Iielp the Army \'eterinar\- Corps in its splen- 

 did humane and economic work. The liorses 

 of tlie J-5ritisli Army are an integral part of 

 the Britisli Army itself, and the care which 

 the soldiers gi\e to their horses shows that 

 they value their co-operation and their friend- 

 ship. We all want to help the brave men who 

 are fighting for their country's honour and, 

 haxing helped them to the best of our ability, 

 are we going to neglect their horses — surely 

 not ? 



I'ilulu i^OfJl if^llli 



First Aid to a Wounded Horse. 



A Snapshot front the Front. 



The R.S.P.C.A. Fund for Sick and 

 Wounded Horses is the only Fund 

 authorised to help the British Army 

 Veterinary Corps which needs — 



among other requisites fcjr the 10 hospitals 

 already existing : 



(1) Shelters and hospitals to acconniio- 

 date horses under treatment. 



(2) 30 cwt. motor lorries for the \eter- 

 inary hospitals. 



(3) Motor wagons, eight British, two 

 Indian. 



(4) Horse ambulances for the Convales- 

 cent horse depots and veterinary 

 hospitals. 



(5) Combined corn crushers and chaff 

 cutters with petrol engines. 



(b) 5,000 rugs, old or new, if in good 

 condition. 



(7) 5,000 head collars. 



(8) 5,000 halters. 



Besides bandages, poultice boots, 

 and other \eterinar\- supplies. 



Many of these requisites have 

 already been provided but much is still 

 required, and, as the vv^ar continues, 

 more vv^ill be w^anted, because the 

 number of the hospitals w^ill be greatly 

 increased. 



A large sum ot money is needed if the 

 work undertaken by the Committee is to be 

 carried out successfully. They, therefore, 

 appeal, with confidence, to horse lovers 

 and horse-owners to aid them to raise 

 the sum of £30,000, to carry out this very 

 necessary and humane work, which has the 

 appro\al and financial support of H.M. Queen 

 Alexandra. 



WHAT THE R.S.P.C.A. FUND IS 



DOING. It is worl^mg with the ai)pro\al 

 of the British War Office, m conjunction 

 with the British \rm\' \'eterinary Corps, for 

 the Horses of the British Army, and is the 

 only fund that has been authorised for 

 this purpose. It is supplementing the pro- 

 \ision alreach' made by the British War 

 Office, and is supplying motor lorries, horse 

 ambulances, corn crushers and chafT cutters 

 driven by petrol engines, rugs, halters, band- 

 ages, and other \-eterinary reciuisites ; it is 

 also providing a \'eterinary Hospital to 

 accommodate 1,000 liorses. and shelters to 

 hold 500 horses. The R.S.P.C.A. has in 

 addition trained and sent to the Jlritish Army 

 \'eterinary Corps, for enlistment, nearly 200 

 men, including many of the Society's own In- 

 spectors, and is gi\ing special lectures on the 

 care and treatment of horses to X.C.()."s and 

 other soldiers. The R.S.P.C.A. has also 

 helped the British Army Horse at home, 

 by sui)i)I\ing ambulances, rugs, humane 

 killers, veterinary stores and medicaments to 

 regiments all o\er the country. It, therefore, 

 deserves, and certainly needs, all the finan- 

 cial support of the British horse-loving and 

 charitable public. 



Send a contribution now, and en- 

 deavour to give further help directly 

 and through your friends, for, during 

 the progress of the war, the stock of 

 requisites will need replenishing and 

 repairing. 



