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MANUAL OF PACK TRANSPORTATION. 



In the annual report of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, commandino; the 

 Department of Cuba, Habana, Cuba, June 30, 1901, "report of the 

 chief quartermaster of the department," page 13, says: 



Under date of June 4, 1901, the department commander ordered a competitive 

 trial at Camp 11. S. MacKenzie, Cuba, to determine the relative merits of the aparejo 



and Moore pack saddles. The conditions of this trial required a daily march of 25 

 miles to be made, each pack mule carrying a load of 250 pounds. In this contest, con- 

 ducted under the supervision of Capt. R. J. Duff, Eighth Cavalry, as referee, it was 

 developed that the Moore pack saddle is entirely unsuited for severe field service. 



It is recommended that all pack equipment hereafter furnished for use in this 

 department consist of the aparejo. 



