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UNCLE SAM'S BOYS IN THE RANKS

Or

Two Recruits in the United States Army

by

H. IRVING HANCOCK

Author of The Motor Boat Club Series, The High School Series, The West
Point Series, The Annapolis Series, The Young Engineers' Series, Etc.,
Etc.

Illustrated







[Illustration: "And These Are Your Applications?"

_Frontispiece._]



Philadelphia
Henry Altemus Company

Copyright, 1910, by Howard E. Altemus




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                               PAGE

      I. A LESSON IN RESPECT FOR THE UNIFORM          7

     II. AT THE RECRUITING OFFICE                    25

    III. THE ORDEAL OF EXAMINATION                   37

     IV. MRS. BRANDERS GETS A NEW VIEW               54

      V. IN THE AWKWARD SQUAD                        63

     VI. THE TROUBLE WITH CORPORAL SHRIMP            79

    VII. WHEN THE GUARD CAME                         93

   VIII. THE CALL TO COMPANY FORMATION              104

     IX. ORDERED TO THE THIRTY-FOURTH               112

      X. A SWIFT CALL TO DUTY