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Title: Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks
or, Two Recruits in the United States Army

Author: H. Irving Hancock

Release Date: December 31, 2008 [eBook #27680]

Language: English

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UNCLE SAM'S BOYS IN THE RANKS

Or

Two Recruits in the United States Army

by

H. IRVING HANCOCK

Author of The Motor Boat Club Series, The High School Series, The West
Point Series, The Annapolis Series, The Young Engineers' Series, Etc.,
Etc.

Illustrated

[Illustration: "And These Are Your Applications?"

_Frontispiece._]

Philadelphia
Henry Altemus Company

Copyright, 1910, by Howard E. Altemus

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A LESSON IN RESPECT FOR THE UNIFORM 7

II. AT THE RECRUITING OFFICE 25

III. THE ORDEAL OF EXAMINATION 37

IV. MRS. BRANDERS GETS A NEW VIEW 54

V. IN THE AWKWARD SQUAD 63

VI. THE TROUBLE WITH CORPORAL SHRIMP 79

VII. WHEN THE GUARD CAME 93

VIII. THE CALL TO COMPANY FORMATION 104

IX. ORDERED TO THE THIRTY-FOURTH 112

X. A SWIFT CALL TO DUTY 123

XI. GUARDING THE MAIL TRAIN 129

XII. THE ROOKIES REACH FORT CLOWDRY 139

XIII. "TWO NEW GENERALS AMONG US" 149

XIV. THE SQUAD ROOM HAZING 158

XV. PRIVATE BIL