CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction : 103 



Horse-breeding methods in Europe 103 



The German Empire 103 



France 104 



Austria-Hungary. . _ 104 



Italy 105 



Purchasing remounts in Europe 105 



Army horses in the United States 106 



Army horses of the Civil War 106 



The development of the draft-horse industry 107 



Military horses in the United States to-day 108 



Police remounts 108 



Mounted service in the militia Ill 



Mounted service in the United (States Army 112 



What war requirements mean 113 



The remount system in the United States 114 



Weak points of the remount system 117 



A plan to encourage the breeding of horses for the Army 119 



Arguments for and against the plan 119 



The present horse-breeding work of the Department of Agriculture and Army 



horse breeding 122 



Summary 123 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 PLATE "I. Army remounts in the Civil War. Ringgold's battery, United 



States Army on drill 106 



II. Army remounts in the Civil War. Benson's battery, United States 



Army, in camp 106 



III. Mounted police horses in the United States. Fig. 1. New York 



mounted police. Fig. 2. Chicago mounted police 112 



IV. Type of horse now being issued to troops in the United States Army 



from remount stations 112 



V. Horses at Fort Reno remount station shortly after arrival from 



purchasing officers 112 



