906 
THE HORSES OF THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. 
953 being geldings, and the rest mares—the average height 
was fourteen hands. The tallest horse stood fifteen hands 
one inch, and the shortest twelve and a half hands. Taking 
Wichmann’s horses as a fair type of the hussar cattle of their 
day, it would appear that the standard of German hussar 
horses, which was raised an inch or two after Waterloo, is 
now more than a hand higher than in the days of the Seven 
Years’ War. Even the smallest horse at present admissable 
in the hussars is half an inch higher than the average of 
Wichmann’s horses. 
Colour. —Remounts are purchased without reference to 
colour, but greys, piebalds, and other conspicuous colours 
have hitherto been rejected in the Cuirassier regiments; and 
in the artillery, greys are taken for the grey teams only.* 
Sex. —The proportion of the sexes amongst the remounts 
varies considerably in different years. The average of 78,000 
remounts in the twenty-five years’ period, 1845—69, was as 
follows : 
Cuirassiers . 76 4 per cent, geldings . 236 mares. 
Hussars, &c. 48 „ „ . 52 ,, 
Uhlans . 592 „ ,, . 48‘8 „ 
Artillery . 61*9 ,, „ . 38*1 „ 
The proportion of mares was much above the average in 
1849, 1851, to 1854, and during the years subsequent to 
1863. It is a great deal influenced by the state of the 
markets. 
The next point discussed in the work before us—and it is 
a very important and interesting point—is the wear and tear 
of army horses. Here a distinction is made between— 
1. The Stammpferden y f or horses on the strength, which 
are again divided into old and new stammpferden, the latter 
being the remounts of the same and of the preceding 
season. 
2. The Aug mentations-pfer den , viz. the horses taken on in 
the event of a mobilization, to supply extra horses for staff 
and regimental officers, bat and baggage-waggon horses, 
additional draught-horses for the artillery and train, for 
which purposes great numbers are needed, horses for the 
pontoon and bridge trains, for the field-post, field-telegraph, 
and railway equipment, and, generally, for the various 
administrative branches of an army in the field. 
# Grey and white horses in an army are a mistake, particularly in the 
cavalry and artillery; they are more conspicuous than other colours, and 
require more grooming to keep them fairly presentable.—G. F. 
t So called, we presume, in reference to the Stammroll or Regimental 
Register. 
