THE BRITISH ARMY
FROM WITHIN
BY
E. CHARLES VIVIAN
AUTHOR OF
“PASSION FRUIT,” “DIVIDED WAYS,” ETC.
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXIV
CHAPTER I | |
PAGE | |
“Ubique”: The Army as a Whole | 9 |
CHAPTER II | |
The Way of the Recruit | 25 |
CHAPTER III | |
Officers and Non-Coms. | 46 |
CHAPTER IV | |
Infantry | 60 |
CHAPTER V | |
Cavalry | 76 |
CHAPTER VI | |
Artillery and Engineers | 928 |
CHAPTER VII | |
In Camp | 106 |
CHAPTER VIII | |
Musketry | 120 |
CHAPTER IX | |
The Internal Economy of the Army | 136 |
CHAPTER X | |
The New Army | 158 |
CHAPTER XI | |
Active Service | 169 |
On the badges of the corps of Engineers, and alsoon those of the Royal Artillery, will be foundthe word “Ubique,” but it is a word that might justas well be used with regard to the whole of theBritish Army, which serves everywhere, does everything,undergoes every kind of climate, and gainscontact with every class of people. In this respect,the British soldier enjoys a distinct advantageover the soldiers of continental armies; he has achance of seeing the world. India, Africa, Egypt,the West Indies, Mauritius, and the Mediterraneanstations are open to him, and by the time h