3-^8 



REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



There were at first no official remount depots, but the re- 

 mount officers had private depots of their own where they 

 kept the horses bought by them until fit for service. 



The age limits prescribed are from 3^ to T years. The 

 heights are as follows : For guard cuirassiers, 15^ to 16 hands; 

 light guard cavalry, 15 to 15^ hands; line cavalry, 15 to 15^ 

 hands; guard artillery, 15 to 15^ hands; field battery saddle 

 horses, 15 to 15:j hands; gun horses, 11 to 15^ hands; horse 

 battery saddle horses and draft horses, 15 hands. Stallions, 

 geldings, or mares may be taken. 



The above-mentioned remount system was found very de- 

 fective, so that the government was finally compelled to take 

 charge of the service, the German method of private purchase 

 and remount depots being introduced as a tentative measure. 

 At first the positions of remount officer were discontinued in 

 Moscow and Kief, those in other places being continued. 

 Since January 1, 1901, the new method has been definitely 

 adopted. Two kinds of remount commissions, permanent 

 and temporary, have been established. The former are ap- 

 pointed by the supreme military council and the latter by the 

 inspector general of cavalry. There are at present seven 

 permanent and two temporary commissions. Every commis- 

 sion consists of a general officer as president, a field officer, a 

 veterinarian, and assistants. Horses bought in the fall must 

 be 3^ to 5^ years old, and those bought in the spring from 4 

 to 6 years. The following prices are fixed from 1901 to 1903: 



From 15^3 bauds up.. 

 Fniui 15 to loVi hand: 

 From U% to iS Uaud 



Categorj-. 



III. 



Partially 



thoivugh- 



brwi 



without 

 blemishes. 



IV. 

 Partially 

 thorough- 

 breil with 



slight 

 blemishes. 



$193. 12 

 167.37 

 141.62 



§167. 37 

 141.62 

 103.00 



8115.87 

 103.00 

 77.25 



Artillery remounts were formerly supplied by permanent 

 remount officers, each buying for the artillery in his own dis- 

 trict. It was only in certain districts — Finland, Moscow, 

 Don territory, etc. — that the artillery was permitted to pur- 

 chase remounts independently. In these an officer of each 

 brigade was charged with making the purchases, and a com- 

 mission detailed to approve them. Since 1S91 all permanent 



