Following the Drum (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Following the Drum On January 1, 190 -, the number of private soldiers in the Regular Army was 228, 323. On January 2 it was 228, 324. The addition to the military strength of the country was occasioned by the acceptance of myself as a recruit. It is some years ago now, but I remember the circumstances in connection with my enlistment as well as if they had happened yesterday. Indeed, one does not forget such things easily. I was standing opposite St. Martin's Church, and trying to summon up sufficient courage to enter St. George's Barracks and interview the authorities there, when a stout sergeant, with a brick-red complexion and a rosette of ribands fluttering from his cap, bore down upon me. As he drew alongside, he halted, flicked an imaginary spot of dust off his belt, and looked at me in a detached manner. "Fine afternoon?" he observed. "Beautiful." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.