Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-05
Captain Caspar H. Conrad. Jr.
Department of Quartermas.
ter General Proposes Plan
for Supply of Equines.
WE COULD NOT
OUTFIT FOR WAR
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Third cavalry 1. = \. nov Stauonal
~ th' quart"fmaStei generals doc
partm"nt Not onlN b. IN. breed uf
horses To- 10" bcttsr,d. but provision
rs mad" Ton an adequate supply oi
good stock 90 problcm of hard sol
ton ~ army circles
Although horses nro nov rnn.
manding higher prices than hav, b.,r
Known Tor many wears th,r, is Il
great shortage ~ their production ~
"fd'i t"r the government to mnu ti.n
its cavalry tud nrtiilrr, hraucn,. .t
tn" arm, IN efficient form II vtl %,
necessary tu take ~ some SYST MAJ.
plan q" encourage the br,cdtur ur
horses "i a Np" suitable for army
usr
During the past wear the secretary
al the department 90 agriculuu. ma.
co-o pr rated with The war department
In evolving plan tu enable m, nrus
To- obtain suitable horses Tnrnugh
George NJ Hummoll. chiof of IN. auI..
MAJ huShaudyN division uf Ga, hIr,au
~ animal industry ot thu department
ot agriculture. and Captain Co9ud e.
plan has been worked out for bred.
ing horses iit fnr mliiar, s,r,tc, 10
carr, ont th. plans. hnWcv,i congress
VIII haN, Geo appropriate, ~um ct
S-'n. 600 ioI th, first Year and tl1b,-
600 q year Thereafter.
Ia sp"atng of the mattcr captain
Conrad SAYS In hc United S'al 81
the tNpr of hor.,s .utgblc for afniy
purposes is now propor,ioua'"l, rst
numerous BECAUSE n is not necuS-
saw g." IA, civilians at the counti,.
and tho quart.rmast,r'- dcpartu ,ut
Is finding II each war more diffitult
to supply 'hr Hootly demands cal the
mounted branch ot TIA" army
In 10, west u TX found IN. a
marked change has taken pla %, n
recent years IA tho su-callcd ruN
pony Twenty years ago U,ttt"
ranges eft the west were practically
Ni,hout fences and unlimited. iu1 he
cowmnn found ~ necessary To- brood
aud use type at quick, actiN, r"il .s
A. the west breamr settled ava as
Iagriculiur' vas taken M, th' idrt'r
free range changed &C. ~, Hr-c
fenced pastures of a tow Years n4n.
These large pnStur.s az" nov b,iog
broken M into even smaller ones
rho yearly roundup in pas, year. re-
qlirod riding over Immense distances.
TODAY cattle are not chased ana ru,.J
hut are driven into III. small pasta -
and pens and quietly handled Thc
quick COW pom, of an, past has given
place to II larger animal frequently
having o. cross ~ duft blood. u uuA
hc said that the COW pony 90 tn" west
has disappeared
Virginia has Ions been fanuus ."r
the horse known as the Virginia h' IT.
.r Even the breeding of this 49,"
IT horse has been sadly affected hy
the high price "f h'aVN druli horse.
ana further influenced hy th' f.tct
that only thos. hunter-pl cd nur'-S
that attain fun siz. bring high prirr4.
when thu farmer found that al draft
colts ~ spite "f m,n"r hl'Wi Hh"~
Trough, good pricos rs 2-Ncnr.old" Do.
at once ceased To- breed the hunted
tNp,. with i's many misfiis, ana rou'-
montcd breeding hraNN draft hn Sos
tn. disappointment IN thu hunter
bred horse would NO, have been o.
great had the breeding 81 this up.
been done scientifically IN, hunter
bred horse. a. nov raised IN Nir-intt
~ Nlftt NNiitNNA fNNlN'ff NV NNN' ''.
either sent Is the country graft, pt
sold az small prices by wealth. i'r.
SONS IN IN. North who desire huu,.r
aud are looking to The nturr $50 '.'
Even more appalling than the .r,s-
ont scarcity Of horses suitable rut Iil-
tar, purposes ~ this COUNT, IA"
large number OF unsouud horses The
gcncrai system Of breeding hu's.s. IL
rs said h. responsible tor tpi- 'rudi
tiuu.
At pr,srut there uro ahout 22.u'".
uuu horses in thr United states out
brcuuso nf IN, rigorous test d'p,an ID
of horses for the army Al adequate
supply of remnants cannot 70" o. am
I'd
Tho purchns, of Young horses for
the army during tho last fiscal war,
said Captain Conrad. has been more
or less succossftI but an officers con
lncctcd With th, uar,rrma-trr's he
partmout haN, reported that, WI ''
thry W'T, obtaining a fair numhcf al
horses The, could see no prospect 81
lobtaiuns them ~ duaniin IN iutnf'
'eaIs nud ull r'por, the nplmr"n'
luvpt-uN Tor The governments AZ
sistHug, "a ihr rational hr'rdlns 81
lHrmt horses
As 10 system 81 supply, So far az
thu army H. concerned, whi'h deals
with upurc conditions alone. - com
photo. the var department must r1 '-
stantiy keep IN mind IN" possihilit'-
81 war. and Il IL no, rurtrising ihN
IN finding difficulty IN pufohnsius %
supply of rcmounis Tor the pea 'r
army there should bc more or less
uncnsiness when var requirement
are considered. In war tho "nst e.
of horseflesh is enormous, In u wat
of AN, magnitude In which this 'nun-
try might b. engaged tho number OF
horses required wolld not Ice con-
fined IL ~. thousands per year. hut
would "steod int" hundreds of thou.
sands. Durine 90" ri'l war II rcuuir-
cd soc horses per DAY fof r.mnrnlt,"
In is"s the government ep,a niish.