Mounted search and rescue

["IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>]

Unfortunately this has come up before.  According to the US Army a rider
less horse, full tack and boots turned back, is reserved for an individual
burial of a field grade officer (bird colonel) or higher when a military
funeral procession (caisson, firing squad, etc.) is present.  The horse
would be led by a senior NCO (master sergeant or sergeant major) and should
be appropriate-- tall, groomed, black.  Often a caisson horse is used
because they are used to the duty.  

This does not mean you can't do it-- there is no law involved, just
tradition. The Philadelphia Police Commissioner has instituted the practice
for all police funerals in the City, and he doesn't even have a mounted unit
yet.  You may want to consider a horse drawn hearse and/or  a mounted escort
of pall bearers.

Irv Lichtenstein   

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