The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-15
TRAINING EORsES FCH WAR
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Fonrfuotcd Regulars Have 80 T'kc
Inn. Course Of Lessons.

Germany needs 100000 no ~
,o, cagalry and artillery to pu, "
co,o.sal forces IA the held' f'~''He
req aires probably 10000 ana cen
1,eat Britain needed as many as @''
400 in South Africa while she "as
lghtint, th1 Eoers. wv
Altnolgn England In PEACE u'ne
moauts only two-third i3oF her cay
AIRY her horse bill amodnts to apoat
50 20 900 a year "A figure when may
b. multipllcd by four or hve lot rus
German army.
In most countries omnibus, iafh
and domestic horses are registered
as being available in time OF war LOT
n.iscellaneous service. and for tnis
anything from 100000 to sloo.oVo
wear may be paid by a military
nation, .eon
France spends upward OF $500,
600 a year on horses for her great
armies. AS general rule, says
4 ritter in the Circle, the recruits are
Eve Years old and cost 5000 each.
Cavalry chargers vary from hfteeh
~ sixteen hands in height, and sharp
NM, have been laid down about
shpir share, action and treatment
there are regular schools where inc
raw four legged recruit y trained
Ills education embraces the iear!ess
swimming Of deep and wide rivers.
.tt.3, extremely interesting to see
,hoa;and fear legged recruits
araMu ~ IN a ring around the ~
stl.aelor, who opens the Fioeeealiisss
utfi, 4 haro saoi from an arms re-
se.pcr She animals ale tsaght So
IT. IN fearleA stS up NJ Y llas 3. a3la.5 I
ef4oaatry y no nre h.aziag away WIN
.hp'r rifles. OF course ioaeea WIN
blank cartridges.
l.as5lv comes 4 charge upon pa
ser.ea 81 oaick arin4 cannon II ~
So.tA noting that when sinohelesS
,.fs+dsr came i41u gQAet ~ use - vas
I,.ad that thousands 81 hofses
we,eh wouIa lace without RfnchlhB
~ roke O. guns using plaeR pow
aef baked and SHE'D at the sinister
sash ana roar of coTdite ana Meiih'1e.
There appears to be as much ~
aiyiduality among horses as among
man Some take the fash ana re-
mort very quietly and are passed on
Ia more severe trials. While others
rear and try to bolt in abJect terror
The riding masters intrusted with
Inc education Of these horses are
enac,a,lv selected for their quietness.
kindness, courage, frmness ana tie
absolute confidence born OF trled anu
conanmmate hursemanship. Horse
ana man are trained together In the
various armies.
The French cavalry recruit goes
thro Igh mo fewer than liz separate
laesnfs In reyisions before he Is con-
eidered fit 20 get upon his morse,
which Is trained simultaneously. Both
aro tauyh, TO swim burdened with
full equipment. both are tnoroushls
accustomed to all sorts OF starting
noises from the crack of revolver
to the ear splitting roar OF parked
artillery.
Besides the riding school traihins'
there is also field work across couh-
try With steeplechasing. jumping
dinner table, where a silver set feast
has been spread. Not SO much as d
folded napkin must be displaced py
the flying leap of the cavalryman
right over the table. One part OF
the chargers education shows MN
how to lie PROSTATE on the heid oil
battle and shield his rider from nos
tile bullets, as the latter erouches pe-
hind the faithful creature.
So perfectly are cavalry h orses
trained that every great war beholds
the curious spectacle of rideriess
horses galloping to the charge III
perfect line. Thus at PalakiaVa inc
front rank of one regiment was COM
no .ed almost entirely of rideriess
horses. their masters having been
dropped BY the Russian sharpsnoot-
era.