132 THE FRENCH A RMY VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
The horse furniture of the aides and sub-aides shall be sup- 
plied by the state, and similar to that of the rest of the troop. 
Art. 19. The pay and indemnities of the veterinary surgeons 
are regulated by the tariff annexed to the present ordinance ; the 
veterinary surgeons of the municipal guard at Paris will retain 
the allowance determined by the tariff annexed to the ordinance 
of the 26th July, 1839. 
Art. 20. For the first appointment of chief army veterinary 
surgeons, the minister of war may present first veterinary surgeons, 
or any persons attached to the veterinary schools, as professors or 
superintendents. 
Art. 21. For the first grade, those candidates who are not ap- 
pointed as chief veterinary surgeons shall be chosen. 
Of the 124 second veterinary surgeons, those who have served 
longest in this office shall be appointed aide- veterinary surgeons; 
and those who do not obtain this appointment shall be nominated 
sub- aides. 
Art. 22. The retiring pension of the chief, first, aide and sub- 
aide veterinary surgeons shall be as follows : — 
The chief and first veterinary surgeons to receive the same 
amount of pension now allowed to the first veterinary surgeons ; 
the aides and sub-aides the same as that allowed to the second ve- 
terinary surgeons. 
Art. 23. All dispositions contrary to the present ordinance are 
and remain abrogated. 
Art. 24. Our ministerial secretary at war, president of the coun- 
cil, is charged with the execution of the present ordinance. 
Louis Philippe, 
Par le Roi. 
Paris, 18th March, 1843. 
Le President de Conseil, Ministre Secretaire d' Elat de la Guerre, 
Marechal Due de Dalmatie. 
