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(b) When offal, or meat, is absent, 600 gr. of dried 



horse meat (or sinewy offal), with 250 gr. of 

 pearl barley, groats, or the like, added, or, if 

 need be, 1,000 gr. of mashed potatoes. 



(c) When there is absolutely no offal, or meat, 50 



gr. of fatty matter, with the addition of 400 

 gr. of pearl barley, groats, or the like, or, if need 

 be, 1,500 gr. of mashed potatoes and 500 gr. 

 of crushed pulse foods. 



The weight is reckoned in the uncooked state, with 

 potatoes unpeeled. 



The portions of offal to be used are : embryos, vaginae, 

 walls of stomach, Bruhlimgen of slaughtered animals, con- 

 demned meat, and other butcher's offal not affected in a 

 way injurious to health, but out of the question for human 

 food (navels, buttocks, testicles, ovaries). 



If it be necessary for bread to take the place of vegetable 

 food, it is to be served out in quantities of, for {a) and (b), 

 250 gr., and for (c), 500 gr. 



Food is to be cooked and served lukewarm. Attention 

 should be paid to variety in vegetable food where possible. 



Bones are to be given as a special addition. 



If necessary, the dogs receive their food from the field 

 kitchen (men's daily ration). 



IX. — Veterinary Service 



The chief veterinary surgeon has issued the following 

 regulations for the veterinary service of Messenger Dog 

 formations in Order No. 3015 of the 17th September, 1917 : 



The regulations for the veterinary service in Messenger 

 Dog Sections are laid down by the Army veterinary sur- 

 geons, for the messenger dogs of infantry regiments by 



