eaders to encourage the study of
Cavalry literature likely to develop the capacity of the officer for
writing on these special subjects.

As a step in that direction, I gave whatever little co-operation I
could to the formation of the _Cavalry Journal_, in the hope that it
may be conducive to the creation of a class of literature in which our
Service is peculiarly deficient.

It is of the first importance to realize the conditions that are
revolutionizing the conduct of Modern Warfare.

Such knowledge can alone enable us to appreciate the task which is
given to the Cavalry, and to estimate the increased difficulties of
their function. As their range of activity has become restricted in
certain directions, their sphere of usefulness in others has largely
increased.

The want of an up-to-date work dealing with these facts has, I
believe, been supplied by the recent publication of General von
Bernhardi's book, 'Our Cavalry in Future Wars,' translated in the
following pages with the object of making it more generally known in
this country.

Not only is the contribution valuable as having been written by a
soldier of experience in the field, who has imbued his work with the
dash and fire of the spirit of Cavalry, but it also reveals a profound
insight into the modern conditions of War and the heightened demands
exacted from Cavalry training. The author lays continual emphasis on
the fact that Cavalry trained and organized on his lines should
produce in the early stages of a War effects so decisive as to
influence and even determine the succeeding phases of the campaign.

General von Bernhardi has the gift of close and searching reasoning,
and the ability to present his views in a vivid and trenchant form,
as convincing as the writings of the late Colonel Henderson.

His opening chapter deals with the conception of the conduct of War in
the sense of to-day, and he proceeds to analyze the functions of the
Cavalry as modified by the changes which have occurred.

In lively detail he explains the difficulties which in future will
confront all Cavalry operations, and the sacrifices that will be
exacted from this Arm.

Serious study and untiring perseverance must be claimed from the
individual in order to equip himself mentally and physically for the
task of overcoming these obstacles, while Bernhardi shows in
convincing argument the brilliant opportunities of success.

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