286 REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



The department furnisliing this information is not at lib- 

 erty to announce the prices paid. 



5. The general requirements of the different arms are as 

 follows : 



For cavalry : 

 Heights — 



Lancers and dragoons .-. - - 15.2 hands. 



Hussars. 15. 1 hands. 



Household cavalry .-. 16 hands. 



Ages 5 oif to 6 years. 



These may, generally speaking, be described as of the 

 hunter class. 



For artillery, engineers, and transports : 



Heights - 15.1 to 15. 3 hands. 



Ages 5 off to 6 years. 



These should be described as good draft horses, those for 

 transport being somewhat heavier than those for artillery. 



For mounted infantry and yeomanry : 



Heights 14. 2 to 15 hands. 



Ages 5 off to 6 years. 



Of the polo pony stamp. 



6. Sex is not considered in mounting the army. 



7. The subject of gaits or paces is not considered, the idea 

 being that all horses can be trained to the regulation speed 

 of trot, walk, and gallop. 



8. Color is not considered, except in special units as follows : 

 Household cavalry, black ; second dragoon guards, bay ; sec- 

 ond dragoons, gray. Gray horses are not supplied to any 

 other corps except for trumpeters and, it is believed, to the 

 bands. 



0. Horses are not weighed in the United Kingdom. 



10. In connection with the ages mentioned above, in past 

 years a certain number of 4-year-olds have been issued in the 

 autumn, but it is now proposed to make a strict rule that no 

 horse shall be issued that is less than full 5 years old in the 

 autumn. 



11. No pack animals are used except one or two per unit 

 selected from the lighter draft animals, or, in some cases, 

 mules for reserve of small-arm ammunition with infantry. 



A considerable amount of pack transport is used in India, 

 but there is no information at present of the numbers main- 

 tained. 



