342 REMOUNT SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN ARMIES. 



with 543 squadrons, each squadron with 150 horses, and 18 

 field-artillery regiments with 21 G field batteries, and 36 horse 

 batteries of 6 guns each, the field batteries having 150 and the 

 horse batteries 230 horses each. 



The irregular Kurd cavalry, which was recently increased 

 from 36 to 45 regiments — the so-called hamadich — procures 

 its own remounts. The military horses of the remaining 

 troops are purchased abroad, partly in Russia but principally 

 (and of late almost entirely) in Hungary. The number pur- 

 chased each year depends solely on the financial means 

 available. The yearly percentage of remounts required is 

 ofiicially fixed at 11 for the cavalry and 9 for the artillery. 

 For 1898 1,100 artillery horses were bought in Russia, and 400 

 artillery and 700 cavalry horses in Hungary. The require- 

 ments made of remounts are the same as those in Germany, 

 after which they are copied, but in reality any healthy 5-year- 

 old is accepted. There are several remount depots in Turkey 

 in Asia, but none in Turkey proper. The length of service 

 of a horse is said to be officially calculated at seven years. 

 Mules are used for the mountain artillery and for hauling 

 forage and x^ro vision wagons, etc. 





