The Story of a Soldier's Life
The Story of a Soldier's Life
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The great bulk of the staff at home, and most of those who had been selected for stafE work with the army sent to Turkey, were chosen for family reasons.
However^ that was soon changed, for they were found to be mostly incompetent for all practical work in the field. Clever educated professional soldiers took their places according as vacancies occurred.
I knew the officers weU who were, as late as the fall of Sebastopol, the quarter-master-generals of two of our five divisions, and they were n...ot men whom I would have entrusted with a subaltern's picket in the fields Had they been private soldiers I don't think any colonel would have made them corporals.
100 ON PICKET d^[ree. I do not know what he had learnt thereby, but I do know that he had learnt nothing of a soldier's duties in the field. His men disliked him very much, for he took no manner of interest in their welfare. He knew the names of his colour-sergeant and of his servant, but I doubt if he knew the names of many others. He had no S3nnpathy with his men nor with their feelings, and of course they were well aware of the fact* He knew his drill well, for in a Light Infantry Regiment that was essential, but of tactics or outpost duties he had no knowledge whatever.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The great bulk of the staff at home, and most of those who had been selected for stafE work with the army sent to Turkey, were chosen for family reasons.
However^ that was soon changed, for they were found to be mostly incompetent for all practical work in the field. Clever educated professional soldiers took their places according as vacancies occurred.
I knew the officers weU who were, as late as the fall of Sebastopol, the quarter-master-generals of two of our five divisions, and they were n...ot men whom I would have entrusted with a subaltern's picket in the fields Had they been private soldiers I don't think any colonel would have made them corporals.
100 ON PICKET d^[ree. I do not know what he had learnt thereby, but I do know that he had learnt nothing of a soldier's duties in the field. His men disliked him very much, for he took no manner of interest in their welfare. He knew the names of his colour-sergeant and of his servant, but I doubt if he knew the names of many others. He had no S3nnpathy with his men nor with their feelings, and of course they were well aware of the fact* He knew his drill well, for in a Light Infantry Regiment that was essential, but of tactics or outpost duties he had no knowledge whatever.
What to read after The Story of a Soldier's Life?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Wolseley, Garnet Wolseley, Viscount, 1833-1913 to read onlineMoreLess
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