Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . )i-etensi()ns. At his death ithad become a great capital, whose war de])artment musthave been as carefully managed as the best of to-day. Sucha military ma(diine was an entire novelty in the then world,as wonderful in that era as to-day Piaissias perfect organiza-tion would be if it were the only re<rular armv and the rest 164 CAMP AND PICKET , Greek Camp. of the world had but militia, such as is pos
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . )i-etensi()ns. At his death ithad become a great capital, whose war de])artment musthave been as carefully managed as the best of to-day. Sucha military ma(diine was an entire novelty in the then world,as wonderful in that era as to-day Piaissias perfect organiza-tion would be if it were the only re<rular armv and the rest 164 CAMP AND PICKET , Greek Camp. of the world had but militia, such as is possessed by our ownStates in America. The Greek camp was constructed with great care. It wasusually round or elliptical in had streets which met in the cen-tre, where also was placed the head-quarters. Slaves, of whom, as wehave seen, a great number alwaysaccompanied the army, were set towork to dig a trench about the campso soon as it had been located, andthrew the earth up into a rampartabout six feet high. This wall wasusually defended by entanglements,trous-de-loup, crows feet, and a species of abatis. Picket duty was strictly performed, but the guards werenot placed at the distance of our pickets from camp. Postsof fifty hoplites each surrounded the camp, from which a lineof sentinels was sent out. These sentinels passed from handto hand a bell to show that they were on the alert. Officers,accompanied by torch-bearers, made prescribed rounds, alsoringing a bell. Sentinels appear to have challenged this offi-cer m
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