Excerpt from Life of General the Right Hon. Sir Redvers Buller, V. C., G. C. B., G. C. M. G, Vol. 1 Fortunately as regards his greatest achievement - the creation of the Army Service Corps - I have had the kind assistance of General Sir C. H. Bridge, who had himself no small share in the work, General Sir F. T. Clayton, and others, in filling a gap which, as regards Sir Redvers Buller's own papers, is an absolute blank. In dealing with this subject I have Spoken of the Army Service Corps as Sir Red vers Buller's work. This may seem to some too wide a claim. He was of course assisted by, and made use of the ideas of, other men but that this great reform was forced past the many obstructions which lie in the path of all such reforms, with so little friction and with such rapidity, that the sub icot is not even alluded to in the Official Life of the Duke of Cambridge, the commander-in-chief at the time, was due to the driving power and financial acumen of Sir Redvers Buller alone. In dealing with the South African War I have as far as possible restricted myself to mere narra tive, without indulging in criticism of strategical and tactical matters. The effect of a scientific education, even though superadded to a period of thirty-seven years spent in the Army, in fairly close association with Regimental and Staff Officers, dur ing which my favourite subject of reading has been Military History, has been to teach me to be very slow to pronounce an Opinion on subjects with which I have never had to deal in practice. I cast no reflection on other writers (i refer to the South African War) who, doubtless better equipped by education and experience, have exercised their talents in this direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.