CONTENTS

PAGE
By Way of Introduction[1]
Genealogical Table[7]
Part I
CHAPTER
1.My Scots-Spanish Origin[11]
2.My Schooling[20]
3.A Frontier Incident[30]
4.First War Experience[35]
5.My Meetings with King Alfonso[42]
6.With Don Carlos Again[46]
7.My First Engagement[53]
8.Soldiering in Ireland[62]
9.Unruly Times in Ireland[71]
10.Sport in Ireland[77]
11.A Voyage to New Zealand[87]
12.A Maori Meeting[98]
13.An Offer from the Governor of Tasmania[104]
14.I Become a Newspaper Proprietor[109]
15.A Merchant, then an Actor[120]
16.As Policeman in Adelaide[132]
Military Appointments and Promotions[147]
Part II
1.Soldiering in South Australia[151]
2.Polo, Hunting and Steeplechasing[162]
3.The Russian Scare and its Results[175]
4.The Soudan Contingent[185]
5.A Time of Retrenchment[192]
6.My Vision Fulfilled[200]
7.The Great Strikes[209]
8.The Introduction of “Universal Service,” andTwo Voyages Home[215]
9.Military Adviser to the Australian Colonies inLondon[224]
10.Off to the South African War[232]
11.With Lord Roberts in South Africa[238]
12.In Command of a Mounted Column[244]
13.Some South African Reminiscences[252]
Part III
1.Organizing the Commonwealth of Australia[263]
2.Commandant of Victoria[273]
3.Commandant of New South Wales[281]
4.Lord Kitchener's Visit to Australia[290]
5.The American Naval Visit[302]
6.Chief of the General Staff[308]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Brigadier-General J. M. Gordon, c.b.[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Wardhouse, Aberdeenshire[10]
Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire[10]
Alfonso XII.[34]
The Prince Imperial[34]
Don Carlos[50]
“Turf Tissue,” Facsimile of First Page[84]
Opening of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1901[120]
Lord Hopetoun[150]
Viscount Kitchener[220]
The Commonwealth Military Board, 1914[254]

BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

By J. M. BULLOCH