Polo players will tell you that one selfish player will ruin a team. This is ten times more true in war, where they will see the selfish polo player skulk, run away, or let in his commanding officer and the army in the very first fight he gets into. And cavalry officers of all ranks must learn in peace that it is only by practising at all times broad-minded comradeship not only in their own corps and arm, but with the other arms, that victory in the field can be ensured. Let them read and ponder on what a French general says of our army in South Africa:-- Each arm acted on its own.... This comradeship can only be fostered by daily intercourse in peace.... In England it exists neither between the different arms nor between one battalion and another.... Good fellowship in the fight can only be produced by good fellowship in time of peace, and the latter results from a _life in common_.[82] This ideal is apparently realized in the Japanese army, where, it is said, “there are no regiments that have a reputation or a history which is not that of the whole army. Just as there are no crack corps, so there is no crack arm. The pay and standard of education and living of cavalry officers are the same as those of other branches of the service.” Our conclusions then must be:-- 1. That courage and activity are the most valuable attributes in the field. 2. That these may wane when the body is exposed to unaccustomed wear and tear, unless this is foreseen and guarded against. 3. That habits of decision in tactical situations must be acquired by practice in peace-time. 4. That a doctrine permeating all ranks is essential to success in war. 5. The doctrine is “THE UNISON OF ARMS AND THE RESOLUTE OFFENSIVE.” CHAPTER XVIII THE TRAINING OF A SQUADRON “Soignez les détails, ils ne sont pas sans gloire; c’est le premier pas qui mène à la victoire.”--FREDERICK THE GREAT.