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to the Remount Department, and am long 

 past the age at which I could again enter 

 the Army, I venture to hope that my opinion 

 in this matter may be considered to be free 

 from any personal bias. 



Officers of the Royal Artillery, Royal 

 Engineers, Royal Army Medical Corps, and 

 Army Veterinary Department are required 

 to go through long courses of training before 

 respectively engaging in their technical work. 

 Even hospital nurses are specially educated 

 for their duties ; but Government demands 

 from remount officers no preparation, no 

 qualification, beyond the possession of a 

 commission in the Navy, Army, Militia or 

 Volunteers and of course the necessary 

 interest, before putting them in charge 

 of work which needs years of study 



