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6. In all regiments, on return to their stables from duty or exer- 
cise, the horses are at once unbridled and unsaddled, and dressed 
thoroughly, and afterwards had their bodies covered. 
Of the llTH QUESTION we need take no notice, as little con- 
cerning us. 
In answer to the 12th Question — 
The horses composing the French army are of French and foreign 
breed. Almost all the former are furnished by twenty-one remount 
depots, established in various parts of France, where most breeding 
is carried on, a small number being purchased, at the discretion 
of the authorities of the regiments, in localities where they 
happen to be garrisoned. The foreign horses are provided by 
temporary depots, established in 1840 and 1841, on the northern 
frontiers ; and a small number come from Denmark and Hanover, 
through a special commission. 
Of 44,111 horses in the interior of France, 26,060 come from 
remount depots ; 2750 have been turned over from one regiment 
to another ; 864 have been direct purchases ; 2318 remained 
still in remount establishments; lastly, 12,111 came from tempo- 
rary depots. 
In answer to the 13th QUESTION — 
The system of podometric* shoeing, cold, is that in use in the 
French cavalry ; and the reports of the different veterinary sur- 
geons shew that it is fully carried out in the several regiments, in 
accordance with the ministerial order of July 28, 1845. 
The question proposed as the subject of “ Memoir,” for 1848, 
was, “ Typhoid Affections in Horses of the Army.” But one 
veterinary surgeon wrote on it. Since the Memoir, however, con- 
tains a good description of the symptoms and changes recognised 
in this disease, with some useful remarks on typhoid broncho- 
pneumonia, the author of it, M. Gillet, chief veterinary surgeon to 
the 7th Lancers, has been deemed worthy of being rewarded 
with the silver medal. 
At another time, we may be induced to look over this, as well 
as the “ Memoir” for the year before, on “ Farcy.” 
* The “ podometric system” consists in taking measure of the horse’s hoof, 
and making a shoe in accordance therewith, to save the necessity of applying 
a hot shoe to the hoof. — E d. Vet. 
