CONTENTS
J. M. Gordon
PAGE
By Way of Introduction
1
Genealogical Table
7
Part I
CHAPTER
1.
My Scots-Spanish Origin
11
2.
My Schooling
20
3.
A Frontier Incident
30
4.
First War Experience
35
5.
My Meetings with King Alfonso
42
6.
With Don Carlos Again
46
7.
My First Engagement
53
8.
Soldiering in Ireland
62
9.
Unruly Times in Ireland
71
10.
Sport in Ireland
77
11.
A Voyage to New Zealand
87
12.
A Maori Meeting
98
13.
An Offer from the Governor of Tasmania
104
14.
I Become a Newspaper Proprietor
109
15.
A Merchant, then an Actor
120
16.
As Policeman in Adelaide
132
Military Appointments and Promotions
147
Part II
1.
Soldiering in South Australia
151
2.
Polo, Hunting and Steeplechasing
162
3.
The Russian Scare and its Results
175
4.
The Soudan Contingent
185
5.
A Time of Retrenchment
192
6.
My Vision Fulfilled
200
7.
The Great Strikes
209
8.
The Introduction of “Universal Service,” and Two Voyages Home
215
9.
Military Adviser to the Australian Colonies in London
224
10.
Off to the South African War
232
11.
With Lord Roberts in South Africa
238
12.
In Command of a Mounted Column
244
13.
Some South African Reminiscences
252
Part III
1.
Organizing the Commonwealth of Australia
263
2.
Commandant of Victoria
273
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Brigadier-General J. M. Gordon, c.b.
Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Wardhouse, Aberdeenshire
10
Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire
10
Alfonso XII.
34
The Prince Imperial
34
Don Carlos
50
“Turf Tissue,” Facsimile of First Page
84
Opening of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1901
120
Lord Hopetoun
150
Viscount Kitchener
220
The Commonwealth Military Board, 1914
254
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