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A part of the Quartermaster Corps, the U.S. Army Remount Service provided horses (and later mules and dogs) as remounts to U.S. Army units. Evolving from both the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps and a general horse-breeding program under the control of the Department of Agriculture, the Remount Service began systematically breeding ...
In 1891, the service became part of the Army Service Corps (ASC) [2] and the majority of other ranks at remount depots were drawn from the ASC. [ 3 ] Initially, there were three remount depots, the Remount Establishment at Woolwich (which provided horses for the Royal Artillery , Royal Engineers and Army Service Corps ) and two in Dublin (for ...
Remount referred to the provision of fresh horses, particularly for military purposes. [1] The word encompasses both the animals themselves and the means by which they were provided. [ 2 ] In many cases, remounts were horses provided to replace those killed or injured in battle.
The 28th Cavalry Regiment (Horse) (Colored) was a short-lived African American unit of the United States Army. The 28th Cavalry was the last horse-mounted cavalry regiment formed by the U.S. Army. The regiment was formed as part of the 2nd Cavalry Division in 1943 and inactivated in North Africa in 1944 without seeing combat. [1]
Royal Thai Army Veterinary & Remount Department [30] current Switzerland: Centre of competence for Veterinary Service and Army Animals [31] current Pakistan: Remount, Veterinary, and Farming Corps (RV&FC) [32] current Estonia [33] current Slovakia [33] current Brazil: Brazilian Army Veterinary Service [34] 4 January 1908-current South Korea
Dodd Army Airfield was an airfield located within the current boundaries of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. Dodd Field includes the area bounded on the north by Rittiman Road, on the west by Harry Wurzbach Memorial Highway, on the south by Winans (formerly Dashiell) Road and on the east by the Fort Sam Houston Reservation boundary.
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Charles L. Scott (October 22, 1883 – November 27, 1954) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Philippine–American War, World War I and World War II, Scott's career began when he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1905.