ILLUSTRATIONS

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT
From a portrait by Lévey-Dhurmer
[Frontispiece]
COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN AMERICA TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN FRANCE[20]
A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY
Haudivillers, April, 1917
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BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANK A. PARKER, LIEUTENANT COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT, AND MRS. ROOSEVELT AT ROMAGNE[38]
"CHOW"
Drawn by Captain W. J. Aylward, A. E. F., 1918
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BEFORE THE OFFENSIVE
Drawn by Captain W. J. Aylward, A. E. F.
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THE SIGNAL CORPS AT WORK
Drawn by Captain Harry E. Townsend, A. E. F.
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A TRENCH RAID
Drawn by Captain George Harding, A. E. F., Montfaucon
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AN AIR RAID
Drawn by Captain George Harding, A. E. F. August, 1918
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THE RHINE AT COBLENZ
Drawn by Captain Ernest Peixotto, A. E. F.
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THREE THEODORE ROOSEVELTS
Copyright, Walter S. Shinn
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CHAPTER I

BOYHOOD RECOLLECTIONS

"'Tis education forms the common mind,—
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined."

Alexander Pope