CHAPTER IV 



INTERIOR ECONOMY AND SUPPLY 



Good interior economy makes a comfortable, a 

 happy, and a contented regiment or battalion, and 

 lays the foundation of a good one. 



On the contrary, no good results can be expected 

 where there is a want of system, of interest, and of 

 supervision on the part of those in command ; while 

 discontent is the deadliest of enemies of efficiency. 



It is the same with the stable. 



Our soldier knows when his horse is saddled and 

 bridled properly, he must also know when he is 

 properly fed, groomed, and generally looked after. 



This volume would outgrow all proportions were 

 every detail regarding these, and other things 

 connected with the horse, gone into, — besides, one 

 of its principles is not to repeat what has already 

 been said over and over again in many much better 

 productions. 



Sir Frederick Fitzwygram deals fully, ^ and at 

 the same time concisely, with feeding, with the how, 

 the why, and the wherefore of grooming, and also 

 with exercise ; while Major M. F. Rimington's little 



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