For Me, Soldiers Are All Equal. Those

Men Are Basically Smart Or Dumb And Lazy Or Ambitious. The Dumb And Ambitious Ones Are Dangerous And I Get Rid Of Them. The Dumb And Lazy Ones I Give Mundane Duties. The Smart Ambitious Ones I Put On My Staff. The Smart And Lazy Ones I Make My Commanders.

Winning The Men's Confidence Requires Much Of A Commander. He Must Exercise Care And Caution, Look After His Men, Live Under The Same Hardships, And-above All- Apply Self Discipline. But Once He Has Their Confidence, His Men Will Follow Him Through Hell And High Water.

I Would Rather Be The Hammer Than The Anvil

The Commander Must Be At Constant Pains To Keep His Troops Abreast Of All The Latest Tactical Experience And Developments, And Must Insist On Their Practical Application. He Must See To It That His Subordinates Are Trained In Accordance With The Latest Requirements. The Best Form Of Welfare For The Troops Is First-class Training, For This Saves Unnecessary Casualties.

But Courage Which Goes Against Military Expediency Is Stupidity, Or, If It Is Insisted Upon By A Commander, Irresponsibility.