Movements of troops.
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Marching
inspections.
47. The V. O. in a station (the senior where there is more than one)
will, under the orders of the O. C. the station, inspect and report (see I.
A. F. V. 1755) on the sick animals of British and non-silladar mounted
corps and heavy batteries on their leaving, passing through if unaccom-
panied by a Veterinary Officer, and arrival at a station by route march.
Instruments,
etc., march-
ing scale.
48. The scale of instruments and necessaries for units on the march
is laid down in Appx. VI, Table IV. The Officer in veterinary charge of
a hospital is responsible that any body of British or non-silladar mounted
troops leaving the station is supplied with a proper proportion of
instruments and medicines, and, if necessary, with written instructions
for the use of the latter. They will be packed in veterinary camp
boxes, which will be handed over to the S. V. H. at destination and
brought on charge together with unexpended medicines and consumable
necessaries. When British mounted units or non-silladar cavalry are
about to move from a station where no Veterinary Officer is located, the
O. C. a unit will take steps to ensure being provided with the necessary
medicines and instruments.
Veterinary
report on
conclusion
of a march.
49. On the termination of a march the Veterinary Officer accompany-
ing the troops will submit a report to the S. V. O. with remarks on the
quality of the forage and water on the march, and as to any improve-
ment that may be desirable in veterinary arrangements, equipments, etc.
Attendance on chargers.
Free at-
tendance
on chargers.
50. If a Veterinary Officer is present at a station on duty, he will,
within the limits of the station, when requested, treat, supply medicine
to, and advise regarding bonâ fide registered sick chargers of officers of
any corps or branch of the service. It rests with him to decide
whether an animal should be sent to the S. V. H. He will only attend a
charger outside the station in a case of urgency and if his travelling
expenses are defrayed by the owner. No animal, the property of an
officer, other than a bonâ fide registered charger, will be admitted into a
hospital or supplied with government medicines.
Veterinary
opinion
with-
out fees on
proposed
charger.
51. The Officer in veterinary charge of a remount depôt will furnish
an officer selecting a charger therefrom with a written opinion on its
soundness. In other cases the officer purchasing a horse for use as a
bonâ fide registered charger may send it to a S. V. H. for the written
opinion of the Veterinary Officer in charge.
Instruction.
Training of regimental establishments.
Veterinary
training of
farriers.
52. In order that the forge establishments of British mounted corps
may be instructed and practised in practical hospital matters, the O. C. a
station at which there is a Veterinary Officer will bring them on a roster
for weekly duty in the S. V. H. as hospital orderlies. During a tour of
duty they will be under the orders of the Officer in charge S. V. H.
Veterinary
instruction
of officers
and others.
53. The officers (including attached officers) and forge establish-
ments of corps in charge of a Veterinary Officer will receive elementary
instruction from the latter in first-aid treatment of simple injuries and
diseases of horses.
Veterinary
pupils.
54. Four European or East Indian lads, preferably the sons of soldiers,
who are between fifteen and seventeen years of age, medically fit, able to
read and write English, work simple sums and speak Hindustani will be
enrolled as farrier pupils in the 26th, 27th and 28th Light Cavalry,
respectively. They will, for the first two years, be placed under the
orders of the Veterinary Officer, who will instruct them and examine them
half-yearly. A pupil of undesirable character will be brought before the