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varies from twelve to eighteen hundred francs 

 (S240 to $360), so that a single horse may 

 possibly cost the state forty-three hundred 

 francs ($860). 



Because of these measures, and of the fact 

 that three thousand stallions are placed at the 

 disposal of breeders and divided among all 

 the stations, the French government succeeds 

 in supplying itself with remounts from the 

 home country. These stallions, however, cost 

 the country eight million francs ($1,600,000) 

 annually, while in other ways more than six- 

 teen milHon ($3,200,000) are expended each 

 year on the breeding and training of military 

 horses. 



Austria-Hungary requires annuall)- eight 

 thousand remounts, which are easy tf) find 

 within the borders of that country. In 1890 

 the government began to establish remount 

 stations, which now number five. One part of 

 the remounts remain there a year; the other 

 part, bought when five years of age, are sent 

 immediately to the various regiments. 



Switzerland has an annual need of six hun- 

 dred remounts, which are bought in northern 

 Germany and Ireland. The young horses spend 



A Captain ok the REruuLiCAN Guard 



five months in getting acclimated at the re- 

 mount station at Berne. They are then sent to 

 a school for remounts to be trained. Formerly 



