THE BRITISH ARMY FROM WITHIN THE BRITISH ARMY FROM WITHIN BY E. CHARLES VIVIAN AUTHOR OF “PASSION FRUIT,” “DIVIDED WAYS,” ETC. HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO MCMXIV CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE “UBIQUE”: THE ARMY AS A WHOLE 9 CHAPTER II THE WAY OF THE RECRUIT 25 CHAPTER III OFFICERS AND NON-COMS. 46 CHAPTER IV INFANTRY 60 CHAPTER V CAVALRY 76 CHAPTER VI ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS 92 CHAPTER VII IN CAMP 106 CHAPTER VIII MUSKETRY 120 CHAPTER IX THE INTERNAL ECONOMY OF THE ARMY 136 CHAPTER X THE NEW ARMY 158 CHAPTER XI ACTIVE SERVICE 169 CHAPTER I “UBIQUE”: THE ARMY AS A WHOLE On the badges of the corps of Engineers, and also on those of the Royal Artillery, will be found the word “Ubique,” but it is a word that might just as well be used with regard to the whole of the British Army, which serves everywhere, does everything, undergoes every kind of climate, and gains contact with every class of people. In this respect, the British soldier enjoys a distinct advantage over the soldiers of continental armies; he has a chance of seeing the world. India, Africa, Egypt, the West Indies, Mauritius, and the Mediterranean stations are open to him, and by the time he leaves the service he has at least had the opportunity of becoming cosmopolitan in his tastes and ways--of becoming a man of larger ideas and better grasp on the problems of life than were his at the time when he took the oath and passed the doctor. Of that phase, more anon.