The Society shall engage in the preservation of and research upon, knowledge of the horse, and other equines, in their employment in a military role. This shall include the study of, and distribution of knowledge upon, this topic as well as upon the equipment and tack associated with the military employment of horses, horse soldiers, horse drawn artillery and military horse transport.

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Return To Index Webmaster's note: Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, for whom Beale s Cut in Newhall would later be named, led the U.S. Camel Corps on an expedition from Arizona to California in 1857. After the U.S. Army abandoned the short-lived experiment, Beale, who attained the rank of General, used some of the camels as pack animals to carry supplies from Los Angeles to his base at Fort Tejon ...

Camels in Texas -- 1856 Following the California gold rush of 1849, there became an increasing need to protect and supply the growing population of Americans in the southwest. After attempts to build a transcontinental railroad succumed to sectional politics, U. S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis decided to experiment with camels as a means for transporting military provisions across west Texas ...

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