Captain HE should be a Person of Honour Courage and Experience prudent in Matters neither too rough nor too indulgent that he incur neither Hatred nor Contempt He ought to be informed of his Men's Names and of their merit and should know their Necessities He marches at the Head of his Company and leads them on and off in Action and he is to know the Quantity of Arms Time when and Place where and all other Circumstances according to the Nature of the Occasion Also he should be skilled in Fortifications This Post is the usual Step by which the greatest military Honours are ascended therefore he ought to be a Man of worth such as shall disdain the consulting his own Ease at a time when his Men are incommoded he should be qualifyed with Wisdom carrying always a Face of Prosperity even in the midst of Discouragements that none be disheartened He should have a Spirit above mean Things as that of making advantage of his Men by false Musters but with the Centurion in the Gospel keep his Company compleat it being upon Record to his Honour that he had a Hundred Men. By which it appears as if there had been no False Musters in those Days Also to assist his Men by little Advances may keep them from Irregularities and gain their Love He should be ambitious of honourable Undertakings and not incourage by his Example any excess but punish Drinking and the Quarrelsome with all Makers of Parties Theft and the Seditious are to be discouraged or cut off for Example by a solemn and publick Execution Small Faults need not be observed and when such as you would spare are guilty so that the Eye cannot be shut without incurring the Censure of being partial then Severity is to be used answerable to the Nature of the Crime without respect of Persons and as a Parent who though he may have a secret tendency to some of his Children above the rest yet he wisely conceals it and with Caution incourages all and disobliges none Of the Major HIs Character is in common with other Commissionated Officers viz. That he have Courage and be qualifyed with Knowledge and that he be diligent and active for in the Major's Power is included that of all the Officers in the Regiment which gives him authority over the Captains and other inferiour Officers as well as Souldiers in Garrisons Villages and in the Field If there be not a Major in the Garrison then he receives the Word and directions from the Governour as to Hours Place and Quarters which he communicates to the Sergeants the same as if in Villages or in the Field whose Duty and Instructions vary according to the disposedness of Places and the time when whether of Danger or otherwise He appoints detatchments and Places for Rendezvous and marks out their Incampments and hands to the Officers their Orders before whom he is to be at their assigned Quarters where he detatches corps de Gardes and appoints Places for Centinels His Orders are not to be altered but by himself as being the ordinary Conduit for conveighing them either from the General or his Colonel He should discourage useless Persons and see the Regiment march in due order and that thy keep their Ranks and carry their Arms except weary or sick for whose relief his care is That carriages be provided to follow that such as lag behind may be received It is also his place to give out Provisions to each Company their Dividend and to answer the necessity of the Sick by sutable supplies of Food Physick and Shelter In Sieges he advertises the Officers of his Regiment when to mount the Guard and Trenches and commands the bringing off and on Labourers he keeps a List of the Men and takes Cognizance of the Officer's Baggage He is obliged to be every where and so for Expedition's-sake rides he should be often with his Superiour Officers to receive Instructions He sets Prizes on what Sutlers bring in the Camp and provides for their safe Conduct and that they may not want he doth incourage their being paid His Business consists more in giving Orders than in executing Exploits and though the practical part be requisit yet a thorow Knowledge of the Theory is of absolute Necessity Of the Colonel HE is supposed to have eminently all the Qualifications of a brave Captain who hath gone through those Degrees of Command which have capacitated him for that Post lest a conscienciousness of Demerit occasion his envying of more experienc'd Commanders that act under him He is to attack and defend and lead his Regiment to ingage to make Retreats and Intrenchments he relieves Posts visits Works causes Orders to be observed and hath the Care of the wounded Officers He hath Power to arrest and suspend those in Commission under him He should be of an attractive and obliging Comportment to gain Love and to preserve his Esteem he must act with Bravery Courage and Prudence and be ever armed with Foresight Of the Major-General HE is to the Army in a great Character that which a private Major is in a Regiment he ought to have the General 's Ear and to be ready to receive and with Expedition to convey Orders received Of the Field-Marshal IT is of absolute Necessity that he that moves in this Post should be a Person of Worth Honour and Experience since good or evil Accidents may happen or be prevented according to his managing his Orders received from the General He appoints Guards Convoys Parties and Marches and distributes his Instructions amongst the Majors He should be informed of the Country through which the March is intended the Care of lodging the Army lies on him where he is to be the first and last mounted This is so necessary and painful a Post that in all Armies accordingly as they are numerous an Augmentation of them is required they being an Ease to the General who are to see Orders kept and Justice administered As the Majors and other Officers Care are of those lesser Bodies under their Command so the Field-Marshal's Care is required of the whole Army so that Experience and Conduct seems as necessary to one in this Post as to that of the Lieutenant-Generals He is also the Protector of Sutlers the Moderator of Rates that the one may be incouraged to bring Supplies and yet the Soldier not oppressed He orders the Marches of Foot and Horse their Quarters and their Form of Battel according to the then disposal of Things in reference to Place Time and numbers of Horse and Foot the better to prevent what Evil may happen or to make the best of the worst of Accidents This Place of Field-Marshal is exposed to Envy and Censure so is a Station of more Honour and Care than Satisfaction Of the Lieutenant-General THis Post and the Generals and Field-Marshals have so great an Affinity that there is requisite the same Capacity Experience and Qualifications for what the General commands the other executes and
in its Nature offensive to Mankind whose Undertaker seems to design the Destruction of his Species This is the most unnatural of Enterprises and looks as if Men had forgot they were Men and that they had divested themselves of their Understanding and Humanity and were become more cruel each to other than irrational Brutes are to those of their own Sort who wage not War one kind against those of the same The Lion ordinarily tears not the Lion nor the Tiger and Wolf those of their kind they assemble not in Herds and form not destructive Projects by gathering Parties against Parties Also our Lord gives us to believe That though the Devils are Enemies to Mankind yet that they are not divided amongst themselves for if so their Kingdom could not stand Is it not Folly and Frenzie to seek Occasions to be a Plague to the Age and an Instrument of torment to others To effect which they will run through all Hazards by Sea and Land and for Uncertainties court Death and Destruction and with so much fierceness imbark others with themselves to endeavour the Ruin of those they neither hate nor know As it is with every hired Souldier that invades the Persons and Properties of such who never gave him offense Thus these mercenary Champions contribute as far as in them lies to the promoting the Disorder and sad Effects of such Debordements even to which themselves they bear their share Those mercenary Ones who regard not the Justice of a Cause but fight for the empty Name of being Valourous and the inconsiderable recompences intailed on them rather deserve to be styled Mad-men who give themselves up a Prey to the Sword and hazard for trifles their All to the Mercy of incensed Ones who will have no consideration to reduce such either to their first Nothing or to render them useless by loss of Members which is more deplorable than Death it self And this to serve the passion of an ambitious One in an unjust Cause and perhaps such an one who neither knows nor cares for their Persons farther than to obtain his End nor would Scruple when occasion offered to serve himself of their dead Bodies as a Pedestal to heighten his Stature to take the farther view But when God and Reason calls for the Defence of their Countrey Prince and Properties then to dye or suffer in such a cause is honourable and a Duty incumbent on the Subject It is deplorable the sad Reflections that may be made of the Effects incident to Wars which in themselves are sufficient to deter the Promoters of unjust Ones The hardening themselves against such Considerations are Aggravations of their Crimes for from that time they are launched from the Shore of Peace they also involve themselves and others into a Sea of Troubles with whose angry Waves they wrestle and are tossed and hurried by the Wind of Fortune into a Gulph of Misery which hath a Mouth wide like Hell and refuses no Comers but Preyes mostly on the Valiant and such as are fittest for noble Atchievements The most robust and daring and those likliest to live are more immediately its Objects and like the Lion the King of Beasts disdains a mean Prey and as he spares none but crushes all that come under his Paws So this King of Terrours when riding in Triumph on his Chariot of War then the impotent the base the Coward are not so immediately the Object of his lure as the bold and daring such as with courage can look Death in the Face thus like the generous Hawk he takes his flight on the noblest Quarry But such is the misery incident to Man that sometimes God suffers in an Age a Scourge to arise who being given up to a boundless Ambition is unsatiable even to the ravishing his Neighbour's Properties which after he calls his and that for no juster reason than that such was his pleasure and after an illegitimate Possession claims a right to adjacent Places by virtue of their Reunion Thus some Mens desires are boundless like the Ocean and as the Grave are never satisfied for presuming on their Power and Strength they insult their Neighbours But where is the generosity To seek occasions of Contest where none is given and that on frivolous and often on no pretext surprise the disarmed or at least upon such a disarity of Force as makes them no proper Objects for a generous Undertaker But such run the Hazard of this Censure That as the lesser Hectors where they have an advantage will on every slight Occasion quarrel and draw and wanting matter for Contest will rake it out of nothing Thus the greater to serve their turn wage War and tell the reason afterwards But so abstruse are the Inducements for their irregular Proceedings that even Oedipus himself how clear-sighted soever had he been living could not have discovered whence nor why were such Hostilities yet such are the Parasitical Humours of many that after a success obtained they will sing the Encomiums of Praises of those whom they know have dishonoured God and done the Devil's Business Thus unwarrantable Actions take a new Name and bury that of Usurpation in the Bowels of Victory that it seems as if Success and Right were indissolvably knit together Thus the Glory of overcoming or being overcome denominates the Enterprise good or evil and accordnig to the common acceptation of things Fame Ecchoes forth Praise or Dispraise Thus little Robberies are called Thefts while those great ones of Principalities and Countries are styled Conquests and Heroick Actions Thus Usurpation changes its Name and the Usurper is become the lawful Prince whose fortunate Success is adored by the gazing World while the Sufferer is despised and contemned Thus the small Fry in the Seas is made the prey to greater Fishes and the lesser Fowl to Birds of prey Thus powerful Princes imboldened by their strength like Wolves seise on their Neighbours Flocks and hug themselves with this impious Maxim That wicked Enterprises change their Nature with their Names and become Vertues when attended with Success Thus is he exalted to pride himself whose Bloud boiling in a high Ferment of Glory is imboldened to farther Insolencies though he runs the hazard of Eternal Vengeance for the all-powerful is not tied to Means but with the Usurper's own Weapons whetted to Destroy his Neighbours he may thereby himself be made a Victim and the measure he meated to others may be accumulated on him But what can we expect when the Reflections of a Superiour Vengeance will not take Place that any more inferiour Consideration should be available Or that he should be induced to moderation from any Reason drawn from his Honour that is eclipsed by oppressing such who have not might to Subsist but under the shelter of a more Auspicious Wing But it is not thus amongst irrational Animals for the generous Lion disdains to make the Mouse his prey nor will the Eagle catch Flies Of Just Offensive War IT may be
in all Places though rough narrow or straight Passages whether Hilly Rocky or Boggy Grounds and is of less charge in raising and keeping and its Stores lye in less room and require fewer Carriages and are easilier disposed of and secured than Forage When the Foot is well Disciplined and in good Heart they will maintain their Ground against the Horse and are best in Combat Sieges and Ambushes and will bear the brunt of the Day with more Obstinacy and though they are not so expeditious in gaining Victory nor so useful in pursuing yet they are not so soon vanquished but will stand the hottest Brunts longer and indure Fatigues with Resolution and Patience when the Horse-man cannot be Master of his own Intentions if hurryed away by these strong-headed Animals to the dishonour of their Riders and many times loss of Victory In the Infantry are more Preferments and is the readiest way to the highest Military Honours Of the Common Souldier HE is the Stock upon which all Cions are ingrafted where the Product sometimes exceeds its Parent who from thence have risen to the highest Degrees of Honour even Princes have honoured that Station either by shouldering the Musquet or trailing the Pike The Common Souldier ought to be young and vigourous of a healthy Constitution able to indure Fatigues such who have been inured to Labour and Hardships are most desirable the Climates that they are born under may contribute much to indure Hardships for more are killed for not being able to suffer Fatigues than have lost their Lives by the Sword His Stature should be rather tall than little his Limbs clean and strong his Feet good and of a nimble and active Body cleanly in his Person Cloths and Arms well Shod and careful of his Necessaries That he may encounter Want with the longest He must not hazard at Play what he hath lest it becomes another's Propriety and so be tempted to irregular Ways to supply his Wants which may expose him to suffer military Discipline Thus the bravest in a Heard have been untimely cut off as Examples to others which but for evil Presidents hath been desired that they might have been spared Also Wine and Women are the bane of an Army and unfit the Souldier for Duty the first bereaves him of Senses and the second of Strength and both are Triflers away of time and Obstructions to Advancement The Character of a Souldier is That he have Courage as to dare Look Death and Danger in the Face One who is armed with Resolution either to vanquish or Dye It hath been observed That some Men who have Courage in the Field will fight like Heroes in a Crowd when animated by numbers yet will want that mettle in private Quarrels It were to be desired our Souldier were of that rugged Mould not to suffer Affront nor give occasion for Quarrels but when insulted over then let him only right himself by generous Repulses thereby he gains esteem and shuts the Door against after Broils and Quarrels His Character is accomplished if he Knowes to carry himself debonairly to his Equals obediently and humbly to his Superiours and can give Instances of his Humanity to all He is haughty to the Proud and Insolent With his Enemies stout and valiant but is meek and gentle and affable when Time Persons and Place call for it He is also vigilant and a strict Observer of his Duty fearing to be surprised either by his Superiours or Enemies and never questions why or what are the Reasons but with an implicit Obedience without murmuring discharges those Commands injoined him He will keep his Arms in good order and readiness and with the many good Qualities requisite he is indued with Patience a most necessary Ingredient in a Souldier so that Money is not more useful to supply the Necessities of the Poor nor Wisdom to answer the Defects of Folly than Patience and Perseverence is in the course of a Military Life for by this Vertue the greatest Difficulties are overcome Of the Corporal HE is promoted to that Station from that of the Common Souldier so ought to have his Qualifications with improvements as he exceeds him in Ttrust reposed so he ought to go beyond him in Diligence and Capacity That he may the better discipline the private Centinels and keep Peace he is to give information of Things to his Superiours and carry the List of such as are to mount the Guard It is he that distributes Ammunition and Provision and provides necessary Fire and Candle and gives the Word handed to him and in a particular manner his Duty is to be acquainted with the Persons and merit of each Particular that he may place them accordingly The Trust reposed in a Corporal is of that consequence That on his Fidelity depends the Security of those Avenues where he is placed for to have corps de gardes surprised is of that importance that sometimes it hath occasioned the Destruction of an Army Of the Sergeant HE is one chosen by the Captain from amongst the best of his Men for known Fidelity Experience Courage and Diligence he is the Corporal 's Elder Brother whose Place differs in this That he Hands to him his Instructions and gives out those Ammunitions and Provisions designed and with the Corporal takes cognisance of the merit of each particular Person and their Lodging and Necessities of which an Inspection ought to be taken as also into their Behaviour to assign Quarters which he is to visit from time to time The Care of the Company lies on him he is the Captain 's Eyes and Ears by whom he receives Information of both Sick and Well and other necessary Circumstances In short the Sergeant ought to be brave and stout every where Night and Day moving walking the Rounds visiting Centinels and when upon Duty he is to be personally present with the Superiour Officers at the opening and shutting of the Gates Of the Ensign IT is a Post for a Gentleman he ought to be endued with Sentiments of Honour for his Country and Person He should be Young a Man of Courage well made with a good Presence His Duty is to carry the Colours where commanded and chuse rather to part with his Life than with them In the absence of his Captain and Lieutenant his Duty is the same with theirs whose Instructions being in common these do refer Of the Lieutenant IN the Captain's Absence he is his Representative so requires all his Qualifications their Duties being the same He disciplineth the Men hath regard that the Sergeants discharge their Duty The Care of the Company lieth in a great measure on him therefore he should be Prudent and a Man of Courage as well as of Experience For if the Captain falls in Combat he leaves the rear to the next Sergeant to take his Sword and Post at the Head of the Company It is his great Interest to keep a good Intelligence with his Captain being the way to Prefrement Of the
that sometimes in separate Bodies and on several Occasions as with Flying Camps at Sieges Attacks and with Detachments and Convoys The General as the Spring doth cause the Motion of all the Wheels the principal of which are the Lieutenant-Generals so should be Persons of tried Fidelity Courage and Ability Their Numbers are incertain they act according to the General 's Orders which they hand to others as in relation to Marches assigning Incampments Decampments ordering Ingagements commanding Retreats and Pursuits therefore Foresight Prudence Courage Knowledge and a presence of Mind in the greatest Hurry are their requisite Qualifications OF THE CAVALRY HORSE is so requisite in an Army that good Success in a great measure depends thereon for all Places are first possessed by them and those that exceed in their Numbers are likeliest to become Masters of the Field for by them Garisons are victualled the Army provided with Forrage Convoys Parties and Quarters beaten up surprised and sometimes carried away By the Horse it is that the Enemy is streightened the Country ravaged and harrassed by Incursions There is not an Enterprize of Hazard and Difficulty where the Horse is not concerned by their means Designs are compassed facilitated and expedited The Horse being so necessary so many of them are to be had as may answer the proportion of your Foot as well as that of the Enemies According to whose different Characters and Usefulnesses they are ordered whether as Cuirassiers Light-horse Dragoons Croates or Heydukes By these Passes are seized Blocades made and Contributions raised Marches expedited Pursuits and Surprises given in the expeditious executing of which they are more necessary and exceed the Foot whose slow Motions are often Impediments and cause Disappointments while the Horse by their quick and long Marches are the great Advantage though attended with Inconveniencies as being a greater Care and Charge Of the Trooper THis Post though the lowest yet from thence some have ascended to the highest Degree of Honour in Military Imploys and as the same Soil produces Grain of several sorts so the Bush and the Palm hath the same Origine for Virtue is not always found in elevated Fortunes nor will that Illustrious DAME be confined to Pallaces but the Country Cottage doth sometimes afford the World Heroes who from their Clods of Earth their Ploughs and Spades have ascended to the height of Honour These Considerations ought to quicken those in the most inferiour Station to be Emulators of those Ensamples of Virtue gone before them and incourage themselves with Hopes that by a patient persevering in Well-doing treading in their Steps having Incouragements with Opportunities they may justly aspire at that Honour and Glory that others before them have compassed But as his Mind should be aspiring and qualified with Courage and Bravery being undaunted fearing nothing but Shame and as his Inside is adorned with generous Virtues so his Outside should also have that of a comely Presence strong and manly rather tall than little and used to the Fatigues of riding not such as are taken from Towns or Cities where by an effeminate Life they are made tender and unfit for the Hardships of a Camp He should be young in Years from Twenty to Forty for Nature gives such Impressions to Age that ill Habits are not easily rectified but an old Trooper is a useful Member if grown so under Service whose Skill in Horsemanship need not be questioned which Knowledge all should at first bring with them As the choice of the Man is made so should also the Horse in some measure correspond who should neither be young nor old but strong-set well-limbed and not of a great heavy make yet large and full chested short and strongly coupled and jointed of clean Limbs and good Feet such as will stand Fire It is in Germany where Horses fit for Military Service most abound nor will any stand Fire like them As the Horseman is to be under the Command of his Superiour so he ought to have the Command of his Horse that neither Gun nor Drum shall disorder nor make him break his Rank Our Trooper should be as careful of his Horse as of himself and by being diligent careful and obedient to Order fearing his Captain more than his Enemy he may come to attain to that Preferment that his Merit calls for Of the Brigadier or Corporal THE Captain singles him out from among the eldest of the Troopers as judging him best qualified and experienced he is to the Horse what a Corporal or Serjeant is to the Foot in the Quartermaster's Absence he supplieth his Place To discharge his Duty well he must be no Stranger to Writing It is from him that the Captain expects an Account of all Omissions and Disorders with a List of the Horse and Men and of the Condition they are in When upon Duty by the Major's Order he sets the Vedetes whom he directs to prevent Remisness he often visits and in due time relieves them It is his Province to instruct the Troopers also what Forrage and Provisions are handed to him from the Quartermaster he distributes Of the Quarter-master HE is as a Steward to the Troop so should be prudent intelligent and faithful being intrusted with their Subsistence Courage Resolution and Diligence ought to be his Qualifications from him is expected a particular List of the Mens Names and Places from whence they are with whom he is to reckon pay and discount He sets down the Orders given him by his Officers and visits the Mens Quarters and Stables and doth see that all be in Order from the Horseman to the least of his Accouterments that from the Bridle to a Girth there be nothing wanting The Ammunition also is his Care which he distributes whether in the Field or Garrisons and takes Care that their Quarters be ready before their arrival He is to be at the Captains Quarters Morning and Evening to carry the Orders he hath received from his Major He commands Detachments and conducts them to their Place of Rendezvous His great Business is to see that the Troopers live in their Quarters in good order and that Complaints be silenced and Grievances redressed Thus by keeping good Quarter and assigning Quarters he hath given him the Name of Quarter-master Of the Cornet THis Post is the first Step to Honour being expensive is fit only for such as have Estates or are Gentlemen This Station is not so troublesome as honourable and should be filled up by a Man of Quality as his first Essay and if he hath before made a Campaign as a Volunteer he is the fitter for this Post But tho' Favour should have introduced him yet if his Inclination were the moving Cause Success may be expected for where generous Sentiments do put upon quest for Glory there Obedience will become easy and he will readily execute his Superiour's Orders and will set all his good Qualifications on work to compass his desired end There is in a natural
Propensity to a desired Object an occult quality that leads Soul Body and all its Faculties like a Torrent with Impetuosity to it so that when Military Honour is the Thing aimed at from thence may reasonably be expected great Things It is the Cornet's Duty to carry the Standard when the Troop marches as at Musters at the Guards and in Battel he is to bear it himself and Death should rather be his Choice than part with that Badge of Honour since his Personal Reputation and that of his Troop depends thereon If at any time he suffers it to be carried it ought to be by one of the stoutest and comeliest in the Troop In the Lieutenans's Absence he commands He is to shew submissive Respects to his Superiors and to carry himself obligingly to all for to make Friends and to have no Enemies is the way to Preferment Of the Lieutenant HE is the Captain 's Substitute in whose Absence he hath the Care of the Troop so should have Courage Experience and Prudence to know how to act in his place He gives Information of Omissions or Commissions and of all that relates to the Troop To make the better Inspection he visits the Men and views their Horses and recommends to them the care of their Arms as well as Horses and should carry himself so as to be loved and feared The Brigadier and Quarter-master are to be incouraged and countenanced by him in performing their Duty that nothing be suffered to be amiss Of the Captain of Horse VVIth the Qualification of Courage and Conduct he is to have Experience in his own and others Business he leads his Troop where commanded and accordingly gives Orders to those under him he instructs and leads his Men on and off and takes Care they be well mounted and armed that all be in good order He discourages Debauchery as the Weakener of Purse and Body and the inlet to Pilfering and Effeminacy to prevent which hard Duty and frequent Exercises may be conducing The good Captain will therefore himself see that his Men be duly exercised that upon any sudden occasion they may be fit to be drawn out for Service He will incourage Well doers and give publick Marks of Favour to provoke Emulators to make themselves worthy of the like by which means he will gain Love especially when his Men perceive that they are personally by Name taken notice of Our Captain if indued with a generous Soul doth influence those about him to give him Respect and Esteem for whose Heart would not run after him that values Virtue and Honour more than all the World besides even than Life it self which he regards not when the Publick Interest and his Reputation is the Question It is not to be doubted but he that moves in this Station hath by long Service and Personal Merit attained this Post where before having learned to obey he knows the better to command and upon all Occasions how to behave himself whether under good or bad Events so as that he will not give opportunity nor suffer any to be let slip but will take hold of all Occasions and give the Enemies none Being thus qualified he will be feared and obeyed which in Military Affairs is of absolute necessity for though some Injunctions may seem to be but of small moment and that their Non-observance may appear to be a Matter of no Consequence yet little Omissions often prove fatal therefore all Orders should be punctually observed Of the Colonel of Horse IT is expected he be a Man of Honour Merit and Experience if he hath formerly commanded in the Foot Service he is the fitter for this Station He leads the Regiment to Action whether in the Van Rear-guard or main Body and if Merit hath introduced him then he marches with the more assurance His great Care should be that all under his Command discharge their Duty that nothing be wrongs but that his Prince be well served and that Things be so carried that his Honour may not suffer any Reflection therefore he will have the Men often drawn up exercised and mustered and will rather have Supernumeraries than that his Numbers should not be compleat It is the Honour of a Colonel that it should be so it is his Credit to have his Regiment well Manned mounted and armed some would chuse rather to retrench from their own Property than suffer any defect in their Power to redress Which honourable Pride is not prejudicial to their particular Interest for when the time of disbanding comes those Regiments are likeliest to be retained where each Man looks like an Officer and each Officer like a General Commander and upon a View they will have not only honourable Encomiums from their Prince but in likelihood will be of those that shall be retained when other Regiments shall be broken Thus by making others do their Duty he discharges his own and thereby deserves the Name of Colonel Of the Major-General of Horse IT is highly conducible for the good of the Army that those in this Post be qualified for the executive part depends on him which is the more difficult from intervening Accidents change of Place and from Reports therefore good Sense Courage and Conduct should not be wanting for the receiving and giving Orders is his Province and upon good Grounds he gives Information of all Proceedings even to small Accidents all which to prevent Mistakes should be set down in writing Thus the Major-General must join with Force Wisdom and with his Courage Skill and couple the Foxes Tail and Lyon's Skin together Of the Lieutenant-General of Horse HE should be a Person cut out by Nature for great Things one whose Experience and Judgment should be such that all Things may be easy to him who being versed in every Man's Duty and having Courage is placed thereby above being in a Hurry tho' in the midst of Confusion then it is that Judgment may be of greater use than the Sword When Persons are elevated to this Station if they have Personal Merit their Authority will be much more advanced than if Birth Quality or Eldership had preferred them Persons thus qualified are deservedly stiled the Generals Eyes and Hands for they do act as Occasion and Prudence requires as well in reference to offend as defend or to secure the Camp and answer Supplies His Care is awake Night and Day for Camp and Quarters to surprize or prevent Surprizes which being regularly performed whatever the Success may be yet he loses no Honour and though Envy speaks well of none yet his Courtesie Affability and Humanity to all with Generosity and seasonable Liberality accompanied with a free and an open Table will conquer even Malice it self and make the most malevolent join in Ecchoing forth the Commendations of this our Captain who in this shews himself great in that he acts and lives like himself as well in Quality as Merit Of the General IT may be said That he is not only one of ten