IV.-DENMARK. 



[Rev)orted by Lieut. Col. W. R. Livermore, Corps of Engiiiepis, I'liited States Military Attache at 

 Copenhageii anil Stockholm.] 



The horses are obtained only by purchase. They are ob- 

 tained in Denmark, Germany, England, and Ireland. In 

 Denmark the horses are bought from breeders and agents, in 

 foreign countries only from horse dealers. 



The average price for the ordinary cadre horses is $217.08, 

 for ofiBcers' horses $235.84. Expenses in purchase, amounting 

 to about $21.44, are included in this price. 



Horses are purchased and inspected by the remount board. 

 For cavalry they are half-bred geldings or mares. The gaits 

 required are the walk, trot, and gallop. There are no regu- 

 lations for weight. The same regulations apply to the saddle 

 horses of the artillery as to the horses of cavalry. 



The draft horses for the artillery are bought only in Den- 

 mark and are required to be Danish-bred horses. They are 

 as a rule larger and heavier than the saddle horse and need 

 not be as highly bred. Pack horses are not used. About 

 400 horses have been recently purchased. 



There is no government breeding establishment. In a 

 remount depot on Fyen are kept some of the Danish-bred 

 cavalry remounts, of which about 20 are bought each spring 

 when .3 years old. After about a year at the dejDot they are 

 delivered to the regiments and replaced by 20 others. 



The war office has two English thoroughbred stallions and 

 four German half-bred stallions which each year in the cover 

 season are stationed with horse-breeding associations or with 

 the farmers who have an interest in and knowledge of horse 

 breeding* The price for covering is $2.68 to $8.04. These 

 stallions have been used some few years. 



There is no import or export duty on horses. 



There are about 420,000 horses and no mules in Denmark. 

 About 3,750 horses are in the army — 2,455 in the cavalry, 1,014 

 in the field artillery, 38 in the train, 28 in the riding school, 

 15 in the officers' school, and 200 horses of mounted officers 

 outside the mounted arms. 



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