Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE KHAKI BOYS AT CAMP STERLING

Or

Training for the Big Fight in France

by

CAPT. GORDON BATES

Author of "The Khaki Boys on the Way," "The Khaki Boys at the Front," etc.

Illustrated

New York Cupples & Leon Company

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THE KHAKI BOYS SERIES

By CAPT. GORDON BATES

12mo. Cloth. Frontispiece

Price per Volume, 50 Cents

THE KHAKI BOYS AT CAMP STERLING
or Training for the Big Fight in France

THE KHAKI BOYS ON THE WAY
or Doing Their Bit on Sea and Land

THE KHAKI BOYS AT THE FRONT
or Shoulder to Shoulder in the Trenches

_Other Volumes in Preparation_

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York

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COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE KHAKI BOYS AT CAMP STERLING

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE GLORY ROAD TO FRANCE 1

II OFF TO CAMP STERLING 10

III THE BEGINNING OF COMRADESHIP 17

IV ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK 28

V THE BEAUTY OF GOOD ADVICE 39

VI THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLE 50

VII CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP 57

VIII A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE 65

IX THE CROWNING INSULT 76

X NO LONGER "JUST ROOKIES" 89

XI THE RESULT OF STAYING AWAKE 97

XII AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND AT COURT 109

XIII A CORPORAL AT LAST 121

XIV ADVENTURE 131

XV THE TWINKLE TWINS 137

XVI UNKNOWN, UNGUESSED 148

XVII THE WORK OF A FIEND 154

XVIII THE CLUE 164

XIX A FRUITFUL RUBBISH CAN 172

XX A LEAP IN THE DARK 178

XXI THE FIGHT 184

XXII THE ROUND-UP 191

XXIII IGGY TURNS SLEUTH 195

XXIV CONCLUSION 202