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Cost Of Cavalry Horses

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
January
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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-A inent in Gene! al llalleck's report will give some idea of the cqst of hornea for the cavalry service alone. Hu says that in the Arrr.v of the Potornao there ■:.vo 36 c'avárry regiments, averaging from 10,000 to" 14,000 present for dutv. The issues of cvalry liorses for the six months eiidiiig willi Octuber : Tn Miiy, 5,G7o in June, 6,327 ; in July, 4,716; in August, 5,-lÜÓ ; in Séptembur, 5,287 ; in Octpber, 7,032, Total; 35,078. Állowing for hbrses enpturefl frorn theeneihv and taken Irorn eitizens, Oenüi-;il Hullerk e.stimates that 435,000 hbrses must bo issued to the 223 rogituents of cuvaliy in the wlirlc eèrvioé duriug the coming year. At $150 eacn tliesü horsea will cost tho turn of ei:t.y-tive raillions ot dollars 1 E-S It is oiten tho case that roep, for the bafctrof gèttiog a living, forget to live

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Michigan Argus