You would then have the benefit of their skill and experience, and, in case of success, the army would get a share of the credit.

What do you think of my plan ?" "I should like it above all things," James replied.

"That would be precisely the duty which I should select had I the choice." "I thought so," the colonel said.

"I have formed a very high opinion of your judgment and discretion, from the talks which we have had together, and I have spoken strongly in your favour to the general, who had promised me that, in the event of the army moving forward, you should have an appointment on the quartermaster general's staff, as an intelligence officer.
"Since I heard that the main portion of the army is to sail to Louisbourg, I have been thinking this plan over, and it certainly seems to me that a corps, such as that that I have suggested, would be of great service.

I should think that its strength should be fifty men.
You will, of course, have another officer with you.