to programme.

"Go and stop that Band," said he to one of his A.D.C.'s. "We must not
have those praying men hindered in their fight for souls by the music."

And this was only one example of his frequent abandonment of any
programme, or practice, or arrangement which seemed to him only to have
demonstrative effect, when any more enduring benefit could be otherwise
secured.

In short, demonstration in his eyes was only valued at its military
worth, and he never wished any one to become so occupied with appearance
as to miss enduring victory.

The following description, by a writer in a big London daily, of one of
The General's tours might be fairly accepted as a sample of them all,
and as giving some idea of the way in which they manifested his care for
all that concerned men:--

"'An easy day' was The General's description of that on which we
fared to mediaeval Godalming, through the beautiful Hindhead region
to Petersfield, and thence in the evening to antiquity and
Winchester. He meant that he had only to address three great
gatherings (the day's course admitted of scarcely any of the
customary wayside and hamlet musters), so his oratory would be
merely a matter of five hours or thereabouts. There were solid fact
in The General's airy designation; it _was_ an easier day than most
of those of the tour; but it had sundry distinctions of its own,
apart from the great, welcoming Meetings.

"It was curious and pleasant to see gipsies salute The General from
their wayside Bohemia on the road to Hindhead; it was delightful to
see The General himself as he descended and spoke to the church
school-children who hailed him by the wayside at Roke, in one of
the most charming wayside spots on the journey. They stood with
their teachers under the trees in the sunshine, little pictures of
bloom and happiness. 'Now wouldn't you like to be running round the
country on a motor?' he asked them straight away, and their answer
come with hearty directness. In a naive and tender little speech,
that had a touch of airiness, he told them of the joy of motoring,
turning anon to the many glad and beautiful things within the reach
of little people who yet might not go a-motoring, and so in simple
little touches appealing to the joy of life and soul that the
child-sense could understand.

"'Isn't he like Father Chri