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Extract from a. letter from F.M. Sir John French. 



"Sir John luis received most satisfactory reports of tlic zcork 

 ilniic up to iiozc by the Society.'' — [See page 9. ] 



THE ARMY VETERINARY CORPS 



ITS WORK AND ITS NEEDS; AND HOW IT IS HELPED BY 



THE R. S. P, C. A. 



An Appeal to all Horse Lovers. 



By JOHN GALSWORTHY. 



Honour to the Army Veterinary Corps 



AS far hack as October 16th they had 

 ah-ea(l>- "dealt with some 27,000 horses 

 . . . saving the hves of many who 

 would ha\c been condemned as incurable 

 even in times of peace." " The care of the 

 horses has been remarkable all tlirough the 

 war." "There is not the slightest d(jubt that 

 this corps is performing great work." " The 

 work of the Army Veterinary Corps may have 

 a ver\- important bearing on the campaign." 

 " 0\-er 50 per cent, of the horses that ha\-e 

 passed through their hands have been ren- 

 dered sound and well." On all sides they are 

 praised. They are a splendid corps doing 

 splendid work. Please help them ! 



By a letter, dated November 5th, the 

 Army Council informed the R.S.P.C.A. that 

 they would be grateful for "further assistance 

 in helping to provide trained veterinary sub- 

 ordinates who are willing to enlist in the 

 Army Veterinary Corps." This assistance — 

 the onl\' pri\'ate help allowed b\' the Army 

 Council for British horses at the front — has 

 been, and is being, afforded. But the Army 

 Council further informed the R.S.P.C.A. that 

 they appro\ed of "a fund being started by 

 the Society for the purchase of hospital 

 requisites for sick and wounded horses." 



This fund— the only fund approved by 

 the Army Council is now organised, as many 

 will alread\ be aware, at the R.S.P.C.A., 105, 

 Jermyn Street, London, S.W'., under the 

 cliairmanship of the Duke of Portland, and 

 is working as au\i]iar\- to the Army \'eterinary 

 Corps, under the control of the War Office. 

 Its aim is to augment the suppK- of medical 

 stores, horse shelters, hospital and stable 

 requisites — such as rugs (old or new ), wool- 

 len bandages, head collars, halters ; and to 



pro\ide horse-drawn ambulances, motor 

 lorries, and, if possible, motor ambulances. 

 Twent>-fi\e horse-drawn ambulances and 

 twenty-fi\-e motor lorries are specially required 

 at once. Tlie ambulances are very badly 

 wanted, to con\e\- from railway stations 

 horses kicked and lamed eii route, and horses 

 not injured se\erely enough to necessitate 

 their being destroyed, but suffering from 

 wounds that prevent their walking from the 

 station to the convalescent farms, Motor 

 lorries are needed for rapid conveyance of 

 fodder from the base hospitals where the 

 stores are kept, to the convalescent farms and 

 fields miles away. This is the greatest need 

 at the moment ; for with winter coming on 

 the horses cannot graze, and there is so much 

 more feeding to be done. 



Since this war began most of us, 

 even those who are fondest of anunals, must 

 ha\e felt so overwhelmed b\- thought of 



A.V.C. Men at Work. 



R.S.P.C.A. Jn.'ipfclurs as member.^ of that Corps. 



