There are, of course, many cases of 

 suffering — shrapnel wounds, sore backs, &c. 

 - but the jnincipal injuries were foot ones, 

 probabl\- produced b\- nails causing (piitter, 

 and the difhculties with lice and mange, but 

 in every case the indi\idual horse was 

 separated and lookcnl after in accordance 

 witli its ])articular maladw and I did not 

 observe one single instance of neglect throughout 

 the many thousands of horses that I saw. This, 

 of itself, must be a relief to those, like m\self, 

 who are ready and anxious to help all human 

 lives fu'st, and then to turn their attention to 

 the lives and sufferings amongst animals. 



" At (iourna\-. at I'orges les l^aux, at 

 Dieppe, at Rouen, and at lla\re — all places 

 that I can mention — motor lorries for the 

 transport of horses would be of llie greatest 

 possible value. 



" I read the Duke of Portland s appeal 

 through the R.S.P.C.A., and I can assure all those 

 who have subscribed, and who are ready and 

 willing to subscribe, that no contribution could be 

 of greater benefit to the English horses at the 

 front than this Fund. The Society is not working 

 as an independent one, but under the supervision 

 and request of the War Office, and the advantages 

 rendered by the Society are marked to a degree. 

 I saw a stable of theirs being built for 1,000 

 horses at Forges les Eaux ; I saw motor lorries 

 auppiieu by ihe Society, which are giving the 

 greatest satisfaction. I saw medicaments requi 

 sitioned by the Army Veterinary Corps and 

 supplied by this Society, which become of the 

 greatest value, and it is for this reason that I ear- 

 mark the fact that such an organisation, working 

 under the authorities, and with the supervision of 

 the Army Veterinary Corps, is most satisfactory, 

 and a certain reliable relief for the animal 

 suffering. 



" I laving said this, I think it is only due to 

 all those in the Veterinary Department and the 

 Remount Department to express the extraordinary 

 energy, the love of the animal, the time, hard 

 work, and forethought displayed by all those con 

 nected with these two departments. !l tertamly 

 \\ ah a surprise tu me, and 1 went mto e\tM'\' 

 detail, and had ex'ery facility granted me, and 

 saw every horse, and 1 do think tlial we the 

 real lox'crs of animals (if I may so express it). 

 Avhose interests we have so deei)ly at heart 

 should be not only satisfied, but most grateful. 

 too, for the forethought, hard work, and 

 endurance ol all oflicers ccjnccrned. 



who will not ha\'e heard with heartfelt satis- 

 faction what Lord LoxsD.ALE had to tell the 

 public in the letter which \\c. i)rinted on 

 Saturday . . Among the tragedies inseparable 

 from all war, the fearful toll taken of these 

 innocent and dc\'oted servants of man has 

 alwa\s been telt b\- our countrsinen, specially 

 tender as they are of the life and wellbeingof 

 animals, as second only to the horror of the 

 loss and ruin ot human life in its prime .... 

 Die wastage due to accident, exhaustion, and 

 the many forms of e(]uine sickness upon both 

 sides in this war is the thing that goes to the 

 heart ot the animal-lover who knows what 

 the conditions are. None knows them better 

 than Lord LoNSDAl.K ; and his recent tour 

 ot iiuestigation among our own forces at the 

 Iront was undertaken, as may be gathered 

 trom his letter, in no hoi)eful sjjirit . . Among 

 all the praises given by men of experience 

 and judgment to this or that department of 

 our Army's work, none is higher than that 

 bestowed by Lord LoNSDALE upon the 

 organisation and the labours of the Veterinary 

 ('orps. His investigation was thorough. He 

 saw most of the horses at the front, and 

 inspected every remount and hospital base. 



It is, without exaggeration, a wonderful 

 story that he unfolds, and it will lighten the 

 hearts of thousands of us who did not dream 

 tliat, m such a war as this, so much organised 

 energy and devoted service could be spared 

 for the horses of the Expeditionary I-'orce . . . 

 It is the completeness and excellence of the 

 work that most of us, like Lord LoxsDAl.i-;, 

 will call extraordinary. ' No branch of the 

 Serxice," he declares, " deserves more credit 

 or shows more astonishing foresight than do 

 the Army X'eterinary Corps and the Kemount 

 Department." He tells us, what many animal 

 lo\ers will be glad to learn, that those who 

 are disposed to give something for the benefit 

 of horses at the front cannot do better than 

 send a contribution to the R.S.l'.C.A., which 

 is working muler the sui)er\ision and at lh(> 

 request of the War ( )ltiee. It is a welcome 

 thou.i;ht that this war, whicli is being waged 

 l)y us \\ith tar greater consideration lor the 

 needs and eomiorls ot the soltlier than an\' in 

 our prexious histor\', will also stand out in 

 respect of the care bestowed upon the animals 

 which, in all military ojierations, are ajit to 

 suffer and he saenliced in such immense 

 iHimbeis. " 



3. Striking Press approval of the w^ork 

 of the R.S.P.C.A. Fund, expressed by 

 the "Daily Telegraph," m a leading article; 

 on I*"eb 15th. 



Fj-".\V indeed are those in this couiitr\- 



4. Extract from a letter from a Private 

 in the Royal Engineers. 



"The K.S.r.C'.A. has done good work lor 

 the horses out here, good luck to them."' 



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