V.-FRANCE. 



[Reported by Capt. T. Bentley Mott, Artillery Corps, United States Military Attache at Paris.] 



Horse and Mule Census. — The horse census of 1900 gives 



the following figures : 



Total horses in France... 3,303,229 



Total mules in France 24, 155 



Total horses in Algeria 77, 123 



Total mules in Algeria -.. 2, 199 



Total --- 3,306,706 



Import Duties. — The import duty is as follows: 



Francs per head. 



Horses, stallions, geldings, and mares 30 



Foals 20 



Mules 5 



Asses --- 3 



The total effective of horses in the army, both those belong- 

 ing to the government and those owned by the officers, is as 

 follows (1902): 



staffs 



Military schools 



Personnel outside of staffs, schools, and the line . 



Troops of the line 



Gendarmes and republican guard 



Officers' 

 horses. 



4,305 



132 



57.5 



17,342 



702 



23, 056 



Enlisted 

 men's horses. 



2,266 



106, 277 

 11,047 



4,305 



2,398 



575 



123, 619 



11,749 



142, 646 



This is the actual effective of the whole active army, in- 

 cluding the gendarmes (military police) and the republican 

 guard. 



The effective which forms the basis of estimates for the 

 appropriations is smaller than this, by the following items : 



(237) 



