Evening star., 1921-05-15
GOOD HORSES NOW
OF HIGHEST VALUE"
Great Strides of Remount
Service Told Before
Noted Horsemen.

The merits of the thoroughbred and
the great strides made by the Ameri
can E"mount Association in the past
two years We're enumerated by eN-
perts to more than 100 noted horse
men who attended the annual dinner
of the organization at the Army and
Navy club last night
Refuting the claim made by some
that the horse is becoming obsolete
i'll this country, Maj. G. L. Scott, in
mount service. gave statistics to show
that good horse or mule is worth
more today than ever before. and a
! scrub" animal worthless
Col. +. :. Armstrong. chief of the
+ mount service of the Army. pre-
sided. and SubStantiated Col. Scott $
contention regarding the usefulness
| of the horse in war. by giving figures
to show that during the last struggle
England had one horse for every
four men. while records for the civil
war only give one horse to every
thr"" and three quarter men.
George 4. Bell of the Agriculture
Department. purchasing agent for the
United states remOunt Service. spoke
briefly of the enthusiasm displayed
by the ranchers of the west since
| thorou2hbredS had been placed in
that section.
Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of the
Horse Association of America, made
an appeal for great army of civilian
riders. and described the work of his
organization. He emphasized the
necessity OF well laid-out uridie paIns
j in every city. and said that Boston
and Washington led all other COM
! munit!cS in this respect.
List of the Guests.
Among those who were present were
Col. +. 5. Armstrong. Washington,
ID. c.; Maj. l.. a. Beard Front hoyal.
Va; G.. a. Bell. Lexington. Ky;
Thomas Bones, Washington, ID c.;
;; \. l.. Bradford, Washington. ID. c.;
W. X. brown, Berlin. y. h; Brig. Gen.
/ Brown, Washington. D. C.; Maj. Gen.
William II. Carter, L. $. A: A. A.
Cedcrwald. Washington. ID. G.; Maj.
! Gen. J. l.. Chamberlain, L. s. A;
r. Ambrose Clark, Cooperstown. \. Y;
Capt. i. T. Cole. Fort Myer, Va; Col.
H. y. Ccotes. Fort Myer. Va; Maj.
5. W. Cramer. Washington, ID. c.;
Wayne Dinsmore. Chicago. ILL.,. Maj.
Chester A. Davis. Washington. d. c.;
Brig. Gen. +. b. Dimmick. Washing
ton, ID. c.; Gen. T. Q. Donaldson.
Washington. ID. G.; Maj Emil Engel.
Camp Dix. n. j.; William Phelps Emo,
Washington, ID. c.; Col. John S. Fair,
general staff. L. S. A; c. J. Fitzgerald.
New York city; Maj. c. +. George.
Fort Myer. Va: John o. Gheen, WASH
Ington, u. G.; Maj. W. w. Griffin,
Washington, ID. c.; T. G. Halliman.
Washington. ID. G.; Col. Letcher
Hardeman. L. 5. A. Rapidan. Va.
Melvin c. Hazen. Washington. d. G.;
! Charles l.. y. Heiser. Glyndon, Nd. {;
Maj Gen. Willard A. Holbrook, Wash
ington, ID. G.; George b. Hulme, Wash
ington. d. c.; Maj. Stanley Koch.
| Washington. ID. c.; Maj. Henry
Leonard, Colorado Springs, Colo. !:
" i!liam Littauer. Washington, ID. c.;
Pierre Loriliard. jr.. Tuxedo Park.
! =. y; ~ ii. Lultrell, Washington.
-. c.: Col. Douglas McCaskey, Wash
! ington. ID. G.; Lieut.. J. T. Mckay
Camp Meade, Md; Maj. J. c. Mont
gomeTy, Washington, u. c., Lieut.. Col.
Charles +. Morse, L. S. A Ma
a. X. c. Palmer, Miles City. Mont.
Maj. Gen. II. l.. Rogers, L. S. A. i;
Maj G. l.. Scott, L. S--A.; Col. A. @.
Seaman. L. S. A. Randolph G.
Shaw, Washington. ID. c.: Col. James
/ T.. shelley. L. ;. A; George II. Slater,
Cpperville. Va; Harry Worcester
smith. Worcester, Mass: Lieut.. Col.
Ray J. Stanciift. L. S. A; Maj. Joseph
Thompson. Washington. d. c.: Col.
George F. Tyner. Washington, d. C.:
Henry G. Wallace. Secretary of Agri-
culture; J. NJ. Wainwright. assistant
secretary Of war; Harry Ward, Wash
ington, D. c.; r. b. White, Lees
burg, Va. Capt. f. X White, Camp
Meade, Md; J. o. Williams, Washing
ton. ID. c.: r. H. Williams, jr.. New
York city; John G. Worth. Philadel-
phia, Pa. and Maj Gen. William NJ
Wright. l.. s. A.