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NEW WARRANT EOR INCREASING THE P AY AND PRIVILEGES 
OF THE FARRIERS IN THE ARMY. 
Victoria R.—Whereas We have judged it expedient to 
revise those parts of Our Royal Warrant of the 1st July, 1848, 
which regulate the rates of pay of the Farrier Major and 
Farriers, and the rate and appropriation of the Farriery allow¬ 
ance to regiments of Cavalry, and other mounted Corps of 
Our Army. 
Our Will and Pleasure is, that in all regiments of Cavalry 
and other mounted corps (the Royal Artillery and the Royal 
Engineer Train excepted) the pay of the Farrier Major, 
Farriers, and Shoeing Smith, of which latter class there shall 
be one to each troop, to act as assistant to the Farrier, shall, 
from the date of this Our Warrant, be as follows, viz.: 
Life Guards. 
Horse Guards. 
Cavalry, 
including 
Military Train. 
Cape Mounted 
Riflemen. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
Farrier Major 
4 
0 a day. 
3 
9 a day. 
3 8 a day. 
3 4 a day. 
Farrier . . . 
3 
2 „ 
2 
11 „ 
2 6 „ 
2 3 „ 
Shoeing Smith . 
2 
7 „ 
2 
1 „ 
1 11 „ 
1 8 „ 
The Farrier Major, while serving, shall have the rank and 
clothing of a Quartermaster Sergeant, and, on discharge, the 
pension of that rank. 
The Farrier, while serving, shall have the relative rank and 
the clothing of Sergeant, and on discharge a special rate of 
pension equal to that of Sergeant. 
The Shoeing Smith shall be of the rank of private. 
The Farrier and Shoeing Smith shall be entitled to all the 
advantages of the Good Conduct Regulations. 
The Farriery allowance for all services, including the Royal 
Artillery and Royal Engineer Train, shall be fixed at One 
halfpenny a day for each effective troop horse on Home Ser¬ 
vice, which is to be paid to the Troop or Battery Farrier, for 
the provision of iron, fuel, and tools. 
When a regiment or detachment shall proceed on Foreign 
Service, the Farriery allowance shall cease from the date of 
disembarkation, the supply of Shoes and Shoeing Tools being- 
then made from the public stores. The shoes on the horses' 
feet at the time of landing shall be considered the property of 
the public, for which an equivalent will have been received 
