There Is But One Means

This Is Not A Peace. It Is An Armistice For Twenty Years.

To Inform, And, Therefore To Reconnoitre , This Is The First And Constant Duty Of The Advanced Guard.

Regulations Are All Very Well For Drill, But In The Hour Of Danger They Are No More Use. You Have To Learn To Think.

My Center Is Giving Way, My Right Is In Retreat; Situation Excellent. I Shall Attack.

To Be Disciplined Does Not Mean Being Silent, Abstaining, Or Doing Only What One Thinks One May Undertake Without Risk; It Is Not The Art Of Eluding Responsibility; It Means Acting In Compliance With Orders Received, And Therefore Finding In One's Own Mind, By Effort And Reflection, The Possibility To Carry Out Such Orders. It Also Means Finding In One's Own Will The Energy To Face The Risks Involved In Execution.