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The saddle blanket is 8' ty 6' 3" ; it is folded in 12 thicknesses. 



The forage bag is of white linen. 



The forage cord has an iron ring at one end. 



The nose bag is of coarse linen, the bottom bound and crossed with broad linen tape. 



The curry-comb is 6" by 4", with four rows of teeth ; one pattern, for field service, has a 

 strap attached to the back, instead of a handle, the hand being run under the strap. 



Tlie mane comb is of horn ; metallic combs have been tried and abandoned. 



The shoe pouches, one on each side of the hind fork, contain, each, 1 fore and 1 hind shoe, 

 as well as 16 common and 4 ice nails, in a straw cushion. 



The stirrups are of steel, and roughly made. 



A hemp surcingle is used in the stable. 



Two bits are used, both of steel ; the curb has straight branches, and a heavy steel chain. 



The head stall is single ; the curb is buckled to the cheek pieces ; near its lower end a strap 

 about 2" long is sewed to one side of each cheek piece ; the snaffle is attached to a ring at the 

 end of this strap by a chain and toggle. 



The curb reins are 4' long. No martingale is used. 



The halter presents nothing peculiar ; the rope is 6' long, and is either of hemp or hair ; in 

 garrison a chain is sometimes used. By attaching a snaffle bit and rein, the halter serves as a 

 watering bridle. 



The Eussian bit is being tried ; in this experiment the snaffle fastens to the halter head 

 stall by a chain and toggle, while the curb head stall, which is very light, passes through loops 

 on the halter. 



All articles of each set of equipments are branded with the number of the set. 



AKMS AND ACCOUTEEMENTS. 



Cuirassiers, sabre of the old French cuirassier pattern ; 20 men in each squadron have a 

 smooth bore carbine, with a barrel 15" long ; the rest of the men a pistol, with a 9" barrel. 



Dragoons, light cavalry sabre, blade 32" long, and 1\" wide at the shoulder, considei'ably 

 curved, guard and scabbard of steel ; sergeants and trumpeters, 1 pistol each ; 50 men in each 

 squadron have a rifled carbine, the rest a smooth bore carbine. 



Lancers, sabre as for dragoons ; lance 10^' long ; fire arms as for cuirassiers. 



Hussars, armed as described for dragoons. 



The cuirassiers have metallic helmet, breast, and back pieces. 



The sabre belt is an ordinary waist belt with slings ; it fastens by means of an cy^ hook. 



The cartridge-box is attached to a shoulder belt ; it contains 18 rounds ; it is filled by a 

 wooden block, in which a hole is bored for every cartridge. 



The carbine, or pistol, rammer is attached to the cartridge-box belt by a thin strap, the ram- 

 mer being slipped through two loops on the cartridge-box. 



The carbine sling is not peculiar. 



On the march the carbine is carried in a boot, the small of the stock being strapped to the 

 pommel. 



UNIFOEM. 



The dragoons wear a helmet of black leather, surmounted by a brass spear head. 

 The lancers have the ordinary lancers' cap, the czapka. 

 The hussars, a cylindrical shako of fur, without vizor. 



