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think fair and reasonable, with Dr. Alexander Dunbar for the 
use by the Government of the alleged discovery of the said Dun¬ 
bar of a mode of treatment of the diseases of the horse’s foot, 
and for his services for one year in instructing the farriers of the 
army in such treatment, the amount agreed upon to be paid out 
of the fund already appropriated for the purchase of horses or 
general support of the army. 
“ He will be ordered to give clinical lectures upon his system, 
first at Washington City, and will in the course of the year of his 
engagement be ordered to the principal military posts at which 
large numbers of horses and mules are kept. 
“ He will be obeyed and respected accordingly.” 
Had Congress known anything of veterinary surgery as a 
science, it is safe to say no such imposition could have been prac¬ 
ticed on its credulity by one devoid of the simplest knowledge of 
surgery and the diseases of the feet of the horse. 
No further change in the Veterinary Department or its interests 
occurred until 1873, when the following appeared in General 
Order No. 84, dated August 20 : 
“ I. Hereafter the Quartermaster’s Department will furnish the 
authorized horse medicines and instruments for the mounted artil¬ 
lery, as well as for the other horses of the army; and such medi¬ 
cines and instruments as are now on hand in charge of the Ordi¬ 
nance Department will be turned over to such officer or officers 
as the Quartermaster General may designate to receive them.” 
General Order No. 93, dated November 11, 1875, contained 
further information in this regard: “ The allowance of horse 
medicines and dressings * * * will be issued quarterly to the 
company commanders of light artillery and cavalry. 
“ The number of animals for which the articles are required 
will be stated in the requisition. Issues will in no case be made 
in excess of the allowance, etc.” ********* 
“Veterinary instruments will be issued and accounted for as 
heretofore.” 
In conjunction with this order was published the blank form 
of “Abstract of Horse Medicines and Dressings Issued,” and a 
blank form of “ Requisitions for Horse Medicines and Dressings.” 
