The book Stray Military Papers was written by author White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. Fmo Here you can read free online of Stray Military Papers book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Stray Military Papers a good or bad book?
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At Waterloo, the young Ensigns and Lieutenants who had never seen a battle, rushed to death as if they had been playing cricket."^ But young soldiers are undoubtedly inferior to old ones in campaigning qualities, and suflFer far 1 "Table-Talk of Samuel Eogers ;" p. 292. E 66 STRAY MILITARY PAPERS more from ' friction.' " I prefer having one officer or soldier who has served one or two campaigns," said the Duke on another occasion, "to having two or three who have not. ... By filling the hospita...ls, (young soldiers) are a burden to us." ^ Sir John Kincaid explains the reason why. " The most difficult, and at the same time the most important duty to teach a young soldier on first coming into active service, is how to take care of himself. . . . The young soldier, when he first arrives in camp or bivouac, will (unless forced to do otherwise) alwa!ys give in to the languor and fatigue which oppresses him, and fall asleep. He awakens most probably after dark, cold and com- fortless. He would gladly eat of the undressed meat in his havresack, but he has no fire on which to cook it.
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