THE BRIGADES 113 



cleaned, etc. Before Mr. Hayes arrival, two such horses 

 must bt selected from each division to be experimented on. 



In every cadre, the demonstration shall take place in the 

 presence of all the officers ; and notes must be taken, so that 

 the methods may be closely studied. For this purpose, one 

 officer, one under-officer and two soldiers shall be selected 

 from each division, 



(Signed) STRUKOF, 



L ieutenant- General. 



PLACES WHERE THE BRIGADES OF THE CAVALRY RESERVE 



ARE STATIONED. 



ist Brigade . . Sysran, Simbirsk Government. 



4th ,, . . Liski, Voronej-Rostof Railway. 



2nd ,, . . Ostrogorchsk, Voronej Government. 



7th ,, . . Tambof. 



3rd ,, . . Kirsanof, Tambof Government. 



6th ,, . . Borisoglebsk, Voronej Government. 



5th ,, . . Balakleya, Kharkof Government. 



Caucasian Brigade Armavir, Stavropol Government. 



It is strange that the writer of the foregoing "Circular 

 Letter" did not mention the fact that the Grand Duke 

 had invited me to give a horse-breaking demonstration at 



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Krasnoe Selo, and that he was present on that occasion. 

 The public doings of the Grand Duke are so carefully 

 followed by the officers under him, that it is highly improb- 

 able that the writer in question made the omission through 

 ignorance. 



As soon as I had mastered the contents of the foregoing 



documents, I returned to General Strukof and explained 



to him that I could not possibly teach the officers and 



several of the men of each brigade in five or six days (two or 



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