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quarters, and get back to their homes the same night. An Adjutant 
of one of the Infantry corps had lectured to his own officers and passed 
several in tactics, and, just before leaving to re-join his own regiment, 
obtained a war game for the corps; games were played between 
different corps, and then it struck some of the officers that a Volunteer 
Institution might be established, with simple rules and at the minimum 
of expense, by each corps getting their own war game, and each hav¬ 
ing a different set of maps. This was done. A game was played once 
each month at the different head-quarters in succession, only slight 
refreshment being provided, which could be taken by the players and 
onlookers during the game. Different officers were asked to make out 
the general ideas and act as umpires and players. This very inexpen¬ 
sive association was found to work admirably, and to the satisfaction of 
all, and greatly increased the knowledge of tactics of all the officers, 
making military history more interesting to some of them. Young 
fellows who were friends of the junior officers were allowed to attend, 
and some were persuaded to take commissions, partly by the interest 
aroused, in the first instance, by witnessing the war games. 
Much more might be written of an Adjutant's experiences, but suffi¬ 
cient has been said to shew how varied and interesting is the lot of a 
Volunteer Adjutant. 
