Logistics lessons later read by Haldane

Campaigns in India depended on maritime supply as much as on soldiers marching beside the sea, and Company forces succeeded partly because they understood that administrative work. Ships could move food and ammunition in greater quantity than contemporary roads, while rivers and later railways offered similar advantages on land. Haldane's reading of Corbett encouraged a renewed British emphasis on officers who understood maps, supply, and manoeuvre. The Army's purchased commissions contrast with naval examinations and with the growing influence of technically educated artillery and engineering officers. Wolfe's quartermaster work at Rochefort shows why logistical competence could identify future commanders, as does Ulysses S. Grant's later experience moving Civil War armies along rivers and supply lines.