. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. IK MRMBRRS OF THE HKKN COMMISSIONS IN THE I II 10 ALDEKSIIOT, WHERE TIIEV WENT FOR IKAINING A1 EASIER. the riding school; for, even if he werean accomplished rider, he was tolearn that the Army way differed in avery considerable degree from thathappv-go-lucky method of riding withwhich he was familiar. We will leavethe artillery officer to his gun drill, tohis trigonometry and his wonderful cal-culations, rmd we will deal with theKitchener oiificer proper—that is t
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. IK MRMBRRS OF THE HKKN COMMISSIONS IN THE I II 10 ALDEKSIIOT, WHERE TIIEV WENT FOR IKAINING A1 EASIER. the riding school; for, even if he werean accomplished rider, he was tolearn that the Army way differed in avery considerable degree from thathappv-go-lucky method of riding withwhich he was familiar. We will leavethe artillery officer to his gun drill, tohis trigonometry and his wonderful cal-culations, rmd we will deal with theKitchener oiificer proper—that is to say,the voung man who applied for a com-mission and was drafted to one of theinfantry battalions. We may also dismiss the old infantryofficer who had left the Army and insome cases had gone abroad, who re-turned at the first hint of war to offerhis sword to the War Office. He foundhimself, even though he were a subal-tern when he left the .^rmy, promotedto a rank above his wildest dreams intimes of peace; and upon him lay theauthority of establishing the spiritof a regiment. In the Continentalarmies there are cadres—skeleton forcesof non-commissioned officers an
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