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HORSE PACKING 



MARCHES 



On a road or trail in ordinary country a pack mule 

 with a load of 250 pounds can make 25 miles a day with- 

 out difficulty. This is the ordinary military load and 

 march. And a pack mule can keep this up practically 

 twelve months of the year if his back be kept free from 

 sores. 



NOTE. — This assumes the United States Army 

 aparejo. This aparejo enables a packer to cure the pre- 

 liminary "bunches" or saddle bruises before they can 

 develop into sores. Of no other known pack saddle or 

 device is this true. The saw buck is good for light and 

 occasional use or where mules can be worked in relays, 

 but to keep one train of pack animals com/anf/p in the field 

 under ordinary or heavy pack work the Army aparejo 

 is the only packing outfit that can be used and keep the 

 animal's back fit. 



Over a rough, hilly and mountainous country a pack 

 mule will carrj^ 250 pounds and march 10 to 15 miles, 

 depending on the difficulties. 



The following table is the standard rate of march 

 under varying loads for the United States Army: 



Maximum Number Number 

 rate of of miles of days 



travel per day. continuous 

 Weight of Load. per hour. travel. 



200 pounds 8 25 7 



7 40 10 



6 50 7 



6 100 3 



5 25 365 



250 pounds 8 25 3 



7 40 7 



6 100 1 



6 50 5 , 



6 25 30 



6 20 60 



5 100 2 



5 50 10 



5 25 60 



5 20 90 



