Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS ON BATTLE PRACTICE

by

CAPTAIN WILBUR LAWTON

New York Hurst & Company Publishers

Copyright, 1911, by Hurst & Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A RED-HOT STOVE AND DESTINY 5

II. "WE'RE GOING TO JOIN THE NAVY" 17

III. UNCLE SAM GETS TWO RAW RECRUITS 28

IV. THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS HAVE AN ADVENTURE 42

V. TWO LADS WITH THE "RIGHT RING" 51

VI. A COWARD'S BLOW 62

VII. "WE ARE PART OF THE FLEET" 70

VIII. HERC TAKES A COLD BATH 83

IX. A NAVAL INITIATION 98

X. NED HOLDS HIS COUNSEL 106

XI. BREAKING TWO ROOKIES 116

XII. A BULLY GETS A LESSON 126

XIII. HERC LEARNS WHAT "THE BRIG" IS 136

XIV. A PLOT OVERHEARD 143

XV. ORDERED AFT 154

XVI. A BIT OF PROMOTION 163

XVII. JIU-JITSU VS. MUSCLE 171

XVIII. THE BOYS GET ACQUAINTED WITH BIG GUNS 183

XIX. IN THE MIDST OF PEACE 192

XX. HERC A LIVING TARGET 200

XXI. AFLOAT AND ASHORE 212

XXII. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE 223

XXIII. A JACKIE AGAINST WOLVES 231

XXIV. IN THE PULSIFERS' HANDS 242

XXV. THREE MINUTES OF LIFE 253

XXVI. A BLUFF CALLED 264

XXVII. A STRANGE RETURN 273

XXVIII. A HIT WITH CHAOSITE 282

XXIX. THE STUFF A JACKIE'S MADE OF 292

The Dreadnought Boys On Battle Practice.