Army veterinary surgeons. 
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panies of Cavalry, or the same number of other public animals, 
A room for the safe storage of veterinary instruments and 
medical stores and the compounding of medicines, should be pro¬ 
vided, and the Veterinary Surgeons and Farriers should be en¬ 
couraged to make and preserve collections of specimens obtained 
from post 7Yiortem examinations, illustrating the anatomy and 
pathology of the horse, in order to popularize and disseminate a 
knowledge of those important subjects in the Army. 
The Board has endeavored to keep the numbers and quanti¬ 
ties of the articles in the above table down to the minimum re¬ 
quired for the proper treatment of the diseases of the horse, and 
it feels convinced that a more limited supply-table would not en¬ 
able the Veterinary Surgeons to carry out the practice indicated 
by the most recent and advanced writers on the principles and 
practice of veterinary medicine and surgery. 
In order to encourage thoroughness and system in the study 
and treatment of the diseases of the horse, as well as to furnish 
information regarding the management of the Veterinary Depart¬ 
ment of the Army, a monthly report of sick and wounded for 
each Company and Battery, similar to that adopted by the Medi¬ 
cal Department, should be forwarded by Veterinary Surgeons and 
Company Farriers, through the Company and Post Commanders, 
to the Quartermaster General. 
While the number of instruments recommended is less than 
can be found at any ordinary veterinary hospital in civil life in 
this country, still they are believed to be sufficient. The first 
cost for an outfit for the Army will be about $25,000, which, 
under ordinary use and wear, should last for ten years. 
It is believed that a great saving in the purchase of this outfit 
could be made if it were done by an officer familial- with the uses 
of veterinary instruments. 
The panniers should, like those in use by the Medical Depart¬ 
ment, be so arranged as to contain only articles that are on the 
Supply Table. They should contain the articles of medicines in 
quantities allowed for 100 horses in field service for three months, 
and a pocket-case, ball-forceps, cork-screw, 6-ox. graduate glass, 
