BLUE SHIRT AND KHAKI [Illustration: Blue Shirt and Khaki at Malta.] BLUE SHIRT AND KHAKI _A COMPARISON_ _By_ JAMES F. J. ARCHIBALD _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR_ SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY, _NEW YORK_, _BOSTON_, _CHICAGO_. 1901 Copyright, 1901, by Silver, Burdett & Company Press of I. J. Little & Co. Astor Place, New York To the Memory of My Father, F. A. Archibald, D.D., LL.D. Contents CHAPTER PAGE I. The New Soldier and His Equipment 17 II. British and American Recruits 38 III. The Common Soldier in the Field 60 IV. The Officers 90 V. American and British Tactics 121 VI. Feeding the Two Armies 147 VII. The Railroad in Modern War 171 VIII. Transportation of Troops by Sea 194 IX. The Last Days of the Boer Capital 217 X. The British in Pretoria 247 List of Illustrations PAGE A Guard at Pretoria 17 Captain Arthur Lee, R.A., _attaché_ with General Shafter in Cuba 19 Captain Slocum, U.S.A., _attaché_ with Lord Roberts in South Africa 19 British soldiers visiting the U.S. troop-ship _Sumner_, _en route_ to the Philippines 23 British officers at Malta, watching the setting-up exercises of American soldiers 27 A company of the Eighth U. S. Infantry in the field, Lieutenant M. B. Stuart 33 A review of the Life Guards in London 33 Horse Guard on duty at headquarters, London 38 Possible candidates 41 Persuasion by sergeant-major 41 British recruits at fencing practice 45 British recruits at bayonet practice 45 A musician of the Gordon Highlanders, age, seventeen 51 A Boer fighting “man,” age, twelve. Twice distinguished for bravery in action. He fought at Spion Kop, Colenso, Dundee, and Ladysmith 51 Colonel Napier’s frame for recruit-drill at Aldershot 55