



Produced by David Widger





SI KLEGG

HIS TRANSFORMATION FROM A RAW RECRUIT TO A VETERAN.


By John McElroy.


Book One


[Illustration: Title page ]

[Illustration: Frontispiece ]


PUBLISHED BY

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE CO.,

WASHINGTON, D. C




SECOND EDITION

COPYRIGHT 1910


Contents:

CHAPTER I.        GOING TO WAR--SI KLEGG'S COMPLETE EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER II.       THE DEADLY BAYONET
CHAPTER III.      THE OLD CANTEEN
CHAPTER IV.       THE AWFUL HARDTACK
CHAPTER V.        FAT PORK--INDISPENSABLE BODY TIMBER FOR PATRIOTISM
CHAPTER VI.       DETAILED AS COOK--SI FINDS RICE ANOTHER INNOCENT
CHAPTER VII.      IN THE AWKWARD SQUAD
CHAPTER VIII.     ON COMPANY DRILL
CHAPTER IX.       SI GETS A LETTER
CHAPTER X.        SI AND THE DOCTORS
CHAPTER XI.       THE PLAGUE OF THE SOLDIER
CHAPTER XII.      A WET NIGHT
CHAPTER XIII.     SI "STRAGGLED"
CHAPTER XIV.      SI AND THE MULES
CHAPTER XV.       UNDER FIRE--SI HAS A FIGHT, CAPTURES A PRISONER
CHAPTER XVI.      ONE OF THE "NON-COMMISH"
CHAPTER XVII.     FORAGING ON THE WAY
CHAPTER XVIII.    A SUNDAY OFF
CHAPTER XIX.      A CLOSE CALL
CHAPTER XX.      "THE SWEET SABBATH"
CHAPTER XXI.      SI AND SHORTY WERE RAPIDLY LEARNING
CHAPTER XXII.     A NIGHT OF SONG




PREFACE.

"Si Klegg, of the 200th Ind., and Shorty, his Partner," were born more
than 25 years ago in the brain of John McElroy, editor of The National
Tribune, who invented the names and characters, outlined the general