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Volume 9, Issue 26 - Feature #2771

An Okielegacy Centennial Moment

The following webpage concerning the "US ARMY VETERINARY CORPS DURING WWI" was found on Greg Krenzelok's webpage - <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gregkrenzelok/veterinary%20corp%20in%20ww1/veterinary%20corp%20in%20ww1.html">Veterinary Corp in WWI</a>.<br><br> Greg has gathered lots of WWI information concerning the Veterinary corps in WWI. Here is just a sample of what he writes: "It should first be noted that at the start of the War before the Veterinary Corps was under the jurisdiction of the Medical Corps the Veterinary Corps was detached to the Remount Service and the Remount Service was part of the Quartmaster Corps. It's hard to believe today that back during WW1 horses and mules still played a major role in the armies of the world. And because like a man, horses required a large inner structure with the army to transport, feed and care for them. And unlike a machine that can be left in the battlefield something had to be done with a horse that was dead or alive."<bR><br> US ARMY REMOUNT SQUADRONS OF WW1 -- "It was the remount squadrons that trained at the Auxiliary Remount Stations in the US that went overseas to France to handle the resupplying of Horses and Mules for the Army. There was Remount Squadrons in many units of the US Army in France."<br><br> VETERINARY DETACHMENTS ASSIGNED TO REMOUNT SQUADRONS, The Quartermaster Corps organized at Camp Joseph E Johnston, Florida remount squadrons No 301 to No 384 (Corps Remount Depots,T. of O No 332) A veterinary detachment 1 officer, 2 farriers and 1 private 1st class was authorized and supplied for units No 301 ? 321 and No 339 ? 384 inclusive. Of these numbers No 301 ? 321 and 339 ? 346 went overseas. <br><br> No 333 Camp Johnston, Florida, 6 commissioned officers 75 enlisted personnel, opened 1-19-1917, Closed 3-10-1919 , Authorized capacity 5000 animals, average animal strength 2000. AUXILIARY REMOUNT DEPOT NO 333 -- Click on the below link to view a picture of Auxiliary Remount Depot No 333 in the middle of April 1918 at Camp Joseph E. Johnston Florida. This is dedicated to Corporal Alfred H. Phillips by his son Robert Phillips and to all those that served in the Auxiliary Remount Depots in WW1. Bob has posted these wonderful pictures of his father's which has been in storage for many years. We are working on locating his father in the picture of the Remount Depot No 333. Robert has given us a short excerpt from my Father's upcoming autobiography.<br> <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gregkrenzelok/veterinary%20corp%20in%20ww1/axiliaryremountdepot333ww1.html">Remount Depot No 333 during WWI</a><br><br> Click on the below link to view pictures posted by Michael Wragg of his grandfather, Corporal Luther Leonard Wragg who was assigned to Auxiliary Remount Depot No 333 st Camp Joseph E. Johnston in Florida and sent to France with the 306th Field Remount Squadron during WW1. Robert Phillips from the above link was able to find information on his father Corporal Alfred H. Phillips on a roster that Michael Wragg had in his grandfather's, Corporal Luther Leonard Wragg WW1 collection of things. Mike had also posted a ROSTER OF THE FIELD REMOUNT SQUADRON NO 306 on this page. This list of men is not from an official US Army Roster but a list of names that Mike?s grandfather had in some paperwork.<br> <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gregkrenzelok/veterinary%20corp%20in%20ww1/lutherleonardwraggauxremountdepot333.html">Corporal Luther Leonard Wragg Aux Remount Depot No 333, 306 Field Remount Squadron</a>

NW Okie - 2007-07-01 13:22:15

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