[Transcriber's note: WARNING: some words and language in this book may be offensive to modern readers.]
He dashed the stone into the dying embers.
HOW JACK MACKENZIE
WON HIS EPAULETTES
By
GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M.
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN
AND NEW YORK
1906
PREFACE.
There is a glamour and romance about war that appeals to the heart of every young man worthy of the name in these islands. This is as it should be. We are a nation of sailors, it is true, but many a blood-red field can bear witness that we are soldiers also, when we have the right man to lead us.