Part 3 — INDEX

Abruzzi, Duke of the, in Melbourne, 118, 119 Adelaide, author appointed Police Instructor at, 136; author joins Police of, 134; author’s arrival at, 132; cash betting introduced at, 173, 174; development of, 152, 153; early method of landing at, 160; Hunt Club Races at, 169; Largs Bay Company and, 160; Military Staff Office at, 133, 143, 145; Polo Club Cup race at, 172; Polo team of, 162, 171-173; Protector at, 177; Racing Club of, 173; Russian Naval officers at, 179; situation of, 154; social scandal at, 183, 184; sportsmen of, 166; Theatre Royal at, 136 Adjutant-General, author’s appointment as, 192, 193, 203 Aeroplane, first, at Sydney, 300, 301; author’s flight in, 301 Agents-General of the Colonies, and author’s appointment as Military Adviser, 224 “Albatross” ridden by author in Drag Cup race, 169 Aldgate, author captures murderer at railway camp at, 138-142 Alfonso XII at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 42; author and, 42-45; entry into Barcelona of, 36; offers amnesty to Carlists, 36, 44; on Don Carlos, 43, 44; proclaimed King of Spain, 35, 44; result of accession of, 48 American Fleet at Sydney, 302 et seq. Ammunition, small arms, 228, 229, 230 Army Council, Australian, establishment of, 280 Arsenals, establishment of, in Australia, 276 et seq. Artillery Force of South Australia, author appointed Lieutenant Commanding Permanent Unit of, 159; Staff Instructor of, 142, 143; work with, 151 et seq. Asmodeus, Prince, as King of Spain, 30 Auckland, author at, 105 “Auraria” and race for Melbourne Cup, 118, 119; trainer of, 166 Australia, Gordons in, 2; great strikes in, 209 et seq.; “Russian Scare” in, 179, 180; South African War and, 232 et seq.; Universal Service System of, 214, 281 et seq., 290, 299, 300, 309; withdrawal of British troops from, 156 Australian Contingent in South Africa, 242 Baker, Allen, wedding of, 168; Master of Morialta Hounds, 168; rides “Creamie” at Polo Club Cup race, 172, 173 Baker, Hon. John, 167, 168 Baker, Lieut.-Colonel, 224 Baker, Mrs. John, 168 Baker, Sir Richard, 168, 205; and Charles C. Kingston, 205, 208 Balloon, at manœuvres, 227, 228 Barcelona, entry of Alfonso XII into, 36 Barton, Sir Edmund, 263 Bath, Order of, author receives Companionship of, 263 Bayonne, author’s journey from, 32 Beaumont College, 24 et seq. Belfast, author wounded in disturbance at, 74, 75, 76 Belfast (South Africa), Battle of, 251 Bellew, Mrs. Kyrle (Mdme. le Grand), 129 Berry, Mr. Graham, 111, 130, 131 Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, engagement at, 124 Bloemfontein, author at, 242; meets Lord Roberts at, 239, 240, 243, 244 Bodega, 35 Boer War, 232 et seq. Botha, General Louis, 256 Box and Cox, Royal Artillery performance of, 63 Braddon, Sir Edward, 221 Brandfort, 245 Bremen, ss., 233 Bridges, General, 312 Brisbane, Lord Kintore in, 213 Brownrigg, Lieut.-Colonel, 175 Buller, General Sir Redvers, at manœuvres, 225, 227; superseded by Lord Roberts in South Africa, 233, 238 Bullfights at Jeréz, 16; at Puerto Santa Maria, 16; at Wardhouse, 14 Burleigh, Bennet, 257 Burra-Burra, copper mines, 157, 213 “Bushveldt Carabiniers,” 258 Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 270 Cabrera, recantation of, 48 Cadet system in South Australia, 215 Cambridge, Duke of, presents prizes at Woolwich, 40 Cameron, Major Eustace, Kitchener as guest of, 253 Campbell, Colonel Gerald, 288 Campbell, Corporal, 135, 137 Campos, General Martinez, and King Alfonso, 35 Canada, troops from, in South Africa, 241, 242 “Cape Dwyer,” accident with, 83; death of, 84 Carlisle, Fort, Queenstown, experiences at, 82, 83, 84 Carlist Army, 35; strength of, 36 Carlist officers, disguised, 33 Carlist War, 28, 30 et seq. Cash betting introduced at Adelaide, 173, 174 Castillo, Marquis del, decides against Alfonso, 36 Catholics, disabilities of, in Scotland, 11, 13 Cerberus, 177 Chartered Company of South Australia, 151, 152 Chief of the General Staff, appointment as, 307; work of, 308 et seq. Chingtu, 213 Christchurch, 106 Clova, Mrs. Gordon’s illness at, 218, 219 Coles, Sir Jenkin and Baker—Kingston dispute, 208 Commandant of South Australia, 208; author’s work as, 263, et seq. Commander-in-Chief of Commonwealth Forces, General Hutton as, 269; importance of, 267, 268 Commonwealth of Australia, Army Council of, 280; camp of Field Forces of, 291-295; constitution of, 263; defence scheme of, 309-310; Government of, and Lord Kitchener, 290; King Edward and, 273; Military Board of, 280, 309; Proclamation of, 266; reorganization of Military Forces of, 275 et seq. Commonwealth Parliament, first elections for, 263; opening of, 266 Connaught, Duke of, and Army manœuvres, 225 Connell, Sergeant-Major, 156 Cork, author’s experiences at, 81 “Corporal Buller,” 237, 257, 258; execution of, 258, 259 Cresswell, Captain William, 177 Dalley, Hon. John B., 188 Damascus, 218 De Wet, General, 256 Defence Force of South Australia, establishment of, 156; General Downes’ reorganization scheme for, 158; reorganization of, 157 Defence League of Australia, 288 Deorwyn, Alice, 129, 130 Deorwyn, Constance, 129, 130 Derdepoort, curious incident at, 255 Disney, Colonel, 175 Doldrums, the, 88 Don Carlos, arrival in London of, 49; author and, 46, 48, 49, 50; author joins, 30, 31; flees to France, 48; in Paris, 51, 52, 53; in the hunting field, 50; reconciliation with Queen Isabella, 52; rejects Alfonso’s amnesty, 36; story of claim to Spanish throne, 46, 47; success of, 30 Downes, Major-General, appointed Secretary to Ministry of Defence, Victoria, 176; appointed to reorganize South Australian Defence Force, 157; author and, 132, 142, 143, 186, 197, 198, 203, 204; Commandant of Victoria, 270, 271; leaves Adelaide, 208 Drill instructor, author appointed, in New Zealand, 91; work as, 95 Dudley, Lord, and first aeroplane in Sydney, 300-301 Dunedin, 89, 106; Fern Hill Club at, 91 Edgbaston, Oratory school at, 23 Education Department, South Australia, and cadet system, 214 Edward, King, and Commonwealth Forces, 273 Elder, Sir Thomas, 166, 167 Elder, Smith and Co., 167 English language, difficulties of, 22 Estella, as seat of Carlist government, 47; author joins Carlists at, 35 Eugénie, Empress, and death of Prince Imperial, 41; author meets, at Jeréz, 41 Fellowes, Major, 175 Ferdinand VI, 46, 47 Fern Hill Club, 91 Filgate, Mr., 166 Finn, Major-General, Commandant of Queensland, 271, 280; Inspector-General, Australia, 280 Fitzalan, Viscount, pupil of Oratory School, Edgbaston, 24 Fitzgerald, Captain, 299 Fitzgerald, Hon. Nicholas, 213 Fitzgerald, Miss, author marries, 213-214 Forrest, Sir John, 221; author and, 269 Fort Glanville, 132, 142, 159, 160, 161, 165, 180, 181, 202, 210, 211 Fort Largs, 161, 164, 165; insubordination at, 185, 186, 187; Permanent Force Artillery at, 209 Fosberry, Mr., and Great Strike, 209 Francis, Colonel, Commandant of Western Australia, 271 French, General, 249; in South Africa, 247, 248 French, Major-General, as Commandant, New South Wales, 270 Gate Pah, 91 Geelong, 124 Gilruth, Doctor, 310, 311 Glasford, Captain, 308 Glenelg, author’s accident at, 180; construction of fort at, 180; excitement at, on arrival of Russian Fleet, 178; landing of first settlers at, 152 Gordon, Adam, Dean of Caithness, 2 Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 2; famous jump of, 94 Gordon, Admiral Sir James Alexander, 4 Gordon, Alexander, of Camdell, 3 Gordon, Alexander, of Wardhouse, 3; guillotined at Brest, 4 Gordon, Brigadier-General, J. M. (author), military appointments and promotions of, 147; pedigree of, 7 Gordon, Carlos Pedro (author’s father), becomes Laird of Wardhouse, 14, 19 Gordon, Charles, 3 Gordon, Charles Edward (of Wardhouse), 4, 11, 12; death of, 13; sends his eldest son to Spain, 13 Gordon, Colonel Fabian, 1 Gordon, General (of Khartoum), author and, 186, 187, 271; death of, 203; statue of, 203 Gordon, General Alexander, 2 Gordon, General Patrick, 1 Gordon, General Patrick, of Auchleuchries, 1, 3 Gordon, George, 2 Gordon, Gregory, 3 Gordon, James, of Beldorney, 3 Gordon, James Arthur (of Jeréz), 3, 11; goes to Spain, 12 Gordon, John, 1 Gordon, John, of Beldorney, 3 Gordon, John David (of Wardhouse), goes to Spain, 4, 13; death of, 13 Gordon, Juan José, becomes Laird of Wardhouse, 13, 14 Gordon, Lord Adam, 4 Gordon, Mrs. Rafael, 2 Gordon, Pedro Carlos, 2, 13 Gordon, Robert, 2 Gordon, Robert (Cadiz), 3 Gordon-Coldwells, son, 1 Gordons of Coldwells, 1 Gorn, Captain, 87 Greencastle Fort, author at, 81, 82 Grierson, General, author and, 247, 250; in South Africa, 246 Grimshaw, Miss, 311 Hamilton, General Ian, in South Africa, 247; tour of Australia of, 312 Hamilton, Mr. George, 133, 134, 142 Harcourt, Lord, and Alexander Gordon, 3, 4 Harding-Stewart, General, 180, 202 Hawker, Lieutenant, 185 “High Commissioner of Ejectments,” 257 Hill, John, 166 Himalaya, 220, 221 Hoad, General, Chief of General Staff of Australia, 280; death of, 307 Holloway, Beatrice, 130 Homburgh, Mr., and Baker—Kingston dispute, 207 Hopetoun, Earl of, as Governor-General of Australia, 265 et seq.; as Governor of Victoria, 264 Hunt Club Races at Adelaide, 169 Hunt, Major, murder of, 258 Hunters, author’s, in Adelaide, 165, 166 Huntly-Gordon, Marquises of, 2 Hutton, General, and Overseas Troops in South Africa, 242, 243, 247, 255; author and, 268; Commandant in New South Wales, 215, 268; Commander-in-Chief of Commonwealth, 269, 272, 275; leaves Australia, 280 Imperial Mounted Infantry in South Africa, 24 Invercargill (The Bluff), 107 Ireland, Miss Harry, 129 Ireland, Mr., 129 Ireland, service in, 62 et seq.; sport in, 77 et seq.; unruly times in, 71 et seq. Isabella, Queen, reconciliation of, with Don Carlos, 52 Japanese Fleet, visit to Melbourne of, 273, 274, 275, 302, 303, 304 Jeréz, author’s birthplace in, 18; author christened at, 1; author meets Empress Eugénie at, 41; author revisits, 28; bull-fighting at, 16; cholera epidemic in, 18, 19; description of, 14, 15, 16; Gordons at, 3, 4; schooldays at, 19 Jervois, Captain John, as Adjutant-General, 177; author and, 132, 144 Jervois, Major, and “Russian Scare,” 179, 180, 192; author and, 182 Jervois, Sir William, 132, 144, 159, 176 Johnson, Lieut.-Colonel, in South Africa, 248 Jovellar, Commander-in-Chief of Spanish Army, and Alfonso, 35, 36 Jubilee Celebrations, author represents South Australia at, 218 Karree Siding, author wounded at, 252 Kati-kati Settlement, 105 Kelly, Ned, execution of, 122 Kennedy, Thomas, 22, 23 Khartoum, fall of, 203 King Country, the, 91, 98, 104 King-Harman, Lieut.-Colonel, 202; death of, 220 Kingston, Charles Cameron, Premier of South Australia, 203, 204, 205, 231; and Sir Richard Baker, 205, 208; author and, 208, 220, 221, 232, 233, 235, 271; death of, 272; Federation and, 217, 271, 288; “National Service” and, 216, 217 Kintore, Lord, 212, 213 Kipling, Rudyard, at Norval’s Pont, 239 Kitchener, Lord, at Mount Temple, Capetown, 254, 255; author and, 239, 240, 241, 243, 245, 253, 296, 297; in Australia, 290 et seq.; in Tasmania, 253; victory of, at Omdurman, 228 Kroonstad, Lord Roberts at, 246 Kruger, President, 256 “Land Boom,” 201 Largs Bay Company and Port Adelaide, 160 Largs Bay Hotel, 161, 164, 214 “Larry O’Keefe” as hunter, 79; author purchases, 78 Laserta, General, defeated by Carlists, 37, 48 Le Grand, Mdme. (Mrs. Kyrle Bellew), 129 Legge, Colonel, Commandant of Tasmania, 271 Light, Colonel, development of Adelaide and, 153-155 Lillywhite, John, author taught cricket by, 25 Limerick Hounds, meet of, on April 1, 80, 81 Limerick, hunting experiences at, 67, 68, 69; stationed at, 63 et seq.; Sunday disturbances at, 72, 73 Line, crossing the, 88 Lithgow as site of arsenal, 280 London, author in, as Military Adviser of Australian Colonies, 224 et seq. Loraine, Violet, 130 Lovett, Major, 199, 203 Lyne, Sir William, first Premier of Australian Commonwealth, 263 Macdonald, Leslie, 166, 169 Madrid, mutiny in artillery barracks at, 44 Maori settlement in the King Country, 91 Maori War, Australian troops in, 188 Maoris as swimmers, 100; ceremonials of, 100 et seq.; New Zealand Government and, 98, 99; raid roadmakers, 95, 104; war dance of, 103 Massilia, 203 Melbourne, author at, 109 et seq., 120 et seq.; author’s newspaper in, 112-118; Bijou Theatre, 124; charity ball at, 176; Duke and Duchess of York at, 266; Inter-Colonial Convention at, 220; Japanese Fleet at, 273, 274, 275, 302, 303, 304; Kingston at, 221; review of Commonwealth Forces at, 273, 274; White Hart Hotel at, 109, 125 Melbourne Cup, 113 et seq.; of 1913, 213 Mercedes, Princess, 39 Mercer, Catherine, wife of Charles Edward Gordon, 4 “Mick Molloy,” author purchases, 69, 70, 78; death of, 79, 80 Middle Head Fort, Sydney, 202 Milford Sounds, 89 Military Adviser and Inspector of Warlike Stores for Australia, author’s appointment as, 223; work in London as, 223, 224 et seq. Military Board, Australian, author appointed First Member of, 307; establishment of, 277; problems of, 309 Military Staff Office, Adelaide, 133, 143, 145 “Ministry of all the Talents,” 264 Mirasol, Count of, tutor to Alfonso XII, 42, 45; death of, 44, 45 Molloy, Mick, 67, 70 Montijo, Countess of, 41 Moonta, copper mines of, 157 Moore, Maggie (Mrs. J. C. Williamson), 130 Morant, Jack (“The Breaker”), 237 Morant, Lieut.-Colonel (“Corporal Buller”), 257, 258; execution of, 258, 259 Moravian, 251 Morialta, kennels at, 168 Morphetville, stud farm at, 166, 167 Morriones, General, and Alfonso, 36, 37 Mount Cook, 89, 108 Mount Gambia, Blue Lake at, 93 Mount Lofty, 136; Adelaide from, 154; Hon. John Baker’s home at, 167, 168; railway construction camp at, 138-142 Mount Nelson, Capetown, wartime reminiscences of, 254, 255 Murray, Colonel, High Commissioner, New Guinea, 311 National Rifle Meeting, 230 “National Service” Scheme, author’s, 216 et seq.; Kingston and, 216-217 New Guinea, visit to, 311 New South Wales, author appointed Commandant of, 280, 281 et seq.; Naval Defence Scheme of, 177; troops for Egypt from, 188, 189; volunteers for Maori War, 188 New South Wales Defence Scheme, 187; guns for, 202 New South Wales Lancers sent to South Africa, 232; squadron of, in England, 232 New Zealand, 87 et seq.; force in South Africa, 241, 242; system of land settlement, 91, 92; withdrawal of British troops from, 156 New Zealand Government and Maoris, 98, 99 Newcastle (N.S.W.), defences of, 295, 296 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 219 Newman, Dr. (afterwards Cardinal), headmaster at Edgbaston Oratory School, 23 Northern Territory and South Australia, 152, 213; defence of, 310 Norton Summit, 167, 168 Norval’s Pont, destruction of bridge at, 239; Lord Kitchener at, 239; Rudyard Kipling at, 239 Ohinemutu, 105; eruptions at, 91, 93, 94, 104; Maori settlement, 91 Oliver, Maggie, 129 Omdurman, Kitchener’s victory at, 228 Ophir, Duke and Duchess of York’s voyage on, 266, 267 Orama, 312 Oratory School, Edgbaston, 23; Cardinal Newman, headmaster at, 23; head prefect of, 23, 24 Orlando, 265 Overseas Brigade in South Africa, command of, 242, 244 Owen, Lieut.-Colonel, J. F. (General), 177; arrival at Adelaide, 182; at Malta, 197; author and, 193, 195, 196; Commandant of Queensland, 197; economies and, 192; Hon. T. Playford and, 194, 195, 196 Paardeberg, Battle of, 238 Palotta, Grace, 219 Pamplona, author with Carlist troops at, 37 Paris, Artists’ Ball at Grand Hotel in, 54, 55; author and Don Carlos in, 51, 52, 53; love affair in, 53-61 Parrott, Lieut.-Colonel, 236 Peterswald, Mr., 142, 143, 145; and strikers, 210 Phillips, Hans, 129 Playford, Hon. Thomas (“Honest Tom”), 194, 195; and General Owen, 194-197; and strikers, 210, 211; author and, 197, 276, 280; Commonwealth Minister of Defence, 278, 279 Point Cook, first aviation school at, 128, 301 Police, South Australian, author appointed instructor in, 136; author joins, 134 Polo at Adelaide, 162, 163, 171, 173 Ponce de Leon, Pepe, 46, 51, 52 Port Adelaide, arrival of Russian Fleet at, 178; building of, 160; forts at, 160, 161; strikes at, 209, 210, 211 Port Augusta, 157 Port Chalmers, 87, 89, 90 Port Darwin, 157 Powell, Captain, 156 Power, Tom, 166 Pretoria, author at, 256, 257; Lady Roberts at, 256; plot to kidnap Lord Roberts at, 255-256 Prim, General, assassination of, 30 Primo de Rivera and King Alfonso, 35 Prince Imperial (France) at Woolwich, 40, 42; death and funeral of, 41 Protector, 177, 189, 190 Puerto Santa Maria, school at, 19; bull-fight at, 16; robbed at, 16, 17 Queensland, General Owen as Commandant of, 197; strikes in, 212 Queenstown, 81 Ralli, Stephen (“Bismarck”), 252 Reader, Colonel, 90, 91, 105, 106, 107 Reeve, Mr. Wybert, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 Reid, Sir George, 222 Re-organization Bill of South Australia, 217 Retirement of author, 312 Rhodes, Captain Ernest, 175 Ricardo, Colonel, as “High Commissioner of Ejectments,” 257 Richardson, Major-General, and Victorian Defence Scheme, 187, 188 Ridley, General, 242, 244 Roberts, Lady, at Pretoria, 256 Roberts, Lord, at Kroonstad, 246; author with, in South Africa, 238 et seq., 245; plot to kidnap, at Pretoria, 255, 256; supersedes Buller in South Africa, 233, 238 Robinson, Sir William, 176 Roller skating, author introduces in Dublin, 77; in Limerick, Cork and Waterford, 78 Rome supports Don Carlos, 30 Rotomahana, 106 Rotorua district, 91, 93 Royal Artillery at Limerick, 66, 67; author gazetted to, 40, 41; Headquarters’ Mess at Woolwich, 62 Russia, Gordons in, 1, 2 Russian Fleet, arrival at Adelaide, 178 “Russian Scare,” the, in Australia, 179, 192 Ryan, Sergeant-Major, 156 Sagasta and Alfonso, 35 St. John Ambrose, Father, head prefect of Edgbaston Oratory School, 23, 24 Salisbury Plain, manœuvres on, 225-228 Sandhurst, Alfonso XII at, 42 Sargood, Sir Frederick, appointed Minister of Defence, Victoria, 175, 187, 197, 204 Saville, Mr., 166 Scotland, author’s first journey to, 20-22; Catholic disabilities in, 11, 13 Scratchley, General Sir Peter, author and, 111, 131, 159 Seth Ferry, 166 Shearers, strike of, 211, 212 Simmons, General Sir Linton, author and, 31, 39 Smith, Mr. Barr, 166, 167; South African War and, 235 Smith, Mrs. Barr, 185 Smith, Sir Charles Holled, 270 Soudan Campaign, Australian troops in, 188, 189 South Africa, author in, as Special Service Officer, 232 et seq. South African War, Australia and, 232 et seq. South Australia, author and police of, 134-145; author appointed Commandant of, 118, 143, 208, 209, 263; author appointed Staff Instructor to Artillery Force of, 142, 143; author as Acting-Commandant in, 198, 207; author’s work as Staff Instructor in, 151 et seq.; Cadet System in, 215; Defence System of, 155, 159; development of, 151, 152, 157; guns for, 202; Re-organization Bill of, 217; Volunteer Force, establishment of, 156 Spain, Alfonso proclaimed king, 35, 44; elections in, 16, 17; Republican Government of, 30; Wardhouse Gordons and, 3, 12, 13 Staff Instructor of Artillery, author’s work as, in South Australia, 151 et seq. Stewart Island, 89 Stewart, Nellie, as “Sweet Nell,” 130 Stewart Sisters, the, 130 Stuart, Colonel, 231 Sulphur at White Island, 94 Sulphur Islands, 94 Surrey takes Australian troops to South Africa, 236, 238, 258 Swinley, Major, 105, 106 Sydney, American Fleet at, 302 et seq.; Australian Defence Conference at, 215; first aeroplane at, 300; great maritime strike in, 209 et seq.; Great Review at, 304; Imperial Naval Base, 177; Union Club, author at, 288, 289; welcome to Lord Hopetoun at, 264 Talbot, Edmund, in South Africa, 249 Tasmania, author offered post in, 105; Kitchener in, 253 Tauranga, author’s life at, 104; author meets old friend at, 95, 96; author stationed at, 91, 92; compensation court at, 98, 99 Taylor, Alderman Allan, 281 Terraces, The, eruptions at, 91; (Ohinemutu), 94, 104 Thames goldfield, 92, 105 Theatre Royal, Adelaide, 136 “The Breaker” (Jack Morant), 237 The Call, 288 The Jacobite, 185, 186 The School for Scandal, author engaged as Careless in, 125, 126 The Woman in White, 124, 126 Thompson, Joe, 168 Torrens Park, 167; private theatricals at, 185, 186 Turf Tissue, 113-118 Turn Him Out, author takes leading part in, 130 Union Club, Sydney, 288, 289 Universal Service system of Australia, 214, 282; author and Melbourne Press and, 281, 287, 288; author’s scheme for, 283-287; consolidation of, 309; General Ian Hamilton on, 312; increased cost of, 290; introduction of, 215; Lord Kitchener and, 290 et seq.; police report on effect of, 299, 300 Vaal River, crossing of, 250 Valetta, 200, 201 Victoria, 223 Victoria, author as commandant of, 271, 273 et seq.; defence scheme for, 175, 187; goldfields of, 213; naval units of, 177; volunteers for Maori War from, 188 Waipa, author’s voyage to New Zealand on, 87, 165, 200 Wairoa River, 104 Walker, General Forestier, 238, 241 Wallaroo, copper mines of, 157 Wallington, Captain (Sir Edward), as private secretary to Lord Hopetoun, 270 Ward, Colonel, in South Africa, 247, 248, 249 Wardhouse, author at, 201; Gordons of, 2, 3, 4 Weld, Sir Frederick, 105, 106, 111, 112 Wellington, 90; author at, 106 Werribee House, 128 Western Australia, and permanent artillery force, 209 Wharfmen’s union, strike of, 209-211 White, Captain, 308, 309 White Island, 93, 94, 95; sulphur at, 94 Williams, Major, 156 Wilson, Major, 308 Wireless station, selecting site for, 310, 311 Wolseley, Lord, and army manœuvres, 227; and New South Wales troops, 191 Woodcock Hill, Limerick, robbery at chapel at, 71, 72 Woodford, Colonel John, and wife of Laird of Wardhouse, 4 Woolwich Academy, author at, 30, 31; author coached for, 27; author leaves, 40; author’s return to, from Spain, 37, 38; author successful candidate for, 28, 29; Prince Imperial at, 40, 42 Woolwich, author joins Royal Artillery at, 42; Garrison Theatre, author in performances at, 63; R.A. headquarters mess at, 62 York, Duke and Duchess of, at Adelaide, 267; at Melbourne, 266; at opening of Commonwealth Parliament, 266; author and, 267

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