Just as every man assures | Military bin-elf that it is the simplest Strategy, thing On earth to edit a news ..," paper, so tho men who are puffed up with their knowledge of military strategy, and. their ability to conduct the present war in South Africa, are at the pre sent moment as plentiful as blackberries. But even the j-ungest and'most expert of these geniuses may be willing to admit that there are certain principles which must be followed by tlie strategist in every plan of campaign. These few principles are really simple in themselves, and obvious as the axioms ot Euclid, but irv reasoning there from, the strategist must deal not with the ordinary material of the mathematician, but with living beings* whose wills and moods are subject to the influence of conditions, which are always varying. This is where the opportunity comes for hia display of that judgment which goea to make the great general. There is an essential difference be tween strategy and' tactics, as is pointed out by Dr. T. Miller Jjaguire, in his book, "Out limes of Military Geography," just issued. "The general plan of a campaign is strategy, the details of a battle are tactics," says he. 'ine business of the strategist ends, and that Df tho tactician begins, when th© army or armies have come into touch with the enemy on tbe field of battle. For weeks, or. even months beforehand, ths strategist must movements of his troops, and to do this successfully, he must obviously have in his possession accurate information about the strength «i the enemy, and his mobility and general resources. This is the first essential for such a duty as he has to perform, and hence the reason for the abuse which the.military authorities have had to endure for their neglect of this precaution In tbe earlier part of the war. By underestimat ing tho strength and military resources of the Boers, they disregarded a law of strategy which is of supreme importance. Again, the duty of the soldier. doeß not con sist simply in fighting. - It frequently hap pens that a battle cannot be undertaken ex cept at the. end of a long, complicated, dreary, and almost heart-breaking series of marches .and counter-marches. Here are soma fragments from Dr. 