GENERAL LESSONS OF THE CAMPAIGN 209 



In Chapter VI. we have " Field Training," the 

 object of which is to prepare Diana's recruit for the 

 chase in the same way as squadron and company 

 training prepares men for battle. 



Chapter VII. treats of '* Intelligence," the word 

 being used in the military sense. Without proper 

 intelligence, we should enter on a campaign, both 

 with the Image and the Real, like blind men. How 

 the intelligence required in the one campaign dove- 

 tails in with that required in the other, is shown in 

 this Chapter. 



With Chapters VIII. and IX., which tell us of 

 " The March to the Rendezvous," we begin to get 

 really important and convincing evidence ; this is 

 continued in Chapter X., which is entitled " The 

 Rendezvous" ; is backed up by Chapter XL, which 

 deals with " Getting into Position for the Attack ; " 

 and is clenched by the evidence of Chapters XI I. 

 and XIII., which tell us of " The Battle." 



*' The Miscellaneous Regulations " dealt with in 

 Chapter XVI. proved nothing, unless they be 

 admitted as the evidence of an accessory after 

 the fact. 



From the foregoing evidence we are certainly 

 justified in arriving at the one broad conclusion, that 

 hunting can take up the fighting education of the 

 young Officer just where the barrack-square and 

 the drill-field can go no further, and that, if taken 

 and made use of in the right way, it can continue 

 to educate him in a way that nothing else, except 



actual experience of active service, or work under 



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