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FRENCH AKMT VETERINARY ORGANIZATION 
FRENCH ARMY VETERINARY ORGANIZATION. 
DECREE ISSUED THE 14th OF JANUARY, 1860. 
Art. 1.—The number of military veterinary surgeons is fixed 
ns follows: 
Principal Veterinary Surgeons. 
First “ • “ . 
Second “ “ . 
Assistant “ “ . 
« « “ (licentiates)! 
370 
5* 
122 
132 
91 
20 
Art. 2.—The licentiate assistant veterinary surgeons are 
chosen amongst the veterinarians graduated from the veterinary 
schools, who, less than 30 years of age, have received good testi¬ 
monials of instruction and moral character, and have satisfactorily 
passed an examination of admission before a special commission. 
They are sent to the school of cavalry to receive, during one year 
to the utmost, the principals of equitation, and be initiated in the 
practice of military veterinary medicine and to the regimentaly 
duties. They are classified according to their order of merit, when 
admitted to the school. 
Art. 3.—The places of assistant veterinary surgeons are given 
to the licentiates who, after the expiration of their time in the 
School of Cavalry, have passed a satisfactory examination con¬ 
cerning their fitness for the service in the army. 
They take rank according to the number of classification of 
their examination. 
The licentiates who fail in their examination are dismissed. 
* This Dumber has been since increased to 10. 
t Stagiarie#—those are sent to the Cavalry School of Saumnr. 
