Horses, demands on, 87; 'mobile' or 'immobile,' 91; position for led, 93 _et seq._; protection of, 95; rest for, 122; security of, during rest, 122, 124; bivouac on march, 122; on outpost, 123; importance of care bestowed on, 123, 127; excessive demands on, 128; shortage of, in Germany, 152; 'augmentation,' 155; 'untrained,' of small use, 158; increased demands on, 181; training of, 185 _et seq._; English thoroughbreds, 187; Prussian, 187; old, 194; food for, increase of, 203; endurance of, 202; feeding, author's experiment in, 203; galloping powers, 209; weight to be put on, 212 Increase of German Cavalry needed, 158 Independence, when to be given to subordinates, 68 'Independent Cavalry' defined, 38; conditions which determine allotment of, 42; in what cases it should be concentrated on decisive lines, 43; security duties of, 144 Individual superiority essential for patrols, 31 Infantry, effect on Cavalry of extended zone of fire of, 9; difficult for Cavalry to encounter in close bodies, 10; when once broken offer great opportunity to Cavalry, 15; defence of villages and woods by, more difficult now, 15; compared with Cavalry, 59 Initial success, great importance of, 12 Initiative, value of, 115 Inspections, new scheme of, for recruits and schools, 200; importance of thorough, 246 Inspector-General of Cavalry, position of, 282 and footnote Intelligence indispensable at commencement of War, 27; spaces between enemy's columns to be penetrated to obtain, 27; when more important than security, 28; circulation of, 39; during progress of action, 40; experience of 1870, 40; to be transmitted direct to Headquarters, as well as through usual channel, 45 Lance-exercises, 254; better attachment of, necessary, 255 Leader, importance of-independence of, in combined action, 68, 76; more initiative to be given to, 73; to be careful about his horses, 87; duty when covering a retreat, 88; modern requirements in a good, 89, 90; to be kept informed of the general situation, 111, 117; clearness of intention, 116; must organize his own intelligence, 117; capacity of, 126; of great Cavalry masses, 286 Led horses, 91; place for, 93, 94; in dismounted practice, 259 Lines--three-line system, 73 Locality, faculty of finding way in unknown, 274 Lunging rein, 188