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army, in acknowledgment of which the government ap- 
pointed him principal veterinary surgeon, which office he 
held until his death in 1834, with the pay of 900 florins 
and the rank of captain. Under the reign of King Wilhelm, 
in 182 L, the veterinary school was established, in which the 
candidates for the army, as well as the farriers, received 
instruction gratis. By this means the position of the army 
veterinary surgeons was put on a better footing. In 1817, 
they wore the uniform of the surgeons of the army, had 
a pay of 600 florins and the rank of lieutenant, and were 
entitled to a pension for long service. 
The personnel of the veterinary service in the army 
of Wurtemberg consists at present of a principal veteri- 
nary surgeon, veterinary surgeons, shoeing smith, and 
eleves. All differences in the service are referred to the 
Principal by the Minister of War, from whom alone he 
receives orders. His rank is that of major, and he is the 
head of the veterinary department. His duties are to keep 
up the constitution and efficiency of the cavalry horses in 
general ; their treatment, &c., when affected with disease ; 
and in his visits he has to inspect the stables, the magazines 
of forage, medicines, &c., and to examine the monthly report- 
book of the veterinary surgeons of the regiment; compare 
the treatment with the disease, and with his remarks, and to 
forward them to the Minister of War: also to examine the 
draft list, and the progress made in the instruction of the 
eleves, and likewise to make a yearly report of the adminis- 
tration of the veterinary department. 
The regimental veterinar}? - surgeon enters the service with 
the rank of lieutenant. At the end of five years he ranks 
as lieutenant-major; at the end of ten years as captain. The 
first ten years his pay is 600 florins, twenty years 700 florins, 
and then 800 florins, with rations for one horse. His uniform 
is that of the doctors and surgeons of the army, and in 
a military point of view he belongs to the middle staff. 
His duties are, to possess a knowledge of all the horses in the 
regiment, to prevent and treat all diseases, to report to the 
commanding officer as to the changes of weather and seasons, 
inasmuch as they affect the general health of the horses, 
•and the shoeing and shoeing smith, forges, and material, are 
under his particular care. He has also to instruct the junior 
officers, non-commissioned officers, and the eleves of the 
shoeing smith, on the exterior conformation of the horse, 
the ordinary diseases (internal and external), shoeing, &c. 
He likewise has to keep a day-book, in which all cases are 
duly registered, with the nature of the disease and treatment, 
