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before the march, such horses as, on account of sickness, 
ought to remain in garrison, and those which, on account of 
their age, or of their condition, ought to travel by short 
journeys, the same as the horses of remount march. 
Should the regiment march in two or more columns, the 
veterinary surgeon will march with the one which contains 
the etat-major. 
The assistant veterinary surgeon will march with the sick 
and lame, and young horses. 
Art. 26. Every day, at the hour appointed by the com- 
mandant of the squadron, horses having wounds or sickness 
will be brought in front of the police station by their men, 
under the superintendence of the quarter-master of the week 
of each squadron, who will make known to the Captain what- 
ever the veterinarian prescribes. 
The master-saddler will also attend at these dressings, in 
order that he may see what repairs the saddles may require 
which have occasioned sore backs. 
Art. 27. The veterinary surgeon will point out to the 
captains commandant, such horses whose kit or saddle had 
better be deposited on the baggage, as well as such as ought 
to march wdth the led horses, and those wdio are unable to 
follow the regiment. 
Should the veterinary surgeon discover any horses afflicted 
or suspected wfith contagious disease, he will immediately 
inform the commandant of it, in order that such horses may 
be separated during the march : the magistrates issuing the 
billets for quarters are also to be informed of their maladies, 
and to be requested for isolated abodes for them, while the 
troopers having charge of them are also to be separately lodged. 
Such horses will be left for subsistence to the first body of 
cavalry who happens to be marching by the same route. 
Art. 28. Veterinary surgeons are to station themselves, in 
their order of seniority, on the left of the medical officers. 
Punishments. 
Art. 29. The principal veterinary surgeon cannot be 
punished but by a superior officer. 
In the case of a principal veterinary surgeon being attached 
to an establishment, where there is a detachment of the regi- 
ment, commanded by an officer of inferior rank to that of 
chef d’escadrons, punishment cannot be inflicted but by supe- 
rior military authority, under whose orders is placed such 
establishment or detachment, and by the demand made for it 
by the commanding officer. 
