306 REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



tlie country, the raising of well-bred horses. These estah- 

 lishnaents have GOO stallions. Private stallions, before they 

 are permitted to serve, have to be submitted to inspection and 

 approval of a government board. The services of the govern- 

 ment stallions cost generally from $2.31 to $7.72 per mare 

 served, thougli there are a few unusually fine animals for 

 whose services $38.00 to $115.80 or more is 23aid. Thus the 

 Italian government bought Melton, the winner of the Epsom 

 Derby of 1885, and his services cost $193 per mare. 



The majority of these state stallions are full or half blood 

 English or Arabian and some hackneys, Clydesdales, and 

 Brabants. 



officers' HORSES. 



In order to assist mounted officers in the acquisition of good 

 service horses, a certain number of mounts are distributed 

 each year, or advances of money made for the purchase of 

 mounts. Such horses are denominated "cavalli de agevo- 

 lezza." They are divided into the following categories: 



SPECIAL. 



Category A. — Horses for general officers. 



Category B. — Horses for general officers, for general staff 

 officers, for cavalry officers, and for artillery officers entitled 

 to the horse allowance of $54.60. 



ordinary. 



Category 1. — Horses for general staff officers; cavalry 

 officers; artillery officers; colonels and lieutenant colonels 

 commanding corps; and chiefs of service of infantry, engi- 

 neers, the sanitary corps, the commissariat, and the military 

 veterinary ; but not for infantry staff officers. 



Categories 2 and 3. — Horses for officers of any grade in 

 the infantry, engineers, the sanitary corps, the commissariat, 

 and the military veterinary service. 



The greatest debt which an officer may incur for a horse 

 furnished by the state, or for advances made, may not exceed 

 $390 for a general officer or a colonel holding the post of a 

 major general, $292.50 for an officer entitled to a horse allow- 

 ance of $78 and more, $224 for an officer entitled to a horse 

 allowance of $6^.30, $195 for an officer entitled to a horse 

 allowance of $54.60. 



