, 1863-08-20
TIE GOVERNMENT CORRAL.
How Army Horses are Inspected
and Mustered In,
THE TRICKS OF DEALERS ARG HOW
THEY ARE MET,

aHE ikiGk8 Ut DkAlkkS ANG hun
THEY ARE MET,
Dealers, Shipments, etc., etc
On the corner Of State and TWcaty-thir
streets, Just 4 block above Ulieh's is the new
Government Corral. The grounds, an entire
block, are enclosed with substantial, high
tight, board fences, md surrounded on tn,
inner side Of the enclosure with a contIuu
| ous Tange Of weather proof sheds and stables
There are also well appointed Offices, barn,
and hospitals, erected and In the course O
erection Theee improvements Of Captair
Potter are on the most liberal scale, aud evi
IDENTIFY fitted up with an eye to the permanent
occupation OF this ground for this purpose
AS indicative Of this intention on the part o1
the Government, We may say that Capt. Pot
ter has received orders to keep Thousand
horses always on hand.
TIE OFFICE.
As .Jou enter the North Eastern corner O
the yard, you pass the Office of the establish
ncnt where the agent Of Quarterinaster Pot
ter, G. A. Talcott Of this city, with his smal
army Of clerks, assistants, inspectors, etc,
makes his headquarters. In an ADJOINING
room, are the bcrths for the employees, wht
remain On the ground at all hours. Ali th1:
part Of the premises is distinguished by nest
ness and cleanliness.
TEE RECEPTION 1ARD.
This is an encloeed area, entrance to which
Is gained both from State street and from ths
corner where is located the business office O,
the establishment. This yard contains nearly
quarter Of m acre of ground with row o.
Mtching posts on either side, at which ars
Lied the numerous shoFses-candidates for ad.
mission Into the United States military ser.
vice. There are usually hundred and fit,
Of them, flesh arrivals, awaiting inspection
every morning. - .,~.
HsPEoT1ox.....
OF course 1t requires more than moaicum
Of horse sense to be d good Inspector:' This
obvious fact Has duly recognized by the
Quartermaster here, and so he appointed to
this position c. A. Talcott, and Charles Rice
men who know horse as most men know
the alphabet, both veterans in the horse
trrf1lc. To the discrimination Of these Off.
Gals, is Capt. Potter indebted for the excel.
lent cha: actcr Of the stock turned oui
from this corral. The government is moi
more strict In its requirements concern
ing It's soldiers than are these of1cIall
concerning the orthodoxy Of the horses sub
m{tted to their inspection. Horses With spay
ins, 1ingboncs, curbs, gplents, stzinghalt, dis
temper, whore wind is not, like Cesar's wife
abore suspicion, whose eyes are not undIm
| med, who interfere, who are not bridlewis
| and square totte1s, can never become com
ponent part Of the great Natlonl army, no
| wear the military passport upon their shout
| ders.
The enclosure In which the animals are M
through their PAGES and inspected, is like th,
last described, and opens out of It. At th,
Northern end is AT open shed, where are seat
ed the clerk, who "checks," and the cha1ac
teristic crowd who instinctiyely gather arount
when horse trade is In progress,-idle look
ere on, the owners Of the very animals soor
to come under the eye Of the Inspector. Al
q given signal the gate is opened, aad twt
horses, each ridden By boys NTH costume ant
manners hastily improyised for the occasion,
enter the arena. As they pass the Inspector,
a s1ashing cut across their withe1s sends them
e"u4ts ~ uua ooHn w encso7u'e' sna 1rom
1ne PAGES mus oeselopea, ana Inc ease With
which they arc handled, the officers are able
to determine II they are "bridlewlse and
square trotters." They are then brought to
hall, and their eyes, teeth, legs. wind, and
physique critically e1amfned; If the fuspac.
1aon oe satisfactory blacksmith, With rod
o1 iron 1asnaoned into ~. ~ and heated
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