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Show U. S. ARMY HORSES ARE SOLD OVERSEAS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OP OCCUPATION, OCCUPA-TION, June 21. (By tlie Associated I'rrss. ) American army horses,- nome of wliich last year hauled artillery over tlio battlefields of France, will this sucimer be used by French peasants in various districts as aids In tilling the soil of hundreds of acres of devastated regions. Details for the sale uf 10,000 American army horses and mules to the French government were completed recently at the headquarters of the American army of occupation. These animals are to be shipped from the occupied area of the HhinMaiKls to France by rail and Bold by th French government direct to the peasants. The first batch of 1000 horses sold to the French under this arrangement brought about j $1:00 each. |