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REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



(c) For horses employed on special work which, in the opinion of the 

 general officer commanding, renders the issue necessary, a special report 

 being made to the war office. 



(d) For draft horses, of the army service corps, of 16 hands and over in 

 addition to the ration they are otherwise entitled to whether in quarters 

 or in camp. 



The ration for mules at home will be as follows : 



Mules of 15 hands and upward employed on. heavy draft work 



The same if in encampments 



Smaller mules 



The same if in encampments 



Potmds. 

 S 

 Nil. 



The ration for registered horses employed for mobilization purposes 

 will be as follows : 



Pound.s. 



Oats 18 



Hay -.-- 10 



The authorized ration is laid down as being sufficient for the average 

 requirements of horses. Officers commanding mounted units will use 

 their discretion, as a matter of regimental arrangement, in directing the 

 distribution of the proportions of the full ration. Power is also given in 

 the conditions of contract which will further enable the officer command- 

 ing to vary the food of the horses of the unit by giving equivalents in lieu 

 of a portion of the ordinary ration. 



The following scale of equivalents shows the substitutes which are 

 allowed to be drawn where necessary (all equivalents of each other) : 



Pounds. 



Barley 1 



Straw 2 



Bran 1^ 



Malt -- I 



Oatmeal -.. ^ 



Hay li 



Oats 1 



Carrots, green fodder, linseed, and mangelwurzel, and other articles, 

 are in lieu of oats or hay, the issues to be regulated according to their 

 average market value as compared with the contract rates for the oats or 

 hay for which they are substituted. 



Deviations from this scale may be made in special cases at the discre- 

 tion of the general officer commanding, provided the variations sanctioned 

 do not give rise to increased cost. 



29. No compressed forage is issued except foreign and colo- 

 nial hay (and there is no rule to regulate this) which is 

 sometimes bought in place of the home-grown supply, 



30. Officers of cavalry, horse artillerj^, staff, and infantry 

 supply their own horses at their own expense. In the field 

 artillery the governm.ent supplies officers free of charge. 



