ABSTRACT
A service which the Japanese War rendered to the country was the improvement of the Army. When in 1917 the absurd new Army Regulations were issued under pressure from the Socialists, so many allegations were made as to the officers having formerly ill-treated the men that the author should like to remove any possible false impressions. Corporal punishments had been abolished in 1905, and flogging was only authorized in exceptional cases in war-time. Tactical problems were discussed and solved twice a week by groups of officers. Officers were very friendly when conversing with their men, often indulging in jokes, and their relations were by no means strained. The majority of the officers disapproved of such treatment, but somehow the general view prevailed that the others were not entitled to interfere. In any case, the relations between officers and men were on the whole extremely good, both in the Guards and the Hussars.
