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180 horses stationed there, immediately killed 79. Before the 
regiment was finally rid of the disease 170 animals were destroyed, 
entailing a loss of at least $20,000, besides the destruction of 
stables, blankets, cinclias, halters, etc., which was necessary to 
prevent farther contagion. The War Department recognized the 
value of the services rendered by publishing the report in an 
official circular in December, 1875. 
About the same time, he prepared and drafted a bill to be 
presented to Congress, in which he set forth the value of the 
veterinarian’s services to the army, his claims for a commission, 
and the advantages which would thereby accrue to both of the 
interested parties. His petition, the first of the kind made in 
behalf of the Army Veterinary Surgeon, unfortunately bore no 
fruits. 
An untimely death at the hands of the Indians in 1876 pre¬ 
vented his further efforts in this direction, and the profession lost 
in him its most willing worker in the interest of army veterinary 
medicine. 
The brother, William H. Going, while less conspicuous in 
individual action looking to the elevation of the profession, has 
nevertheless ardently seconded all endeavors in that direction, 
and has won for himself the esteem of the officers of the regi¬ 
ment with which he has served. 
The profession owes them both a debt of gratitude for enter¬ 
ing the army at a time when there was no distinction made 
between the educated and the ignorant, the graduate and the 
empiric. 
Of the non-graduates serving in the army during this time, 
John Tempany served in the First Dragoons from 1858 until the 
end of his term of enlistment, when he was discharged, being at 
the time in the army of the Potomac. After a short time in civil 
practice in Jersey City, N. J., he returned to the service and was 
made Acting Veterinary Surgeon of the cavalry recruiting depot 
at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. From this point he was transferred to 
St. Louis Barracks, Mo. In 1872 he received appointment as 
Veterinary Surgeon to the Seventh Cavalry, but resigned in 
