But Daghda and Lug were evidently secretaries of state for the home and war departments, and arranged these intricate affairs with perhaps more honour to their master, and more credit to the nation, than many a modern and "civilized" statesman.
They summoned to their presence the heads of each department necessary for carrying on the war.

Each department was therefore carefully pre-organized, in such a manner as to make success almost certain, and to obtain every possible succour and help from those engaged in the combat, or those who had suffered from it.

The "smiths" were prepared to make and to mend the swords, the surgeons to heal or staunch the wounds, the bards and druids to praise or blame; and each knew his work, and what was expected from the department which he headed before the battle, for the questions put to each, and their replies, are on record.
Pardon me.

You will say I have written a romance, a legend, for the benefit of my country[40]--a history of what might have been, of what should be, at least in modern warfare, and, alas! often is not.

Pardon me.