VETERINARY SURGEONS IN THE FRENCH ARMY. 147 
They have the charge of the daily direction of the infir- 
mary, under the surveillance of the cajotaine d' instruction. 
They give their gratuitous services to officers 5 horses, and 
those of persons regularly attached to the regiment, in 
cases where such horses are their personal property, or when 
they are the property of the state. 
The same obligation extends to officers belonging to the 
etat-major, to infantry officers 5 horses, and, lastly, to that of 
the companies or brigades of gendarmarie of the locality of 
the garrison in which the veterinary surgeons are quar- 
tered. 
Art. 8. In case of emergency or embarrassment, any im- 
portant operation for the treatment of horses in the infirmary 
will not be performed but by the veterinary surgeon, or 
under his direction, with the understood authority of the 
commanding officer, of whom permission will be asked in 
the daily report. 
Art . 9. One veterinary surgeon is always present at evo- 
lutions, marching orders, and exercising orders. 
Stable- Hours, 
Art. 10. Every morning, at the commencement of the 
stable-hour, the veterinary surgeon, or, in his absence, his 
assistant, will attend at the infirmary to visit the sick horses, 
and administer to each of them what is required. At the 
conclusion of the stable-hour, he will visit such indisposed 
horses of the squadron as may be brought to him under the 
surveillance of the farriers of the week. 
The veterinary surgeon (or in his absence his assistant), 
gives in a report, rendering an account of his duty to the 
chef d'escadron for the week. 
Art . 11 . One of the veterinary surgeons will attend the 
stables and examine the horses, more particularly such as are 
pointed out to him as being unwell, or apparently so. He 
will admit into the infirmary any that may seem to call for 
especial care, and he will make known to the captain such as 
appear to require separating from the others in order to be 
treated by him. 
Should the horse admitted into the infirmary be afflicted 
with contagious disease, the veterinary surgeon will release 
him from all duty and grooming, certifying the same to the 
squadron, and place him in a situation by himself. At the 
conclusion of the stable-hour, the veterinary surgeon will 
report the circumstance to the adjutant-major of the week. 
