For all that is good in this little book acknowledgment is due to Captain John C. Groome, Lieutenant J. Frank McFadden, Lieutenant J. Willis Martin, Sergeant John Wagner, Jr., Sergeant Robert E. Glendinning, F. B. Neilson, T. Wallis Huidekoper, Hugh Craig, Jr., and the publisher. They have provided the photographs and practically all the material used. Many passages are taken entirely from letters and other writings of these Troopers. The writer's personal observations merely covered the time of the Troop's stay at Mt. Gretna, Camp Alger and Newport News.

CONTENTS.

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I.The Call to Arms[9]
II.The Troop at Mt. Gretna[18]
III.Departure for Camp Alger[32]
IV.First Days at Camp Alger[37]
V.Camp Alger and Newport News[46]
VI.Life Aboard a Troop Ship[56]
VII.In the Enemy's Country[65]
VIII.The Fight that Failed[74]
IX.After the Battle[83]
X.Home Again[99]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Captain Groome, Lieuts. Browning and McFadden,[frontispiece]
Troopers Camp at Mt. Gretna,[17]
Pistol Practice at Camp Hastings,[30]
A Lesson in Horse Throwing,[34]
Having Fun with "Hazel,"[39]
Glimpse into a Troop Ship,[58]
Cathedral Virgin del Carmen,[62]
Bivouac Outside Cathedral Virgin del Carmen,[63]
Bringing the Horses Ashore at Ponce,[65]
Camp at Arroyo,[71]
En Route to the Battlefield.—Military Road from Guayama to Caney,[77]
"Camp Esperanca,"—Guayama in the Distance,[85]
At the Beach near Guayama,[87]
Return Along the Road from Guayama to Ponce,[93]
Hacienda Carmen,[99]
Sergeant's Club at Guayama,[103]