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Royal Military Academy; of course no mere reading of such a book 
could make anyone proficient in, or even conversant with,, its contents; 
without drill, practice and experience, such instructions must be more 
or less difficult to grasp, but each part or section learnt or studied con¬ 
currently with the aid of men and actual drill, surely is not above the 
intelligence of however young a subaltern. What is required to ensure 
a ready intelligence is the desire to learn on the part of the officer. 
The role of Lieut.-Colonels in the instruction of young officers as 
stated in “ Making or Breaking ” would hardly be practicable under 
the present organisation: the responsibilities of the young officer’s 
training cannot be shared (beneficially) between the Lieut.-Colonels 
and Majors; until Lieut.-Colonels are appointed to the command of 
two companies and remain in command of the same two companies all 
their Lieut.-OoloneFs service, such a scheme as Lieut.-Colonel O’Calla¬ 
ghan suggests would not answer. 
The a Attack Problem 93 may be a little overdone, but it is compara¬ 
tively novel, and will soon adapt itself to the capabilities of those for 
whom set; it is undoubtedly the greatest improvement on the old 
Winter Sketch. At any rate it makes the young idea read, and when 
such a problem is given to a Captain and young subaltern to solve 
jointly, much good should result. 
