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at least ten times more about horses than 

 I had done before entering it. I can now 

 confidently state that if I had been appointed 

 to the Remount Department, previous to 

 going through this course of study, I would 

 have been incapable of efficiently performing 

 remount duties, owing to lack of knowledge 

 about horses. Consequently I consider that 

 the large majority of remount officers, who 

 certainly have not more experience with 

 horses than I had in my unqualified days, 

 do not possess the knowledge requisite for 

 their work. In fact, they are amateurs who 

 do their best to carry out highly technical 

 duties. I would therefore urge the advisa- 

 bility of the Remount Department being 

 officered by members of the A.V.D. As 

 I have never belonged to the A.V.D. or 



