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CORRESPONDENCE. 
very particular, and that is in regard to the sobriety of the 
applicant. I should be pleased to hear from you at your earliest 
convenience. 
Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, 
Ernest Otis, 
Colonel 8 th Cavalry , Commanding the Regiment. 
ARTICLE XXIX. 
Veterinary Surgeons of Cavalry Regiments. 
287.—Appointments as veterinary surgeons will be confined to the graduates 
of established and reputable veterinary schools or colleges. They will be 
appointed by the Secretary of War, in numbers not to exceed the legal establish¬ 
ment, and only on recommendation from the commanding officer of the regiment, 
supported by the requisite proofs of learning and skill, and by approval of inter¬ 
mediate commanders. (G. O. 36, 1879.) 
289. —A veterinary surgeon is, from time to time, to visit all the companies 
of the regiment to which he belongs; to instruct the farriers and enlisted men in 
the proper and humane care of the horse, in order to the prevention and treatment 
of diseases; especially to teach the anatomy and pathology of the foot. He 
should illustrate his instructions by dissections and specimens, to show the nature 
and uses of all parts of the horse’s foot, and he should also teach the principles 
and practice of horseshoeing. (G. O. 36, 1879.) 
290. —Veterinary surgeons are to have free access to the stables, and their 
suggestions for the care and treatment of horses must be enforced by the 
authority of the commanding officer. (G. O. 104, 1868.) 
291. —Veterinary surgeons and farriers should be encouraged to make and 
preserve collections of specimens obtained from post mortem examinations, 
illustrating the anatomy and pathology of the horse, in order to popularize and 
disseminate a knowledge of those important subjects in the army. (G. O. 36, 
1879.) 
292. —In order to encourage thoroughness and system in the study and treat¬ 
ment of the diseases of the horse, as well as to furnish information regarding the 
management of the Veterinary Department of the Army, a monthly report of 
sick and wounded for each company and battery, similar to that adopted by the 
Medical Department, should be forwarded by veterinary surgeons and company 
farriers, through the company and post commanders, to the Quartermaster 
General. (G. O. 36, 1879.) 
True extracts from “Regulations of the Army of the United States,” 
edition 1881. 
J. D. Hiokey, 
1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 8 th Cavalry. 
