Produced by David Garcia, D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive). Private Spud Tamson BY _Captain R. W. CAMPBELL_ TWELFTH IMPRESSION William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London 1916 _I TAKE THE LIBERTY TO_ Dedicate this Book _TO_ _MY COMMANDING OFFICER_, _MY BROTHER OFFICERS_, _AND_ _THE N.C.O.’S AND MEN_ _OF_ _MY GALLANT REGIMENT_. _NOTE_. _The Glesca Mileeshy is no regiment in particular. The story is simply a composite study of the types who fill the ranks of our Militia Regiments, now known as The Special Reserve. In the near future I hope to give a pen picture of our Territorials—the splendid force with which I am at present connected._ _NOTE_. ........................................................ CHAPTER I. SPUD TAMSON ENLISTS. ................................ 3 CHAPTER II. SPUD ARRIVES AT THE DEPOT. ......................... 11 CHAPTER III. ESPRIT-DE-CORPS. .................................. 22 CHAPTER IV. DISCUSSING THE OFFICERS. ........................... 35 CHAPTER V. CANTEEN YARNS. ...................................... 39 CHAPTER VI. THE GARRISON LIGHTWEIGHT. .......................... 54 CHAPTER VII. A LECTURE. ........................................ 63 CHAPTER VIII. ANNUAL TRAINING. ................................. 69 CHAPTER IX. LAUGHTER AND LOVE. ................................. 78 CHAPTER X. MOBILISATION. ....................................... 88 CHAPTER XI. OFFICERS AND BILLETS. .............................. 112 CHAPTER XII. THE GENERAL STAFF. ................................ 132 CHAPTER XIII. TRAINING FOR WAR. ................................ 142 CHAPTER XIV. ALL ABOUT SPIES. .................................. 175 CHAPTER XV. A COMPANY OFFICER’S WORRIES. ....................... 193 CHAPTER XVI. NEW YEAR’S EVE. ................................... 205 CHAPTER XVII. WAR. ............................................. 218 CHAPTER XVIII. THE POWER OF BREAD. ............................. 245 CHAPTER XIX. AN IMPERIAL AFFAIR. ............................... 267 A CONVENTIONAL FINISH. EXTRACT FROM THE PRESS. ................. 292 CHAPTER I. SPUD TAMSON ENLISTS.