t be guided by the special circumstances
of the locality in which they are quartered, and by the advice of
their superiors.

For the exercise of the greater 'Masses,' for which, under all
circumstances, troops have to be brought together from considerable
distances, a particular period must, of necessity, be fixed by
regulations; but it must be borne in mind that these 'Masses' should
not always be formed of equal strength in Divisions of three Brigades,
for the danger to the higher education which lies in always working
with units of similar composition has already been sufficiently dwelt
on. The conditions of War absolutely demand that the higher Cavalry
Leaders should be equally at home in handling 'Masses' with certainty
and precision, no matter what their composition, and the troops
themselves must learn to apply the principles on which efficiency in
action really depends under all and every circumstance.

As regards the manner in which the several periods into which the
training is divided should follow one another, the question arises
whether the squadron, regimental, and brigade drill periods should
follow one another as a continuous whole, or whether they should go
hand in hand with Field Service Exercises.

This seems to me to need a specific reply, because, as a fact, it is
differently answered in different Army Corps.

Where the troops have to leave their garrisons in order to be
quartered in the vicinity of the ground specially selected for those
purposes, the question of expense must play an important part in the
decision; but the principle involved can hardly be affected by these
exceptional circumstances, for in by far the greater number of cases
the troops can find room to drill either within the district of their
own garrisons or on the manoeuvre grounds in the vicinity, and in
these latter the question of extra cost should hardly stand in the way
of an extension of the time allowance. Hence, if such an extension,
due to the intercalation of Field Service practices, really does offer
advantages, one could decide in principle in favour of this solution,
in spite of all other circumstances; but it still seems to me open to
discussion whether it is advisable to make the same principle
applicable in equal measure to all the time intervals.

For the squadron drill, which begins with an entirely untrained troop,
the conditions are obviously quite different to those in the
subsequent exercises, in which