Si Klegg, Book 1 / His Transformation from a Raw Recruit to a Veteran
by John McElroy
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Chapters (51)
- SI KLEGG
- His Transformation From a Raw Recruit To A Veteran.
- PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE CO., WASHINGTON, D. C
- SECOND EDITION COPYRIGHT 1910
- THE SIX VOLUMES
- PREFACE.
- THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE RANK AND FILE OF THE GRANDEST ARMY EVER MUSTERED FOR WAR.
- SI KLEGG
- CHAPTER I. GOING TO WAR—SI KLEGG'S COMPLETE EQUIPMENT
- AND WHAT BECAME OF IT.
- CHAPTER II. THE DEADLY BAYONET
- IT IS USED FOR NEARLY EVERYTHING ELSE THAN FOR PRODDING MEN.
- CHAPTER III. THE OLD CANTEEN
- THE MANY AND QUEER USES TO WHICH IT WAS AT LAST PUT.
- CHAPTER IV. THE AWFUL HARDTACK
- THE HARD AND SOLID STAFF OF MILITARY LIFE.
- CHAPTER V. FAT PORK—INDISPENSABLE BODY TIMBER FOR PATRIOTISM.
- CHAPTER VI. DETAILED AS COOK—SI FINDS RICE ANOTHER INNOCENT
- WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CUSSEDNESS IN IT.
- CHAPTER VII. IN THE AWKWARD SQUAD
- SI HAS MANY TRIBULATIONS LEARNING THE MANUAL OP ARMS.
- CHAPTER VIII. ON COMPANY DRILL
- SI GETS TANGLED IN THE MAZES OF THE EVOLUTIONS.
- CHAPTER IX. SI GETS A LETTER
- AND WRITES ONE TO PRETTY ANNABEL, UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
- CHAPTER X. SI AND THE DOCTORS
- HE JOINS THE PALE PROCESSION AT SICK-CALL.
- CHAPTER XI. THE PLAGUE OF THE SOLDIER
- INTRODUCTION TO "ONE WHO STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER."
- CHAPTER XII. A WET NIGHT
- THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.
- CHAPTER XIII. SI "STRAGGLED"
- AND THE OTHER BOYS MADE IT MIGHTY LOVELY FOR HIM.
- CHAPTER XIV. SI AND THE MULES
- ONE DAY'S RICH EXPERIENCE AS COMPANY TEAMSTER.
- CHAPTER XV. UNDER FIRE—SI HAS A FIGHT, CAPTURES A PRISONER
- AND GETS PROMOTED.
- CHAPTER XVI. ONE OF THE "NON-COMMISH"
- A NIGHT'S ADVENTURES AS "CORPORAL OF THE GUARD."
- CHAPTER XVII. FORAGING ON THE WAY
- SI HAS SOME VARIED EXPERIENCES WITH SOUTHERN PRODUCTS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. A SUNDAY OFF
- SI AND SHORTY GET A MUCH-NEEDED WASH-UP.
- CHAPTER XIX. A CLOSE CALL
- CORPORAL KLEGG HAS AN EXCITING ADVENTURE GUARDING A FORAGE TRAIN.
- CHAPTER XX. "THE SWEET SABBATH"
- HOW THE BLESSED DAY OF REST WAS SPENT IN THE ARMY.
- CHAPTER XXI. SI AND SHORTY WERE RAPIDLY LEARNING
- THE GREAT MILITARY TRUTH
- CHAPTER XXII. A NIGHT OF SONG
- HOME-SICKNESS AND ITS OUTPOURING IN MUSIC.
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