320 REMOUNT SYSTEMS OP FOREIGN ARMIES. 



should the foals be deemed suitable they can be bought at a 

 stipulated price when they reach the proper age. 

 The import duty is $13.40 per horse. 



(6) KVARTERHESTE. 



There are about 150,000 horses in the country. 



There are in the army 3,400 kvarterheste, 200 officers' 

 horses, and 250 various, outside those obtained by conscrip- 

 tion. The kvarterheste are distributed as follows : cavalry, 

 1,600; artillery, 1,300; other branches, 250; draft horses and 

 pack horses, 250. 



In case of luobilization for war about 14,000 more would be 

 required. These they expect to raise by conscription. 



The annual loss is about 10 per cent. 



Cavalry horses and artillery horses are retained in the serv- 

 ice about ten years. About 10 per cent are required annually. 

 Draft horses and pack lorses are retained about twelve years. 

 Horses for cavalry are kept at the remount school about 

 ninety days ; those for artillery, engineers, and train, about 

 forty-five days. Men to look after them there are detailed 

 from the organizations to which the horses belong. The 

 horses are not branded and are never vaccinated. They are 

 shod with ordinary horseshoes with calks. The number of 

 times they are groomed varies with circumstances. 



In the field the forage allowance is 14.33 pounds of oats or 

 barley, 9.92 pounds of hay or 13.23 pounds straw. Com- 

 pressed forage is used. 



The native Norwegian horses are small and stout. They 

 are well formed for artillery uses, and are very nimble in 

 climbing. There is some difference of opinion among Nor- 

 wegian officers with regard to their fitness for cavalry. The 

 opposition to them comes in part from those having a fond- 

 ness for shock tactics. 



