And the night watches, whenever you are to start off before daylight, must be made as short and as numerous as possible, so that want of sleep on account of doing sentinel duty may not be serious and exhaust the men for the march. And when the hour for starting comes, let the signal be given on the horn.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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