THE FRENCH ARMY VETERINARY SURGEONS. 129 
ordinance of 2d Nov. 1833. Consequently, I have the honour 
to propose to your majesty the following dispositions : — 
The chief and first veterinary surgeons, committing any fault 
against discipline, shall be liable to the punishments specified in 
article 331 of our ordinance of the 2d Nov. 1833, to be inflicted 
according to the nature of his offence. 
Simple Arrest : — A reprimand from the colonel. Rigorous ar- 
rest : — Confinement. 
In all relating to their special service, the principal veterinary 
surgeons shall be punished in the army by the chief etat major of 
that division of the army, or, at the depots, by the commanders of 
these establishments. 
The first veterinary surgeons shall be punished by the superior 
officers of the regiment, the captain, and the adjutant-major, for the 
week ; and at depots by the commander of the establishment and 
by the principal veterinary surgeon. 
For all faults, not appertaining to special service, the first vete- 
rinary surgeon may be punished by any one of the officers, or by 
the principal veterinary surgeon. 
President of the Council and Ministerial Secretary of War, 
Marechal Due DE Dalmatie. 
Approved, 
Louis Philippe, 
Par le Roi. 
Ordinance of the King. 
Louis Philippe , King of the French, 
To all present and to come, greeting. 
Wishing to introduce into the positions of the army veterinary 
surgeons some ameliorations compatible with the necessities of the 
service and the rules of discipline, and also regarding the law of 
finance given on the 11th June, 1842, and regulating the expend- 
iture for 1843, and on the report of our ministerial secretary at 
war and president of the council, we have ordered, and do order, 
that which follows : — 
Art. 1. The number of army veterinary surgeons is fixed as 
follows : — 
Chief Veterinary Surgeons 
6 
First ditto ditto 
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. 98 
Aides ditto ditto 
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. 124 
Sub-Aides ditto ditto 
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