October iS, iqi7 
LAND & WATER 
17 
In Command 
By " BLACK WATCH. " 
War has its virtues no less than peace — whatever anti- 
mihtarists may say. The present war, in particular, has been 
wonderfully productive in the direction of developing, in quite 
a multitude of men, abilities and even talent which otherwise 
would have remained unsuspected. 
Take, for example, the officers of our new armies. Drawn 
from all sources, trained at high pressure, and "put to it" by 
the force of circumstances, they are proving, with few excep- 
tions, a credit to the best traditions of the .\rmy. They have 
developed the ability to command ; and that is an ability of 
superlative value, for without capable command the efficiency 
and discipline of an army i$ wasted. 
What is true of a body of men is equally true of the 
individual. Many a man of excellent abilities fails simply 
. because he is unable to assume full command of those abilities. 
He is not truly the master of himself, and cannot therefore 
give effective expression to his own potentiaUties. This vital 
fact is forced very emphatically upon the student of Pelmanism, 
and with very excellent conseqi^ences. It would be difficult to 
say how many men ha\c, through the medium of the Pelman 
Course, been brought to recognise that their failure hitherto 
has been due not to lack of opportunity op even of capability, 
but to their inability to command and direct their own best efforts. 
Doubtless this has a great deal to do with the boundless 
popularity of Pelmanism in the Army and Navy. It would, 
moreover, seem to be fairly evident that the higher an officer's 
position and the more onerous his responsibilities, the more 
fully he is alive to the importance of self-command as the first 
step to real efficiency. 
Pelmanism, as an effective contribution to the successful 
conduct of the war, should be a theme to inspire some of our 
ablest writers. The more I learn of its achievements in the 
Service, the more I am impressed with the desirability of making 
the Pelman System an integral part of every officers' training. 
By no other plan can full efficiency — inlclligcnl efficiency— be so 
surely and so quickly attained. 
That thirty-four generals alone are "Pelmanists" affords 
eloquent evidence of the justice of this statement. It should 
be remembered that the discovery of Pelmanism as an aid to 
military and naval efficiency stands to the credit not of the 
Pelman Institute itself, but to the Army and Navy. Up to 
the period of the war Pelmanism had been advocated as a 
means to business and professional efficiency. But officers of 
both scr\'ices from 1914 onwards were quick to realise that it 
was equally potent to promote success in a military or naval 
career; hence the present amazing number — somewhere near 
10,000 — of officers and men who are studying and applying 
Pelman principles at the front, in training camps, bases, etc. 
Tiie late Lord Roberts was much interested in the Pelman 
System, and whilst in South Africa frequently referred to the 
benefits to be derived from it-^in which the great field-marshal 
showed his usual prescience. And, like other "ideas" of his, 
the day has come when the .\rmy and the Empire in general 
appreciate the justice of his conclusions. 
As a system, Pelmanism is distinguished by its inex- 
haustible adaptability. It is this which makes it of value to 
the University graduate equally with the salesman, to the 
woman of leisure and to the busy financier, to the Army officer 
and to the commercial clerk. The Pelmanist is in no danger 
(if becoming stereotyped in thought, speech, or action ; on the 
contrary, individuality becomes more pronounced. 
Every reader of L.and & Water— whatever his position 
and whatever his aims and interests— should read Mind and 
Memory, in which the Pelman Course is fully described and 
explained. A copy will be sent, gratis and post free, to any 
reader wlio sends a post card to The Pelman Institute, 
39. Wenham House, Bloomsbury Street, London, W.C.i ; and he 
will thus be i)laced in possession of the simple facts of the case 
and be enabled to judge for himself the extent to which 
"Pelmanism" would forward his efficiency and ambition. 
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materialises the three vital qualities of 
Protection, Durability and Healthfulness 
BURBERRY is an important factor in maintaining perfect 
health and comfort under active service conditions in all 
climates, however trying. , 
Burberry Cloths, woven and proofed by exclusive processes, 
with no rubber or other unhealthy substances to qualify 
their efficiency : special Burberry models designed by ex- 
perts with practical knowledge of war, and who have no 
rivals in their own province — such is the combination of 
mateiial and design expressed in Burberry Kit, 
An officer from the Front 
rece"Hy said to Burberrvs 
— ■■YJiir ^oods aremari ell- 
ous iH the way they wi0' 
and what they will do.'' 
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