JOHN BROWN
CONFESSIONS OF A NEW ARMY CADET
BY
R. W. CAMPBELL
Author of
‘Private Spud Tamson;’ ‘Sgt. Spud Tamson, V.C.;’ ‘Donald and Helen;’
‘The Mixed Division;’ ‘The Kangaroo Marines;’ and
‘Dorothy, V.A.D., and the Doctor’
LONDON: 38 Soho Square, W.1
W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED
EDINBURGH: 339 High Street
1919
Edinburgh
Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited.
DEDICATED
TO
THE OFFICERS
OF
THE 51ST AND 52nd DIVISIONS
MANY OF WHOM I HAD THE GREAT
HONOUR AND PLEASURE TO
INSTRUCT IN THE
RUDIMENTS OF WAR
CHAPTER | PAGE | |
I. | THE CADET SCHOOL | 1 |
II. | THE SERGEANT-MAJOR FROM THE GUARDS | 10 |
III. | CUSTOMS OF THE SERVICE | 19 |
IV. | WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT | 32 |
V. | A CANADIAN NEWSPAPER | 42 |
VI. | THE MODERN GIRL | 47 |
VII. | PSYCHOLOGY | 60 |
VIII. | THE VALUE OF SPORT | 80 |
IX. | JOHN BROWN’S LETTERS | 93 |
X. | MAKING UP WITH ADELA | 99 |
XI. | THE NOISE OF WAR | 106 |
XII. | BLASE-BONES FROM SANDWURSE | 114 |
XIII. | OUR DEAR OLD COMMANDANT | 128 |
XIV. | NOT UNDERSTOOD | 142 |
XV. | MOTHER COMES TO SCHOOL | 151 |