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year of service, subject to examination before the board, and 

 a probationary period. Once officers of this special corps 

 they can not, as a rule, be transferred back to the arm from 

 which they came. In particular cases their transfer may be 

 approved by the minister of war, but only after the officer 

 has, by a probationary period with troops, given proof that 

 he is still capable of serving there. This corjDS numbers 128 

 officers, of whom 45 belong to Austria, and 83 to Hungary. 

 These officers have charge of the following establishments : 

 In Austria, the breeding stables of Fiber and of Radautz, 

 and the stallion de]3ots of Stadl, Graz, Goding, Pisek, and 

 Drohowyze. In Hungary, the breeding stables of Mezohegyes, 

 Kis-Ber, Babolna, and Fogaras, and the stallion depots of 

 Stuhlweissenburg, Nagy-Koros, Debreczin, Sepsi-Szent- 

 Gyorgy, and Agram. Each of these establishments has at 

 its disposal the necessary number of surgeons, veterinary 

 surgeons, and accountants belonging to the various organiza- 

 tions. There are on duty at these establishments 943 noncom- 

 missioned officers, 18 accountants, 3,578 privates of cavalry, 

 and 135 orderlies; total, 4,674. Under the orders of the com- 

 mandants of the establishments is also the management of 

 the civil personnel necessary for the cultivation of the land 

 connected with the breeding establishments. 



The stallion depots furnish stallions for a certain number 

 of permanent posts commanded by officers. Each post fur- 

 nishes its stations with stallions during the covering season. 

 The number of posts in Austria is 16, and in Hungary 20, in 

 all containing 3,067 stallions, and supplying 1,118 covering 

 stations. The state rents to private persons 191 stallions. It 

 does not loan stallions free of rent. 



The Hungarian breeding establishments contain 3,686 ani- 

 mals, distributed as follows: At Mezohegyes 2,049, at Kis-Ber 

 698, at Babolna 584, and at Fogaras 355. The breeding sta- 

 bles influence to some extent the national raising by their 

 selections of stallions and mares for reproduction, the prod- 

 iicts being disseminated by sales, and furnishing a considera- 

 ble number of brood mares of superior type. There results 

 from this, in the horse production of the monarchy, a uni- 

 formity by which the remount service has profited in a great 

 measure, to furnish the army with horses of a standard type 

 and of similar gaits. 



The royal Hungarian breeding establishment of Mezohegyes 

 is the most important, on account of the number, variety, and 



