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Horses for France Empey’s seven months in the First World War trenches
Arthur Guy Empey recounts how in 1914 he sought to join the Allied effort, passing through New York agencies, a grim voyage loading 1300 horses, brutal foremen, and dangerous deck conditions aboard a horse ship to Bordeaux. He details encounters with foremen, a doctor, and the brutal discipline, the death of several horses, and finally arrival in France before returning to New York aboard the Rochambeaux.
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United States
Neutral
Greenwich Street
New York
France
Hotel Astor
Monsieur
Goldsmith's Employment Agency
Police
Bordeaux
Emer
Arthur Guy Empey
New Jersey
Pinero
New York Harbor
Casey
Brown
Doc
Sabe
Doc Casey
Army
Brander
Quartermaster Corps