1874--Joined Military Academy, Woolwich. 1876--Lieutenant, Royal Artillery. 1881--Police Instructor, South Australia. 1882--Staff Instructor, Military Forces, South Australia. " --Lieutenant Commanding South Australian Permanent Artillery. 1883--Captain. 1885--Major. 1892--Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff. " --Acting Commandant. 1893--Colonel on the Staff. " --Commandant, South Australian Military Forces. 1896--Re-appointed Commandant, under new Defence Act. 1898--Inspector, Warlike Stores, and Military Adviser for Australian Colonies, in England. 1899--Returned to South Australia, Commandant. " --Special Service Officer, South African War. 1900--Colonel, Imperial Land Forces. " --Chief Staff Officer to all Overseas Colonial Forces, on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Roberts. " --and commanded a Mounted Column, South Africa. " --Brigadier-General, Adelaide. 1901--Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. 1902--Commandant of the State of Victoria. 1905--Commandant of the State of New South Wales. 1912--Chief of the General Staff, Commonwealth Military Forces, and First Member of the Military Board of Control, Australia. Retired, owing to age limit, 1st August, 1914. Part II [Illustration: Lord Hopetoun, Marquis of Linlithgow] CHAPTER I SOLDIERING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA On January 2, 1882, I attended the staff office and began my new duties. The general asked me to draw up a short memorandum setting out how best to utilize my time up to the end of the financial year--June 30. My special work was the instruction of the Volunteer Companies and detachments stationed in the country, as apart from the units maintained within the metropolitan area of Adelaide. It is worth while for you to study the map of South Australia. In order to carry out these duties very large tracts of country had to be covered by rail and road. The amount of money placed on the estimates to cover travelling expenses was by no means large, so it was very necessary to work out an itinerary for the half-year, which, while enabling the units to get as much instruction as possible, would not entail any expenditure beyond that placed at my disposal. In addition to this, I was in charge of the office work in connexion with the whole of the Volunteer branch of the military forces at that time serving in South Australia. With the assistance of a smart clerk placed at my disposal by the general I was well able to fulfil these duties to his satisfaction. By the end of the week the itinerary submitted by me received approval and a fair start was made.