Chapter II: King George's efforts to arrest Indiscipline and Peculation 29

His dislike of Purchase 30

General Apathy of Officers 31

Bad Standard of Character among Recruits 32

Desertion and Fraudulent Enlistment 32

Other Scandals 34

System of Imperial Defence 36

The Colonies; "White Servants" 37

Gradual necessity for Increasing the Regular Garrisons in
the Colonies 42

Helplessness of the War Office in face of the problem 42

Unpopularity of Garrison Service Abroad 45

Technical Improvements in the Army 48

Royal Regiment of Artillery formed 49

Rise of the Forty-second Highlanders 49

Contemporary Reforms in Prussia 51

Their Evil Influence in England 51

The Officers of the Past and of the Future 53