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and perfectly, the young Officers and Non - Commissioned 

 Officers — the more responsible personnel of units as it were, 

 are selected for instruction, so that on return to their units 

 they may intelligently apply the principles which they have 

 learned, and in turn instruct those under them. There are 

 separate classes for British Officers, Indian Officers, British 

 Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers, and Indian 

 Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers, and no 

 branch of the Service is missed out. 



Another item of advantage in these classes would be for the 

 teacher to take his class on occasion to the several units in the 

 station, and with the permission and assistance of Unit 

 Commanders to see how horses are teamed up, how harness 

 and saddlery is fitted and kept, and how loads are adjusted. 

 The more varied the experience, the better is initiative 

 suggested. It was wonderful during the late war what useful 

 expedients for the comfort and well-being of animals were 

 adopted by personnel of units, all the outcome of experience, 

 teaching, and intelligent interest taken. 



A very important role therefore is played by our Army 

 Veterinary Schools, and the training on essential lines should 

 be carefully watched, anything unnecessary or redundant being 

 excluded. 



Army Veterinary Schools are also for the training of Army 

 Veterinary Corps personnel specially in attendance on sick, 

 dressing wounds, etc. 



In our Equitation Schools a syllabus of Animal Management 

 can always be included in the general curriculum, and if there 

 is not a Veterinary Instructor, an Officer of the Veterinary 

 Service can always be detailed from the station to carry out the 

 duty. The establishment of the Cavalry School at Sangor 

 includes a Veterinary Instructor, who is specially selected. In 

 addition to matters of 'Animal Management, animal conforma- 

 tion and mechanism in relation to training of horses is a con- 

 siderable item of importance now in all Cavalry Schools. I 

 need not add that it entails a knowledge of anatomy. 



Furthermore, it is always up to the Administrative Veterinary 

 Officers of Divisions to arrange lectures and demonstrations 

 within the Division as may be desired or as circumstances 



