EVACUATION OF SICK AND WOUNDED. 15 



Veterinary Equipment with Units. 



All units are provided with field veterinary equipment, the 

 scale of which is given in their Mobilisation Store Tables. In 

 the B.E.P., France, the scale was cut down to a very low 

 degree. Eeplenishment was easily effected from Advancep 

 Depots of veterinary stores. Wastage of equipment was 

 curtailed thereby, and to limit wastage still further, certain 

 equipment was allocated to personnel charge instead of unit 

 charge. The ultimate allotment was : — 



. in personal charge. 



. in personal charge of 



Veterinary N.C.O. 

 . on charge units and kept 

 by representatives of Veterinary Service in units, 

 i.e., Sergeants, A.V.C. or farriers of units. 

 In India the principle is practically the same, but the allot- 

 ment to imits until recently was on too liberal a scale. The 

 supply and distribution of field veterinary equipment will be 

 dealt with more fully later on. It is sufficient to say for the 

 present thaf the Veterinary Service has given very careful 

 thought to appliances necessary for carrying out successful 

 treatment in the field. 



Chap. V.— EVACUATION OE SICK AND WOUNDED. 



For a unit to be efficient in the field, it must get rid of its 

 ineffective animals, and have them replaced by fit animals. A 

 policy of retention of sick animals with units in the field not 

 only impedes the mobility of such units, but it absorbs the 

 attention of a proportion of the unit personnel who might other- 

 wise be employed in combatant duties. Only minor cases — say 

 those that would be fit again within seven days, should remain 

 on the fighting strength of units, others should be evacuated to 

 Veterinary Hospitals on Lines of Communication where 

 •conditions are more favourable for treatment and rest. The 



