[108] May not a trace of this religious fanaticism, however, be seen in the letter of an Irish soldier, who wrote home during the South African War of 1899-1902 as follows:-- “Dear mother, we are having a lovely time of it, shooting Protestants all day long, and no one to stop us.” [109] This view was expressed in 1907 by the commander of the 1st Japanese cavalry regiment. [110] General Kleber, when his men, overcome by fatigue, refused to move a step farther, called them cowards. As they protested that they were at any rate always brave in a fight, he replied, “Yes, you are brave men, but you are not soldiers. To be a soldier is not to eat when you are hungry, not to drink when you are thirsty, and to carry your comrade when you cannot drag yourself along.”--_Manuel du gradé de cavalerie._ Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected. Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. Some illustrations were moved closer to the text that referenced them. The spelling of non-English words was not checked. Index not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references. In the Table of Contents, one of the page numbers for Chapter IX was missing and the other was incorrect. Both remedied here. Page 84: Transcriber added a closing quotation mark at the end of the paragraph ending with “a crossing of the Modder River.” Footnote 62, originally on page 136: Transcriber added a closing quotation mark after “troop are extremely useful.” End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Our Cavalry, by M. F. Rimington