When his subordinates asked him to take a bath, his excuse was "military soldiers had to be prepared every minute for the enemy in the battlefield," "soldiers could not be ready to fight if something happened during bathing," and "we did not come all way here to the battlefield to take a bath."
部下や同僚が入浴し身体を清潔にする様に何度となく勧めたが「軍人たるもの戦場においてはいつ何時でも敵に対処出来る様にしなければならない（入浴している間に異変があった時対処出来ない）」「風呂に入る為にこれ程遠い戦場まで来たのではない」と言って断っていた。