cally the only thing they had in common was their love for
horseflesh. Morrow was quite an uneducated man. Morant was the opposite.
Still, friends they were. When the Police Force for the protection of
Pretoria was raised the majority of the men selected came from the
Australians, and Morrow was one of them. Later on he had been appointed
one of the warders at the jail. As bad fortune would have it, he was
given charge of Morant and was with him the evening before he was shot. I
had a long letter from Morrow, later on, enclosing a photograph of the
officers concerned, which had been taken, evidently, about the time that
the corps was raised. On the back of it was written in pencil: "Dear
Jack. To-morrow morning I die. My love to my pals in Australia.--Morant."
It was probable that these were the last words that Morant wrote. Morant
died as he had lived. He faced his end bravely.

Part III

CHAPTER I

ORGANIZING THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

On my arrival at Adelaide I at last resumed my duties as Commandant after
three and a half years' absence. The Government of South Australia did me
the honour to promote me to the rank of brigadier-general, and the
Governor informed me that I had received the Companionship of the Order
of the Bath for my services in South Africa.

The Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia received the Royal
assent on June 10, 1900. The provisions that had been considered in
framing it had received lengthy and most careful consideration on the
part of the colonies concerned. There had been no hurry and no
unnecessary speeding up. The history of each of the colonies tells us
that they had always worked on constitutional lines, and that they had
not been slow in adopting measures which had proved of benefit and a
credit to those who first put them on the statute books. No point that
might create serious discussion, or mar the initial success of the
Commonwealth had been overlooked. The ablest brains of all the colonies
had worked in unison, a great achievement in these days of selfishness
and personal greed.

Everything was in readiness. The elections for the Commonwealth
Parliament took place, and the first Government was formed. Sir William
Lyne was then Premier of the Mother State. He was charged with the
formation of the first Ministry, but was not successful in his task. The
responsibility then fell upon the shoulders of Sir Edmund Barton, who
gathered round him wh