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A fact from United States Army Remount Service appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 June 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as late as 1945, between 450 and 500 stallions owned by the U.S. Army Remount Service bred with over 11,000 civilian-owned mares, producing 7,293 foals?

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Branch?[edit]

The Remount Service wasn't actually a branch of service. It was part of the Quartermaster Corps, and most officers were actually assigned to either that branch or cavalry. We may want to consider redoing the category here. Intothatdarkness (talk) 14:52, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What category would you suggest? Quartermaster Corps (United States Army) belongs to two categories:

—Bruce1ee^talk 15:09, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The catch is that the Remount Service was part of the Quartermaster Corps, so it's a "sub-branch" of a "branch." It wasn't separate from it. It might be better to put it in Quartermasters, but I'm obviously open to other options. Intothatdarkness (talk) 15:13, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed it to Category:Quartermasters. —Bruce1ee^talk 15:19, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me! The Remount Service is tricky because, in addition to it being part of the Quartermaster Corps, there was a civilian "axillary" (the Remount Association) that handled some of the stallion registration and breeding coordination. This looks to be a good compromise category. Intothatdarkness (talk) 15:21, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

Any of these pass muster with WP MilHist or have sufficiently useful info to be worth digging into? Montanabw^(talk) 22:10, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have copies of the stud lists for the American Remount Association from 1921, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946. Also some copies of various articles on the Remount in various horse mags from the 1920s through the 1950s. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:34, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice! I used to have access to that stuff, but a change of jobs and states changed that. Maybe you can add some stuff from those, mainly in regard to the breeds used? Intothatdarkness (talk) 13:52, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]