricultural fairs and horse shows for the purpose of encouraging the breeding of animals suitable for army purposes. Remount Purchasing and Breeding Headquarters will be established at such points as may be necessary to conduct the purchasing and breeding operations of the Army. Such headquarters are now located at Colorado Springs, Kansas City, Fort Reno, Lexington, and Fort Douglas. Quartermaster Intermediate Remount Depots are located at Front Royal, Virginia (5062 acres); Fort Reno, Oklahoma (9493 acres); and Fort Robinson, Nebraska (23,040 acres). The average personnel at these depots consists of four officers and about one hundred and twenty enlisted men or civilians. The only Corps Area Depot now in operation is at Fort Sam Houston. The Remount Troop is the basic organization of the Remount Service. It consists of four officers and one hundred and fifty men and is an emergency unit only, there being no provision for such an organization in peace tables. Concentration Depots will be organized in the animal-producing sections of the Zone of the Interior; at or near the Ports of Embarkation if the war is to be overseas; and in the Communications Zone of the Theatre of Operations if the nature and extent of operations justify such organization. Concentration Depots normally will consist of twelve troops with a Headquarters Detachment and attached Medical and Veterinary personnel. The primary function of the Concentration Depot is to receive animals from Purchasing Boards, condition them and then deliver them to the divisional units or to forward them to depots within the Theatre of Operations as replacements. It also operates schools for training Remount Officers, stable sergeants, farriers, teamsters, packers, horseshoers, and saddlers. The Army Depot is a mobile unit charged with the care of 1200 animals and is composed of a Headquarters Detachment and three Remount Troops. It serves with the army in the field, receiving animal replacements from Concentration Depots and issuing them 488
REPLACEMENT OF ANIMALS IN CAMPAIGN through the Corps Depots or directly to organizations in the Combat Zone. The Corps Depot, composed of one Remount Troop, like the Army Depot, is a mobile unit serving with the Corps in the field, but receives replacements from the Army Depots and issues them to units within the Corps. The Port Remount Officer operates his office as a division of the Port Quartermaster. The Transport Remount Officer, under the direction of the Port Remount Officer, has direct charge of the loading of animals. The Chief Remount Officer in the Theatre of Operations is an assistant to the Chief Quartermaster. He directs the work of the concentration Depots in the Theatre of Operations and the Army and Corps Depots and also the flow of replacements to tactical units. The Quartermaster Intermediate Remount Depots provide places where newly purchased animals can be sent and economically cared for while being trained and conditioned and until required as replacements. Remount Officers are assigned to the Army, Corps and Division to take charge of remount matters such as the animal status of the unit, replacements, supervision of issues, inspections, and remount schools within the unit. BREEDING OPERATIONS On July 1, 1920, Congress granted $250,000 for the purpose of inaugurating a comprehensive breeding program. During the following year 183 stallions were obtained by purchase or donation and by transfer to the War Department of a number of stallions by the Department of Agriculture. In the next two years the number had grown to 285. During the 1921 breeding season 4129 mares were bred to 159 stallions, resulting in the production of 1777 foals or a crop of 43 per cent. During the 1922 breeding season 6799 mares were bred to 219 stallions with a foal crop of 2701, or 49 per cent. Each year shows an improvement and the results thus far are exceedingly encouraging. The Remount Service has now distributed throughout the country 361 stallions and every effort is being made to stimulate the interest of the farmer in the production of better animals. ISSUE OF ANIMALS IN THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS The issue of animals in the Theatre of Operations is the issue of replacements, since all organizations will enter fully equipped. Therefore, the reservoirs of these replacements are arranged to meet the demand with the lowest factor of delay. Concentration Depots are well back in the Communications Zone holding the larger numbers 489
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