CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I

I ENLIST AND AM BILLETED [13]

CHAPTER II

RATIONS AND SICK PARADE [23]

CHAPTER III

PICKETS AND SPECIAL LEAVE [36]

CHAPTER IV

OFFICERS AND RIFLES [48]

CHAPTER V

THE COFFEE-SHOP AND WANKIN [60]

CHAPTER VI

THE NIGHT SIDE OF SOLDIERING [71]

CHAPTER VII

DIVISIONAL EXERCISE AND MIMIC WARFARE [85]

CHAPTER VIII

THE GENERAL INSPECTION AND THE EVERLASTING WAITING [99]

CHAPTER IX

READY TO GO—THE BATTALION MOVES [111]