384, WAR: CAMPAIGNING IN EAST AFRICA 



and his absence was a great loss. One of the 

 worst features about our work was that the 

 leaving behind of a good askari whom one may 

 have had for a considerable time, usually meant 

 his non-return ; probably he would be drafted into 

 someone else's party. " One man, one boss," is a 

 good rule, especially with the men of these African 

 tribes. 



