TO
A MOTHER
WHO GAVE HER ONLY SON TO OUR ARMY, WHO LIVED FOR HIM
THROUGH TRIAL TO FINAL TRIUMPH, AND WHO EVEN IN
HER SADDEST DAYS, BROUGHT HOPE TO OTHER
HEARTS AND SUNSHINE TO OTHER HOMES
THIS STORY OF CADET LIFE
Is Inscribed
ILLUSTRATIONS
| "HE IS LIFTED ON THEIR SHOULDERS AND BORNE DOWN THE ROAD" | [Frontispiece] | |
| "FOLLOWING A GUIDE WHO KNEW EVERY INCH OF THE WAY" | Facing page | [16] |
| "A SENTRY GLANCED AT HIM KEENLY" | " " | [30] |
| THE AWKWARD SQUAD | " " | [40] |
| PLEBE DRILL | " " | [58] |
| "'TAKE THAT ONE, THEN,' SAID MR. LEONARD" | " " | [66] |
| "THE COLONEL GLANCED QUICKLY ALONG THE POLISHED WEAPON" | " " | [86] |
| ON GUARD DUTY | " " | [92] |
| "'WHO COMES THERE?'" | " " | [104] |
| "WOODS'S FRIEND APPEARED AT THE TENT DOOR" | " " | [116] |
| "'MR. ROSS, YOU ARE HEREBY PLACED IN CLOSE ARREST'" | " " | [130] |
| TURNING OUT OF THE GUARD | " " | [136] |
| "THE RIFLE WAS BROUGHT IN BY A DRUM-BOY ORDERLY" | " " | [146] |
| "'YOU ARE WANTED AT ONCE AT THE COURT-ROOM'" | " " | [158] |
| "'I WANT YOU TO COME AND WALK WITH ME,' CONNELL SAID" | " " | [180] |
| ENFORCED TRAMP IN THE AREA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS | " " | [184] |
| "'I'LL TAKE NO MORE DEMERIT ON OTHER MEN'S ACCOUNT'" | " " | [190] |
| INSPECTION | " " | [194] |
| "WON'T YOU SHAKE HANDS?'" | " " | [202] |
| ON SPECIAL DUTY OVER PLEBES | " " | [208] |
| "THE CADET CAPTAIN BEGAN HIS INSPECTION" | " " | [216] |
| "THE SKIRMISH DRILLS WERE FULL OF SPIRIT AND INTEREST" | " " | [224] |
| "'BUT IT'S PROUD I AM TO SALUTE YE, SIR,' SAID THE VETERAN" | " " | [232] |
| "GEORDIE, AMES, AND CONNELL WENT OVER TO LOOK ON AND HEAR THE MUSIC" | " " | [246] |
| "AND SEE HER BOY AT THE HEAD OF THE FIRST PLATOON" | " " | [288] |