He was always admired and feared by his men.

His fierce eye and deep, resonant voice, and a suggestion of hidden strength, even of brutality, commanded implicit obedience.

But both glance and voice would soften caressingly and his manner convey a charm which made him popular with men--brother officers and private soldiers alike--and with women.

With regard to the latter--to put things crudely--they saw in him the essential, elemental male.

Of that I am convinced.