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bred for tlie last thirty years for driving purposes. The few 

 Anglo-Normans, Norfolk trotters, and North American breeds 

 that have been introduced have not attained much importance. 

 The government neither owns nor assists any stud or other 

 establishment of the kind. On the other hand, private owners 

 readily offer the services of their valuable stallions, the fees 

 ranging from $5.80 up to $28.95. 



The number of mules and asses raised is considerable, 

 though scarcely sufficient for home needs. 



Chile has 7 cavalry regiments with 4 scj[uadrons each, and 

 each regiment has at present 370 horses. There is an escort 

 squadron with 250 horses, 1 regiment field artillery with 500 

 horses, and 5 regiments mountain artillery with 80 horses 

 and 200 mules each. As general-service liability was in- 

 troduced in 1900, a considerable increase in the establishment 

 will probably take place. Henceforth 12 per cent of the 

 horses are to be replaced yearly. The purchases will be 

 made by the adjutants of the remount section of the great 

 general staff, in which about 7 or 8 adjutants and 30 men are 

 on duty. The chief of the remount service has under him 

 also the veterinary department. There is a kind of remount 

 depot established. The age at purchase is between 3 and 4 

 years, but after purchase the horses, before distribution to 

 the troops, remain in remount stations for one year. The 

 yearly requirement of remounts is about 400, and the average 

 price paid is $24.38. Mounted officers may purchase horses 

 from the remount depot for $36.50 each, and may sell them 

 in case they become unfit for service. A new set of regulations 

 is being prepared after the model of the German "charger" 

 system. 



MEXICO. 



The principal horse-breeding region in Mexico is on the 

 plateaus, where some of the large studs have as many as 8,000 

 or 10,000 horses and mules each. No special race is bred. 



The Mexican cavalry consists, since 1897, of 14 line regi- 

 ments of 4 squadrons each, 8 skeleton regiments of 2 sciuad- 

 rons each, 2 regional squadrons, and 1 sciuadron of army 

 gendarmerie, with 9,257 horses. There are 4 battalions of 

 field artillery. The total number of horses in the army is 

 13,059. It is manifest that the purchase of the necessary 

 remounts is an easy matter. 



