Prince Imperial (France) at Woolwich, 40, 42; death and funeral of, 41 _Protector_, 177, 189, 190 Puerto Santa Maria, school at, 19; bull-fight at, 16; robbed at, 16, 17 Queensland, General Owen as Commandant of, 197; strikes in, 212 Queenstown, 81 Ralli, Stephen ("Bismarck"), 252 Reader, Colonel, 90, 91, 105, 106, 107 Reeve, Mr. Wybert, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 Reid, Sir George, 222 Re-organization Bill of South Australia, 217 Retirement of author, 312 Rhodes, Captain Ernest, 175 Ricardo, Colonel, as "High Commissioner of Ejectments," 257 Richardson, Major-General, and Victorian Defence Scheme, 187, 188 Ridley, General, 242, 244 Roberts, Lady, at Pretoria, 256 Roberts, Lord, at Kroonstad, 246; author with, in South Africa, 238 _et seq._, 245; plot to kidnap, at Pretoria, 255, 256; supersedes Buller in South Africa, 233, 238 Robinson, Sir William, 176 Roller skating, author introduces in Dublin, 77; in Limerick, Cork and Waterford, 78 Rome supports Don Carlos, 30 _Rotomahana_, 106 Rotorua district, 91, 93 Royal Artillery at Limerick, 66, 67; author gazetted to, 40, 41; Headquarters' Mess at Woolwich, 62 Russia, Gordons in, 1, 2 Russian Fleet, arrival at Adelaide, 178 "Russian Scare," the, in Australia, 179, 192 Ryan, Sergeant-Major, 156 Sagasta and Alfonso, 35 St. John Ambrose, Father, head prefect of Edgbaston Oratory School, 23, 24 Salisbury Plain, manoeuvres on, 225-228 Sandhurst, Alfonso XII at, 42 Sargood, Sir Frederick, appointed Minister of Defence, Victoria, 175, 187, 197, 204 Saville, Mr., 166 Scotland, author's first journey to, 20-22; Catholic disabilities in, 11, 13 Scratchley, General Sir Peter, author and, 111, 131, 159 Seth Ferry, 166 Shearers, strike of, 211, 212 Simmons, General Sir Linton, author and, 31, 39 Smith, Mr. Barr, 166, 167; South African War and, 235 Smith, Mrs. Barr, 185 Smith, Sir Charles Holled, 270 Soudan Campaign, Australian troops in, 188, 189 South Africa, author in, as Special Service Officer, 232 _et seq._ South African War, Australia and, 232 _et seq._ South Australia, author and police of, 134-145; author appointed Commandant of, 118, 143, 208, 209, 263; author appointed Staff Instructor to Artillery Force of, 142, 143; author as Acting-Commandant in, 198, 207; author's work as Staff Instructor in, 151 _et seq._; Cadet System in, 215; Defence System of, 155, 159; development of, 151, 152, 157; guns for, 202; Re-organization Bill of, 217; Volunteer Force, establishment of, 156 Spain, Alfonso proclaimed king, 35, 44; elections in, 16, 17; Republican Government of, 30; Wardhouse Gordons and, 3, 12, 13 Staff Instructor of Artillery, author's work as, in South Australia, 151 _et seq._ Stewart Island, 89 Stewart, Nellie, as "Sweet Nell," 130 Stewart Sisters, the, 130 Stuart, Colonel, 231 Sulphur at White Island, 94 Sulphur Islands, 94 _Surrey_ takes Australian troops to South Africa, 236, 238, 258