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REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



horses are obtainable, otherwise the necessary number is 

 sent from France and Algeria, 



REMOUNTS OF OFFICERS. 



To officers of all grades and arms and to all military offi- 

 cials and employees horses are furnished for the most part 

 gratuitously or else upon easy terms. 



Horses are furnished in three ways: (1) gratuitously; 

 (2) on the installment plan; (3) by sale outright. 



The number of horses which officers are entitled to acquire 

 and keep at the government expense is given in the table 

 following : 



War 



footing. 



Major general 



Brigailier general 



Coldiifl and lieutenant colonel (staff) 



CaptuiM (staff) 



Colonel or lieutenant colonel of infantry 



Colonel or lieutenant colonel of cavalry or artillery 



Major of infantry 



Major of cavalry or artillery 



Captain of infantry 



Captain of cavalry or artillery 



Lieutenant of cavalry 



Lieutenant of artillery 



Surgeon major of infantry 



Surgeon major of artillery 



1. Gratuitous. — All mounted officers below the grade of 

 major are mounted gratuitously on both peace and war foot- 

 ing ; for those above this rank, the number of horses required 

 on a war footing is furnished gratuitously, provided the 

 officers own already the horses required on a peace footing. 

 All reserve and territorial officers are mounted gratuitously 

 upon war mobilization. Officers who are entitled to gratui- 

 tous mounts, but who prefer to provide their horses at their 

 own expense, have to make in writing application for this 

 privilege. Some officers who can afford it prefer to do this 

 as they then have complete control of their mounts and can 

 use them in harness or lend them out, which in case of 

 horses furnished by the state gratuitously is absolutely for- 

 bidden. 



If among the horses furnished to his regiment for officers' 

 mounts an officer does not find a horse that would suit him, 

 he can buy one in the market and present it to the horse 

 board for purchase. If the horse is accepted, the officer is 

 paid back the estimated price within the regulation amount 



