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in the ratio of the total number of horses they contain. The 

 number of horses to be furnished by the provinces and dis- 

 tricts is iixed according to the number of horses they have. 

 In order to determine this number, a horse classification is 

 made every three years by mixed commissions, composed of 

 army officers and civilian representatives, which divide the 

 horses into two classes, the "serviceable" and the "unservice- 

 able." In the interval between these periods, the horse own- 

 ers have to report their horses, and the heads of the local 

 communities submit, with these reports, evidence as to the 

 serviceability of the horses for war. For each levying dis- 

 trict there is appointed during peace a commission, consisting 

 of a field officer or captain, one reckoning officer, one vet- 

 erinary or farrier, representatives of the civil authorities, and 

 three sworn civil appraisers. As soon as the order to present 

 the horses has been issued the communities are requested by 

 the civil authorities to bring to the designated place, at a 

 fixed time, all those horses which in the last classification 

 were found serviceable, as well as those which by the 1st of 

 the last January exceeded their fourth year of age. These 

 horses are presented and are then classified by the commis- 

 sion as serviceable or unserviceable ; then as saddle, draft, or 

 pack animals. The following are specifications for servicea- 

 bility: minimum height for saddle horses, 15 hands 1 inch; 

 for draft horses, 15 hands 2 inches (if strongly built, 15 hands 

 1 inch) ; for pack animals, from 12 hands 2 inches to 13 hands 

 3 inches. In the Tyrol and Dalmatia smaller minimum 

 measures are required, viz, 14 hands 2 inches and 13 hands 2 

 inches, respectively, for saddle horses; 12 hands 2 inches for 

 pack horses, and mules 10 hands 2 inches. The minimum 

 age is 4 years; no maximum age is fixed. Unessential faults 

 not rendering the animals unserviceable, but which in time 

 of peace might exclude their acceptance, are disregarded. 

 The remount prices fixed by the war ministry are published, 

 and the owners of serviceable horses are requested to offer 

 them at the fixed prices. Those voluntarily offered are pur- 

 chased by selection made by the commissions, at the prices 

 fixed. If the number of horses to be furnished by the com- 

 munity is not thus obtained, then all the other serviceable 

 horses are ap'praised. The appraisement is done by the sworn 

 appraisers, who are not bound by the remount prices (the 

 prices fixed), but serviceable horses may be taken at a price 



