Chapter I: Front Matter

JOHN BROWN

JOHN BROWN

CONFESSIONS OF A NEW ARMY CADET

BY

R. W. CAMPBELL

Author of

‘Private Spud Tamson;’ ‘Sgt. Spud Tamson, V.C.;’ ‘Donald and Helen;’
‘The Mixed Division;’ ‘The Kangaroo Marines;’ and
‘Dorothy, V.A.D., and the Doctor’

LONDON: 38 Soho Square, W.1

W. & R. CHAMBERS, LIMITED

EDINBURGH: 339 High Street

1919

Edinburgh
Printed by W. & R. Chambers, Limited.

DEDICATED

TO

THE OFFICERS

OF

THE 51ST AND 52ND DIVISIONS

MANY OF WHOM I HAD THE GREAT
HONOUR AND PLEASURE TO
INSTRUCT IN THE
RUDIMENTS OF WAR

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CADET SCHOOL 1

II. THE SERGEANT–MAJOR FROM THE GUARDS 10

III. CUSTOMS OF THE SERVICE 19

IV. WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT 32

V. A CANADIAN NEWSPAPER 42

VI. THE MODERN GIRL 47

VII. PSYCHOLOGY 60

VIII. THE VALUE OF SPORT 80

IX. JOHN BROWN’S LETTERS 93

X. MAKING UP WITH ADELA 99

XI. THE NOISE OF WAR 106

XII. BLASE–BONES FROM SANDWURSE 114

XIII. OUR DEAR OLD COMMANDANT 128

XIV. NOT UNDERSTOOD 142

XV. MOTHER COMES TO SCHOOL 151

XVI. THE NEW ARMY OFFICER 161

XVII. STEADY OLD ADELA 173

XVIII. GENERAL POM–POM 186

XIX. ‘THE BOYS’ 195

XX. A JOLLY RAG 203

XXI. HISTORY AND ESPRIT DE CORPS 224

XXII. THE SPIRIT OF GOD 236

XXIII. WE DISCUSS THE SCHOOL 241

XXIV. THE COMMANDANT’S FAREWELL 254

LIST OF BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

SNOOKER TAM. (Chambers) 2/6 net.

DOROTHY, V.A.D., AND THE DOCTOR. (Chambers) 1/6 net.

PRIVATE SPUD TAMSON. (Blackwood) 2/– net.

SERGT. SPUD TAMSON, V.C. (Hutchinson) 6/– net.

DONALD AND HELEN. (Hutchinson) 6/– net.

THE MIXED DIVISION. (Hutchinson) 2/– net.

THE KANGAROO MARINES. (Cassells) 2/– net.

THE MAKING OF MICKY M’GHEE. (Poems). (Allen & Unwin) 3/6 net.

JOHN BROWN.