318 REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



is 250 horses and 15 mules. Horses for the remount depot 

 are bought from 1^ to 4 years old ; for the direct supply of 

 the artillery and the cavalry they are bought full-aged, but 

 not over 7 years old. The size with trimmed hoof must be as 

 follows: 1-i- to 4 years old, 12^ hands; 4 to 7 years, 12^ hands. 

 Horses from Sumatra may measure as low as 12 hands. 

 Mules for the mountain artillery are bought in China. Owing 

 to the hard usage to which the natives put young horses, the 

 government decided to establish a remount depot in 1888 in 

 Java. The horses are kept there till they reach the age of 5 

 years, when they are turned over to the cavalry or artillery. 



