War Department, 

 Office of the Chief of Staff, 



Washington, April 28, 1913. 



Authority having been obtained for the use of the 

 Manual of Equitation of the French Army for 1912, trans- 

 lated by First Lieut. Adna R. Chaffee, jr.. Thirteenth Cav- 

 alry, it is herewith published for the information of the 

 Regular Army and Organized Militia. 



By order of the Secretary of War: 



W. W. Wotherspoon, 

 Major General, Acting Chief of Staff. 



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