250 REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



time during the whole year, there being no "establishments 

 of transition " as in France. 



An effort is made to continue the same type and breed in 

 each regiment. 



The Algerian spahis furnish their own horses. For loss 

 incident to service they are reimbursed in the sum of 500 

 francs each. They are furnished forage or commutation. 

 Each squadron of spahis has a remount fund, coming from 

 various interior economies, to cover losses, to pay for horses 

 for indigent members, etc. 



Mode op Operation of Horse Boards in Algeria. — 

 The operations of the horse board are carried on in public in 

 the most faA^orable places. Order is maintained by police 

 (gendarmerie, spahis, or other mounted men, according to 

 the territory occupied). The members of the board wear 

 uniform. The horses are examined individually. The places 

 chosen for the reception of the horses are selected in such a 

 way as to spare the breeders too much trouble in bringing up 

 their horses, the interests of the treasury being kept in view. 

 Wherever practicable, these places are near a railway sta- 

 tion. The horses presented are accepted only upon a major- 

 ity vote of the members of the board. If a horse is adjudged 

 acceptable, each member notes the fact in his pocketbook 

 with what seems a fair price for the animal. The bases for 

 the purchase prices are determined by the budget. The 

 horses offered are received by the board without discussion, 

 in accordance with memorandums which the members hand 

 to the president. The memorandums state whether a horse 

 is adjudged acceptable or not, and, in the former case, the sum 

 of money it seems to be worth. The president of the board 

 receives the memorandums of the members only after he has 

 drawn up his own. The members of the board, in making 

 their estimates, should not lose sight of the fact that the bud- 

 getary standards of price are but averages, and that it is 

 permissible to go below or above them. The price of the 

 horse passed as fit to be bought is provisionally fixed by the 

 president. This price is the exact average of the prices set 

 down on the memorandums of the members. 



When one of the members, other than the president, con- 

 siders that the horse is not acceptable, the animal may never- 

 theless be bought, but in such a case the name of the member 

 who has voted adversely, with his reasons therefor, are 



