and the public at large.

But as several people had expressed a wish that I should tell more of my
army experiences I have gone carefully over the entire book, adding some
detail and a few incidents which had come to my mind later.

I have also been able, with some difficulty and much patient effort,
to secure several photographs of exceptional interest, which have been
added to the illustrations.

January, 1911.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER
I. GERMANY AND THE ARMY
II. I JOINED THE ARMY
III. ARMY HOUSE-KEEPING
IV. DOWN THE PACIFIC COAST
V. THE SLUE
VI. UP THE RIO COLORADO
VII. THE MOJAVE DESERT
VIII. LEARNING HOW TO SOLDIER
IX. ACROSS THE MOGOLLONS
X. A PERILOUS ADVENTURE
XI. CAMP APACHE
XII. LIFE AMONGST THE APACHES
XIII. A NEW RECRUIT
XIV. A MEMORABLE JOURNEY
XV. FORDING THE LITTLE COLORADO
XVI. STONEMAN'S LAKE
XVII. THE COLORADO DESERT
XVIII. EHRENBERG ON THE COLORADO
XIX. SUMMER AT EHRENBERG
XX. MY DELIVERER
XXI. WINTER IN EHRENBERG
XXII. RETURN TO THE STATES
XXIII. BACK TO ARIZONA
XXIV. UP THE VALLEY OF THE GILA
XXV. OLD CAMP MACDOWELL
XXVI. A SUDDEN ORDER
XXVII. THE EIGHTH FOOT LEAVES ARIZONA
XXVIII. CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
XXIX. CHANGING STATION
XXX. FORT NIOBRARA
XXXI. SANTA FE
XXXII. TEXAS
XXXIII. DAVID'S ISLAND

APPENDIX

VANISHED ARIZONA

CHAPTER I. GERMANY AND THE ARMY

The stalwart men of the Prussian army, the Lancers, the Dragoons, the
Hussars, the clank of their sabres on the pavements, their brilliant
uniforms, all made an impression upon my romantic mind, and I listened
eagerly, in the quiet evenings, to tales of Hanover under King George,
to stories of battles lost, and the entry of the Prussians into the old
Residenz-stadt; the flight of the King, and the sorrow and chagrin which
prevailed.

For I was living in the family of General Weste, the former
stadt-commandant of Hanover, who had served fifty years in the army and
had accompanied King George on his exit from the city. He was a gallant
veteran, with the rank of General-Lieutenant, ausser Dienst. A charming
and dignified man, accepting philosophically the fact that Hanover had
become Prussian, but loyal in his heart to his King and to