— THE FUTURE OF 'INFANTRY - By Captain Liddell Hart
The nation that has the courage to reorganize its Amy
on the lines laid down by Captain Liddell Hart,. in The Pone of Infantry (Faber, 24. 6d.), need fear no.invader and at the same time Will save millions in its Army Estimates. Captain Liddell Hart's-plea for a highly trained and. -thoroughly Mechanized infantry is solidly based on the experiences of the late War and reinforced by exathples from earlier campaigns. He would-get rid of all the oldritual of parade drill and mass formation, that is so obviously stupid and encourage officers and men alike to use their intelligence. Against the machine- pm the -traditional -tactics amount 'to -enforced suicide; "there is more to be learnt from Boy Scout methods than from the Crimea." --Captain Liddell Hart's book 'is very short but every.word of it tells. And though it is addressed to the most conservative- of all professions, it should have some effect within the next century or two, or sooner if the harassed taxpayer demands a cheaper and much more efficient Army.
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