78 Pages - The Black Vault

out the following lessons, the result of much ponderingon my failure:1. Do not put off taking your measures of defencetill the morrow, as these are more important than thecomfort of your men or the shipshape arrangementof your camp. Choose the position of your campmainly with reference to your defence.2. Do not in war-time show stray men of the enemy’sbreed all over your camp, be they never sokind and full of butter, and do not be hypnotised, bynumerous “passes,” at once to confide in them.3. Do not let your sentries advertise their positionto the whole world, including the enemy, by standingin the full glare of a fire, and making much noiseeveryhalf-hour.4. Do not, if avoidable, be in tents when bulletsare ripping through them; at such times a hole in theground is worth many tents.After these lessons had been dinned into my soulmillions and millions of times, so that I could neverforget them, a strange thing came to pass–therewas a kaleidoscopic change— 1 had another dream.18,.-