CHAPTER XVI

THE TRAINING OF THE CAVALRY OFFICER

The cavalry candidate--Causes of scarcity--Work now and thirty years ago--Pay--Duties on joining-- Hunting--The sense of duty--Pretence impossible in a regiment--The effect of a slack commanding officer-- Counteracted by four or five good officers--Value of drill--Characteristic faults--The practice of possible situations in war--Officer without imagination is a bad trainer--Conclusions Page 154