TO THE FRONT
Reading edition
A SEQUEL TO
CADET DAYS
BY
GENERAL CHARLES KING
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS MCMVIII
Copyright, 1908, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. Published March, 1908.
TO THREE BOYS, CADETS YET TO BE TO "COPE" AND THE MAJOR
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
Prelude 1
I. From the Gray To the Blue 11
II. The First Call 30
III. Away To the West 39
IV. "I'm Ready Now" 49
V. First Night on the Range 61
VI. First Aid To the Wounded 76
VII. A Balked Arrest 89
VIII. A Race To the Fort 102
IX. Bad News From the Mines 114
X. First Shots of the Summer 128
XI. A Night on Guard 142
XII. The Man of the Siege 156
XIII. Away on the Warpath 168
XIV. A Scout for the Sioux 180
XV. First Sight of the Foe 198
XVI. Proof Positive of Guilt 213
XVII. The War-dance and the Charge 224
XVIII. Battle and Victory 239
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Opening of the Battle at Wounded Knee Frontispiece
Cadets at Drill, West Point Facing p. 14
"Big Ben was Busy with his Oil-Can" 84
"Not a Whiff of the Draught Could be Wasted" 102
Silver Shield 128
"'Straight Through The Herd, Men. CH-A-A-A-RGE!'" 236
United States Cavalry in Winter Rig 242
"Up Went two Little Puffs of Earth" 248