It is plain that the modern aim of making organization so logical and methodical that the Staff can more easily plan operations, and write correct Orders, had little weight with Napoleon. He was himself his own Chief of the General Staff, and had a memory which no complexity could confuse. It may be a question whether modern symmetry of organization may not be really injurious to success, because highly informing to the enemy. Simplicity and symmetry are obviously useful in saving difficulties to the Staff; but this advantage may be bought too dearly, and a complicated and illogical organization might be the best for war, so as to prevent the enemy acquiring information. PART II _BRITISH WAR ORGANIZATION_ CHAPTER VIII THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FIGHTING TROOPS The British Troops organized for service in the field consist of the _Expeditionary Force_, formed by the Regular Army and its Reserves, and the _Territorial Force_, composed of troops which are virtually Militia, undergoing only a slight annual training, and engaged in their civil avocations during the rest of the year. To these may be added the regular troops in the Mediterranean (Gibraltar, Malta, and Egypt), and in South Africa, from which a Division may be formed to add to the Expeditionary Force. The forces of the self-governing Dominions need not be considered. They are hardly as yet organized as Field Armies, and are kept up for Local Defence. There is also the _Indian Army_, composed of regular troops, British and Indian. The _Expeditionary Force_ corresponds to what in foreign countries is termed the Army of _First_ Line, and the _Territorial Force_ to the Army of _Second_ Line; the former being intended for action against our enemies abroad, and the latter for Home Defence. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE The _Expeditionary Force_ comprises essentially the following bodies of Troops: One _Cavalry Division_, as Independent Cavalry. Two _Mounted Brigades_, as Army Protective Cavalry. Six _Infantry Divisions_, to which may eventually be added a seventh from the Mediterranean and South Africa. The Force will be provided with a _General Head-Quarters_, and with an _Army Head-Quarters_ if it is proposed to divide it into two Armies. There will also be allotted to the Force certain Units under the immediate command of the Commander-in-Chief, termed “Army Troops.” Some of these Units will also be allotted to any separate Armies which may be formed. Units of Troops will also be provided for duties on the Lines of Communication. These will consist of the “L. of C. Defence Troops,” and of the Head-Quarters and Administrative Services on the Lines of Communication.