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years for tliorouglibred horses ; 5 years for Arabian or Bar- 

 bary or full-bred Anglo- Arabian horses ; G years for horses of 

 all other breeds. 



Officers are pecuniarily responsible for accidents resulting 

 in the loss or injury of horses which they hold as property of 

 the state, if such accidents result from their own fault. A 

 permanent board of survey is provided for passing on all such 

 matters. If the officer is relieved from responsibility he is 

 furnished another horse. Another horse is likewise furnished 

 when the horse the officer holds is condemned as unfit for 

 service. 



Corps or brigade commanders may, under certain restric- 

 tions, authorize officers to exchange horses. 



Establishments WHICH Mount Officers. — In general an 

 officer of a mounted organization may select his mount from 

 the whole number of horses available in the organization, 

 with the exception of those already assigned to officers or 

 noncommissioned officers or those reserved for the remount 

 of officers not belonging to a mounted organization. General 

 officers, if they do not buy their horses in the market, are 

 permitted to choose among the horses of the war school at 

 Paris, at Saumur, or in the remount depots of Paris and 

 Suippes, where special classes of horses known as ' ' general 

 officers' horses " are trained for their purposes. At the vari- 

 ous schools officers generally choose among horses furnished 

 to the school, omitting of course the expensive " chevaux de 

 carriere" and "chevaux de manege." Officers not belonging 

 to mounted organizations are mounted from horses of desig- 

 nated mounted regiments ; thus officers of the general staff, of 

 foot artillery, engineers, etc., are mounted by the light artillery 

 and dragoons ; infantry captains, from horses of French blood 

 in the light cavalry, etc. Field officers of foot organizations 

 are mounted from the animals selected for the purpose in the 

 cavalry regiments of their region. They may also select a 

 horse from a depot if they pay for his delivery. Officers of 

 the remount service choose their horses at the depots and it 

 goes without saying that they are well mounted. Officers 

 who are mounted gratuitously may not choose among horses 

 intended for the officers buying their mounts for cash or on 

 the installment plan. Officers choose, in general, according 

 to rank. 



