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For the explanation just follow the money:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/201 ... e_ban.html

Not surprisingly, it has little to do with the horses' welfare.

According to the Chinese calender 2014 will be the "Year of the Horse."

http://www.chinesenewyearin.com/2014-ye ... orse-2014/

short film showing Harpers Ferry Arsenal production gauges:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zdu1G2nvjU

short movie showing production at Springfield Armory using machinery:

http://www.forgeofinnovation.org/Spring ... our_1.html

The lack of skilled labor in the US was a major factor encouraging industrial production using machines: English machine tool manufacturer Joseph Whitworth was appointed as a British commissioner for the New York International Exhibition. Accompanied by another British commissioner, he traveled arou...

The inspiration for the manufacture of modern mechanical pocket watches using interchangeable parts came from a visit to the Springfield Armory. This was not a simple process as the tolerances for watches were much finer than for weapons of the period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_system_of...

I took the following pictures in Feb 2008 of machines on display in Harpers Ferry, VA. They were used in the production of standardized parts for rifled muskets:

The oddly titled book "From Under Iron Eyelids" (referring to the iron doors of gun emplacements) is a biography of James Henry Burton. Burton worked at the US Armories (he designed the Minie ball used in the CW), was hired by the British to establish production of Enfield rifles using int...

At the end of "British Campaign Furniture, Elegance under Canvas 1740-1914" detailing the history and usages of portable furniture is this ironic note: "The British Army is a social institution prepared for every emergency except that of war." H.O. Arnold-Forster Secretary of War...

Lee's medicine chest may have had a significant impact on the Battle of Gettysburg:

http://www.gatehouse-press.com/?p=517

Lee's medical chest is very clever and compact:

Confederate General Robert E. Lee's campaign headquarters furniture on display in the Gettysburg Visitor's Center:

Couvi wrote:Can anyone identify the saddle in the third image?

artistic license?

On loan to the Gettysburg visitor's center is General Reynolds saddle. The family believes that he was using it at the time he was shot in the opening moments of the battle.

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The centerpiece of the new Gettysburg visitor's center is the restored cycloramic painting of the battle. I visited there again last week and thought it would be interesting to take detailed photos of the field artillery in action. Keep in mind that the painting was completed only twenty years after...

Apparently North Korea still has horse cavalry:

http://kpablogger.tumblr.com/tagged/Unit-534

In case you would like to make your own Campaign chest:

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/proje ... -furniture

The purpose of campaign furniture was to make transportation easier. In the days of animal transportation bulk was just as important as weight. Below are two illustrations of pack transportation of campaign furniture from the book "British Campaign Furniture, Elegance under Canvas 1740-1914.&qu...