European Cavalry: Including Details of the Organization of the Cavalry Service Among the Principal Nations of EuropeJ.B. Lippincott, 1861 - 214 Seiten |
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Seite 177 - It is therefore desirable, for accuracy, that the range of degrees recorded by each individual spindle be as limited as possible, this end being best secured by the employment of sets consisting of not less than three spindles. The solutions should be as nearly as possible of the same temperature as the air at the time of reading, and if the variation from the temperatures of the graduation of the spindle amount to more than 1°, com.
Seite 25 - FRONT THRUST AND CUT. — 1 time, 4 motions. 1. At the last part of the command, which is, cut, turn the eyes to the right front, raise the hand to the height of the right ear, and seven inches from it, the shoulder and elbow thrown •well back, the thumb on the back of the gripe, point falling a little below the horizontal, and directed to the right front, edge upwards. (Fig- 9.) 2.
Seite 200 - Farriers.—This is attached to the cavalry school, and • is under the direction of the commandant. It is composed of private soldiers who have served at least six months with their regiments, and are blacksmiths or horse-shoers by trade. There are usually two men from each mounted regiment. The course lasts two years; it comprises reading, writing, arithmetic, equitation, the anatomy of the horse, thorough instruction as to all diseases, injuries, and deformities of the foot, something of the...
Seite 199 - ... carousels" or tilts are held. The veterinary surgeons of the lowest grade are sent here upon their first appointment to receive instruction in equitation, to profit by the study of the model stud, and to learn the routine of their duties with the regiments. They form a distinct class. In the Model Stud, the number of animals varies. There are usually two stallions and about twenty mares, (Arabs, English, Norman, &c.,) in addition to those selected from time to time from among the riding-animals.