284 REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



were infectious and 284 of these came from one regiment. 

 The number of cases treated for saddle and harness galls was 

 596, against 440 in 1899. The number of cases of inflamma- 

 tion of the tendons also show an increase, it being 4,039, with 

 a loss of 39 horses. The hot-iron treatment, which at one 

 time was common in these cases, is now very exceptional, 

 cold-water bandages and other cooling treatment, with mas- 

 sage, being substituted for it. The general increase in the 

 numbers treated for the various complaints is attributed 

 chiefly to the greater amount of work the horses were called 

 upon to do. 



GERMAN COLONIES. 



[Fiom " Zucht und Remontirung der Militar-Pfenle aller Staaten," by Dr. Paul Goldbeck, Berlin, 



1901.] 



Little is known concerning horse breeding in the German 

 colonies, in many of which the principal draft animals in use 

 are mules or oxen. In German Southwest Africa the number 

 of horses is estimated at from 3, GOO to 4,000. Mules were 

 formerly imported from Argentina, but they are now being 

 bred to a considerable extent. The number of animals in 

 possession of the protective force in 1899 was 1,162 horses, 220 

 foals, 350 mules, and 1,050 oxen. There is a stud establish- 

 ment, from which 70 horses were delivered to the troops in 

 1899. 



In German East Africa horses are kept only for purposes 

 of mule breeding, the principal transport animals being asses, 

 mules, and oxen. 



In East Asia the mounted troops possessed, in 1900, 69 

 horses and 92 mules, besides which 47 officers, surgeons, etc., 

 were obliged to keep horses. The ration consists of 8.82 

 pounds of barley, 6.61 pounds bran, and 17.64 pounds of straw; 

 for mules of 7.72 pounds barley, 6.61 pounds bran, and 17.64 

 pounds of straw. When the troops were mobilized for China, 

 in 1900, a cavalry regiment and a field artillery regiment were 

 formed, the horses for which were purchased in America and 

 Australia. 



