Chapter II.--GENERALITES 



Quality and gentleness are essential elements in the 

 value of cavalry horses. 



They can be obtained, or at least largely developed, by 

 the care given to the education of the young horses. 



Influence and responsibility of the colonel. — The colonel 

 facilitates, by every means, the regular and complete carry- 

 ing out of an instruction which must be considered as the 

 basis of the mounted value of the regiment. By frequent 

 inspections, by reward and encouragement of all kinds 

 accorded to officers and soldiers who distinguish them- 

 selves in horse training, the colonel exercises a personal 

 influence on the nature of the results obtained. He gives 

 orders for the proper maintenance of the riding halls, 

 the regulations of the out- door riding squares, as well as 

 for the construction on the drill grounds, of paths on which 

 horses may be galloped in all seasons. 



. Together with the service of roads and bridges, he con- 

 trols the upkeep of the soft paths which follow the national 

 and departmental highways, he thus bears witness, by the 

 large portion of responsibilities which he assumes, of the 

 interests which he attaches to the success of the training, 

 and in consequence of the zeal which everyone should show 

 in this work. 



No horse is admitted to the ranks without having been 

 presented for the colonel's examination by the rider who 

 trained it. 



Influence and responsibility of the troop commander. — In 

 each troop the captain is responsible for the training. All 

 the lieutenants, sergeants, and corporals and certain select- 

 ed privates participate in this work. 



Lessons in training given to the young horses by non- 

 commissioned officers and privates are under the direction 

 of an officer especially equipped for this work, chosen by 

 the troop commander. (The officers not engaged in the 

 direction of the training, nevertheless, train a horse each 

 year themselves.— Translator.) 



Qualities of the instructor and the trainers. — The officer 

 thus designated is taken from among those having already 

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