Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-24
sAoRTAeE OF HORSES
IN FIRST REGIMENT
Many Are Needed for Draft Purposes
and Infantry Mounts.

Although the First regiment is woe
fully short of horses, it is not apt to
be supplied with more before the Nj
antic encampment The state has not
the power to buy horses to go into
regular army service and the govern
ment will probably not supply the reg
tment with draft animals and service
mounts before the end of the week at
the earliest. All the staff officers above
the rank of major are required to fur
nisfl their own horses. and certain
commissioned officers own their own
mounts, but these will all have to pass
a regular army inspection before they
viii be accepted for service in the
field
May Use Auto Trucks.
The regiment has about 100 horses
available for the transportation Of
equipment and supplies to Mantle and
for service at the camp. 1t is thought
that they will be sufficient for the
temporary needs, but in an emergency
automobile trucks may be pressed in
service. Certain units of the regi-'
ment, such as the signal corps and the
headquarters company, need large
number of horses for active service, but
at present have not q single ealoTSe-
However, the signal corps has a stand
ing requisi4ion with the government
for 100 horses, and animals to supply
this requisition are kept ON hand at
Fort ROYAL, Va. But the Headquarters
company, which is called upon to pro-
vide mounted orderlies and despatch
bearers, and the machine guns COM
pany. which needs more than a dozen
mules to transport its guns, do not
expect to be provided with animals for
some time.
Quotation Prices.
Although an officer is allowed $50 a
a
fodder, as his horse allowance, most of
the officers procure horses which cost
much more than that amount IN all,
the regiment requires about lit AMI
mails, and the government, under its
last contract issued, allowed the fol-
lowing prices for animals: Artillery
horse $1S2, cavalry horse $157, infantry
horse $40, pack mule SAT, draft mule
(wheeD $225, draft mule dead 5000,
draft horse, supply train, $149. The
present market demands much high
'er price than is here quoted for both
horses and mules and the government
may ind it necessary to raise It's quo
tation prices in order to secure the
number OF animals needed.
Supply Is Short.
II IL IS found necessary to buy the
| horses forsthe First regiments IN SEFart-
ford and vicinity, difflcuty wilt arise
from the .fact that the supply IN the
| horse market does not nearly meet the
demand. Williams Brothers, among
the largest horse dealers TN the city.
ERve sbut 20s suitable horses on hand.
while other Hartford dealers have
less. and fancy prices are demanded IN
many cases.
The growing use of the automohile
has. decreased the valuation OF horses,
hut the bf1jzation order immediate
Iy boosted the price oft horsefle "a
nearly It's former level Itsfg Gaa0 thai
the war has come at justs the Wrong
time OF the year for buying OF horses
In this neighbofhood the tobacco grows
ers are using manyz horses and mules
toecl1lt fvate their fields These horses
/ WIN De thrown On the sxnarlget 4 ID
the faal. but a& present can only be
bought at a high figure
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