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MY STORY

CONTENTS

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

FOREWORD

FIRST PERIOD

My Ancestors

Privations of the Early Pioneers

Charlotteville Academy

West Point Military Academy

Early Days in Texas

El Paso Experiences

In Washington

My Brothers in Texas

SECOND PERIOD

Four Years of Civil War

After the War

Marriage

THIRD PERIOD

Travels West and East

Nannie's Impressions of the West

Western Experiences

Detail to Paris Exposition

Out West Again

BREVET COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY

In Washington Again

Consolidation of the El Paso and Juarez Street Railways

The Reformation of El Paso

Mexico

Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the Rio Grande

Boundary Commission

Woman's Suffrage

Prohibition

Trip to Europe With General Miles

My Cartridge Belt Equipment

The League to Enforce Peace

TRIAL BY COMBAT

Personal Trial by Combat

National Trial by Combat

Honolulu

Conclusion

APPENDIX

THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

January 22, 1897

Project for a Permanent Military Establishment for the United States

ADDRESS BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND

September 15, 1913

ADDRESS BEFORE THE ORDER OF INDIAN WARS, ON "THE BATTLE OF THE ROSEBUD"

March 2, 1917