908 
THE HORSES OF THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. 
horses, and 3999 augmentation-horses, making 37,587 horses 
of all descriptions. The casualties were. 
By Death in Action , 525.—The percentage in each class 
was, officers’horses, T8 ; stamm-horses, 3*4; ditto (remounts 
of 1864) 3*5; ditto (1865) 3*7; augmentation horses, 1*1. 
By other Casualties in Action , 78.—Class percentage : 
officers’ horses and stamm-horse remounts of 1864, nil; 
stamm-horses, 0*5 ; augmentation-horses, 0*2. 
By Deaths not caused in Action, 1744.—Class percentage : 
officers’ horses, 2*4; stamm-horses, 3*4; remounts of 1864, 
4*0; ditto, 1865, 4*7 ; augmentation-horses, 5*7. 
By other Casualties not arising in Action , 777.—Class 
percentage: officers’ horses, 2*2; stamm-horses, 1.4; re¬ 
mounts of 1864, 2*4; ditto, 1865, 3*2 ; augmentation-horses, 
25. 
Train Battalions .—The number of horses which took the 
field amounted to 14*056, of which 937 were officers’ horses; 
575 stamm-horses; 13 remounts ditto ; and 12,531 augmen¬ 
tation-horses ; to which were added, in the course of the 
operations, 270 officers’horses and 3326 augmentation-horses, 
making 17,652 in all. The casualties were as below :— 
By Deaths in Action, 3 augmentation-horses only. 
By other Casualties in Action , 23, ditto. 
By Deaths not caused in Action, 822.—Class percentage : 
officers’ horses, 4'0; stamm-horses, 3*3; remounts, nil; 
augmentation-horses, 6*1. 
By other Casualties not arising in Action, 536.—Class per¬ 
centage : officers’ horses, 4*3 ; stamm-horses, 1*2; remounts, 
nil; augmentation-horses, 3*9. 
Out of a grand total of 82,370 horses, neglecting the 
drafts, we have, therefore, 
In action 
Not in action 
99 
Deaths 
Other Casualties 
Deaths 
Other Casualties 
1*8 per cent. 
0*4 
4*7 
2*5 
99 
In respect of breeding, it is admitted that the regimental 
and other data are insufficient to furnish any positive conclu¬ 
sions. So far as facts can be ascertained, they confirm the 
belief popularly entertained in the army in favour of a strong 
infusion of noble blood. When not counterbalanced by over 
sensitiveness, or delicacy of the digestive organs, certain 
attributes of the thoroughbred horse—such as an active 
circulation, good muscle, tense sinews, good feet—are spe¬ 
cially appropriate to the army horse, and, on the other hand, 
are wanting to a greater or less extent in underbred horses. 
From the care taken in the selection of remounts, it may 
