Chapter I: Front Matter

DEFENDING HIS FLAG

EDWARD STRATEMEYER’S BOOKS

Old Glory Series

_Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

UNDER DEWEY AT MANILA.
A YOUNG VOLUNTEER IN CUBA.
FIGHTING IN CUBAN WATERS.
UNDER OTIS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE CAMPAIGN OF THE JUNGLE.
UNDER MacARTHUR IN LUZON.

Stratemeyer Popular Series

_Twelve Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $0.75._

THE LAST CRUISE OF THE SPITFIRE.
REUBEN STONE’S DISCOVERY.
TRUE TO HIMSELF.
RICHARD DARE’S VENTURE.
OLIVER BRIGHT’S SEARCH.
JOE, THE SURVEYOR.
TO ALASKA FOR GOLD.
THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER.
BOUND TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN.
SHORTHAND TOM, THE REPORTER.
FIGHTING FOR HIS OWN.
LARRY, THE WANDERER.

Soldiers of Fortune Series

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

ON TO PEKIN.
UNDER THE MIKADO’S FLAG.
AT THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR.
WITH TOGO FOR JAPAN.

American Boys’ Biographical Series

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

AMERICAN BOYS’ LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY.
AMERICAN BOYS’ LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Colonial Series

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

WITH WASHINGTON IN THE WEST.
MARCHING ON NIAGARA.
AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL.
THE FORT IN THE WILDERNESS.
ON THE TRAIL OF PONTIAC.
TRAIL AND TRADING POST.

Pan-American Series

_Cloth, Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

LOST ON THE ORINOCO.
THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS.
YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUS.
YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE AMAZON.
TREASURE SEEKERS OF THE ANDES.

Dave Porter Series

_Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._

DAVE PORTER AT OAK HALL.
DAVE PORTER IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
DAVE PORTER’S RETURN TO SCHOOL.

TWO YOUNG LUMBERMEN. _Price $1.25._
BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON. _Price $1.25._

DEFENDING HIS FLAG

OR

A BOY IN BLUE AND A BOY IN GRAY

BY

EDWARD STRATEMEYER

Author of “Old Glory Series,” “Colonial Series,” “American Boys’ Life of
William McKinley,” “Dave Porter at Oak Hall,” etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY GRISWOLD TYNG_

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Published, August, 1907

COPYRIGHT, 1906 AND 1907, BY EDWARD STRATEMEYER, AS A
SERIAL, UNDER THE TITLE OF “IN DEFENCE OF HIS FLAG”

COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

_All rights reserved_

DEFENDING HIS FLAG

Norwood Press
Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.