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jority of cases, that is very little. When horses are about to be 
condemned for being unfit for service, a person would naturally 
suppose that in such a case surely the veterinary surgeon would 
be consulted. Not at all; he is never thought of. The first he 
knows of it is communicated by the farrier, or overhearing the 
conversation among the troopers. In the same manner when 
animals are purchased for remounts, the veterinary surgeon is 
totally ignored, and, as a consequence, the class of horses fur¬ 
nished our cavalry are a disgrace. The majority of them possess 
not a single point of a saddle-animal and are more fitted for the 
plow or garbage cart. For this reason, when on a compara¬ 
tively short march, more than thirty per cent, of the horses in a 
command are suffering from sore back. 
1 will recite here a few of the indignities heaped upon the 
veterinary surgeon, who seems to be a shining mark for all who 
wish to shoot. One I have in mind was compelled to wear a sol¬ 
diers uniform by the commanding officer and turn out on inspec¬ 
tions with a sabre hanging from a belt, although he is a citizen. 
.Recently, while on the march, the veterinary surgeon had his 
tent taken from him for the use of the two sons of an officer, be¬ 
cause, forsooth, the officer found it too hot for three in his; the 
veterinary surgeon was not consulted at all, and the first he knew 
of it was on finding his tent had vanished. He made a respectful 
remonstrance to the officer in command, but was told to “ shut 
up.” He was forced to seek shelter with a hospital nurse while 
one of the officer’s cooks occupied a tent that was never intended 
for him. 
•During a trip to the borders of Canada some years ago, on a 
surveying expedition, the cavalry command to which a certain 
veterinary surgeon was attached happened to meet with a mounted 
English command, accompanied by a veterinary surgeon, who, in 
a'fraternal spirit, endeavored to call on his brother of the United 
States, but he, knowing, alas, too well, the relative positions of 
each, crept under his tent, sneaked around to the picket line, 
where he borrowed a horse and disappeared up a gulch, where 
he remained until the English command had taken their departure. 
The veterinary surgeon is the footman, or “ doughboy,” as 
