Those distncts which posed special military problems were governed b> a Caid, the distncts which were created because of difficulties of administration having to do with law or finance were watched over by a Praescs Each of these officials was responsible and subordinate to the governor Provincial governors combmed in their per sons the military, judicial, financial and ad mimstratwe authority of the province Since no individual could hope to master all these aspects of responsibility, governors were provided with secretaries whose expertise lay in each of these categories These secretaries presided over large offices of civil servants who dealt only with issues in their own area of competence While each secretary was a powerful official m his own nght, each also had to answer to the governor In addition, only the governor was given an overall view of the activity of the entire province Above the provincial level, military authonty was separated from other aspects of govern ment The military structure thus became a direct part of the Sardaukar and the officers were Sardaukar officers Immediately above tile provincial level, military command passed to the hands of the Strategoi, each of whom commanded a Komarchy, garrisoned by a legion of Sardaukar A Komarchy might correspond to the boundaries of at least two provinces, or it might contain somewhat more area The limits were determined by military considerations and did not necessarily corre spond to administrative boundaries The dis-tnbution of the legion would vary according to the conditions within the Komarchy From the level of the Komarchy military command passed directly to the commander of the Sardaukar, the Hegemon, and thence to the emperor himself The division of civil government directly above that of the province was the Diocese Presiding over each Diocese was a Logistos, whose responsibilities were financial and legal The Logistoi were responsible for the collection of the