, 1875-05-03
SLAUGHTER or INNOCENTs,
Killing tho Et0raos at lScntcln Bar.
rncNg-Giundcfs Moving Down tho
fObtU Animals - Tho ContuEl0u
Spreading to Other Places.


Vailtfo tCs1l.} Chronicle, AprN11
Thirty-sevon horses mud ttlrco mules wcre
shot Ut tho BenicIa Barraoks OIL Saturday Fiyo
or 1ix diseased horace had boon shot at times
daorder can bc arroatod until every horse owned
by tho Government at tho barracks hhA been
killed, after Which thero will bo grand llolo-
caust of stables. aadalos., bsidlos, drinking
Ap,rs worn by tho cayalEvnon. Than no moro
horses will be brought 10 tho barr lacks for Z
yenr, by whioh .ino 1t Is believed tho oontsgion
will have vanished.
military reservation near tho ahosa OF SuHun
Day, and tliitlor tho horses we're lod last Eaur-
day. Ono BY ono they were broughtto this ctlgc Of
the trench. aud man atapding 81 tho diatapco
with pistol. As ho did 80 other mon pushed
tho nn,nats over iuto tue grayo. A largo uum-
bor Of people Lad gathered On tho spot 10 Wit
neas tho scohe.
to..day for Camp 1Ial!eok, New. wl.ero niaeteen
caaeB Of the dlHorder bRvc boan reported. Tbs
contaBion WAS oarfiad thore from lieuoola BY
infected horEcs whla4 lad Loan TRANSPORTED
xoon declares that tue disordar is gsaudars and
nothing elso, aud adds that there IL no possible
cure for 1t now known to veterinary aoienoe. The
only thing to do ia to shooa oSory horse Affected
with 1t, and tty to stop ITS spteaAIg..
Tho ea1ilarB waa brought to Denfc1a by one
or moro ilorses bought Qvcf year ago. and
since that time haa boon eprendin; constauty.
1t Ia impossible to know tbs identical horse that
hla arrival, since uuy animal may have ths gland
era long before tho eympsonls man!teat them.
| helyaa. II tho truo uatufe Of the disorder Ind
hoan known to tho o!lioera al the Donlcia sa.
ton when it fret appeared. TIC eick and vel!
saved. Dr.. Going Rsya that tho hPFcad Of ths
disorder .cannot bo attributed to tho care taken
Of Govosnment horae. At tl'o barracks, which Is
% :' ss at afs hs,e y ssty
hope Of Saving sipsle horse, :. ,,
| Tho gfatldetB lnsnlfcsts ilsolf by watery dis.
| charge from the uoHtrtfs, which In 9 foW ~eckA
becomes fesid. The discharges take ,whttlan
ologgiuH tha noHet 70 that y soenls as IL slt
elands = become -Bwollcn: but In short
| time tho swelling zoos down, wioreupon tho
bone. The nostrs also bocono ulcefnted.
There arc two kinda Of glanders, which yeter-
inary authorities treat ~ distinct disoaAes thonah
tho kind kaown ~ chronic glaadcFs VIII fro-
1ho chronic form ia not so infectious as tho
acute, and not 50 rapid in its work. With chronio
Glande1s horses will frequently live several years
In acute cases tho horse loatloa Lin food. Int
when 1t Ia chronic tho appetite is not scrtously I'm.
paired. The two forns can be distinguished
| by tho fact that In the acute tue Ulcers bleed,
| aud in tho chronic shoy do not. Tho disease T.
| nays sattlca on the lungs. which become cous0l.
dated. There ID adsorJsr known as fascy, allied
to gIandots, some oases Of which haye appeared
at tho barracks. dlaujoru is frequoatly accom-
paplel by tumors alDug tho hind o., foro loea.
| In chronic caseH tho horsc5 sometimes waste
AWAY, and In others becon,o fRt. Accordlng 10 tle
constitution OF the animal. the acute caHes at
tho Donicia barracks hArp all been developed
from the ehronlc, aud have appeared recGutlys
II none OF the horsas wore killed tbare would 10
many caAcs Of tho aonta form. There aro home
GnHh1 nj hoth mir ret torAthAt.