books.google.com - The Army of 1882 had just emerged from the many modernizing reforms effected between 1856-81. These included: opening of schools of instruction; abolition of the purchase of commissions; improvements in pay, living conditions and disciplinary measures and new weapons and tactics. By these later years...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_British_Army_on_Campaign_4.html?id=6QXYfAi0FUsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe British Army on Campaign (4)
