They played key roles in: By the later years of WWI, the use of horses had shifted primarily to transport, as trench warfare ...

I allude to the want of cavalry. You state that 600,000 men have been called for by the Government and no provision made for cavalry. Unless we consider ourselves greater masters of the art of war ...

Horses by the millions were put in service as cavalry mounts and beasts of burden, but they were not the only animals active in the war. Mules, dogs, camels, and pigeons all played vital roles ...

It is very manifest now that cavalry cannot be created, except by at least two years drilling and preparation. The foreign officers in our army have uniformly reported that before the last Winter ...