The Importance of Military Discipline

"Military discipline is the first matter that presents itself," he writes. "Few orders are best, but they should be followed up with care." Whippings need not be severe and abuses can be remedied quickly in an army where it has been lost or weakened. Negligence should be punished without partiality and without distinction of rank or birth. Otherwise, you will make yourself hated. One can be exact and just and be loved at the same time as feared.