Produced by Jeannie Howse, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this | | text. For a complete list, please see the end of this | | document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * [Illustration: [See p. 252] THE OPENING OF THE BATTLE AT WOUNDED KNEE] * * * * * TO THE FRONT A SEQUEL TO CADET DAYS BY GENERAL CHARLES KING ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS MCMVIII * * * * * Copyright, 1908, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ Published March, 1908. * * * * * TO THREE BOYS, CADETS YET TO BE TO "COPE" AND THE MAJOR * * * * * CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE PRELUDE 1 I. FROM THE GRAY TO THE BLUE 11 II. THE FIRST CALL 30 III. AWAY TO THE WEST 39 IV. "I'M READY NOW" 49 V. FIRST NIGHT ON THE RANGE 61 VI. FIRST AID TO THE WOUNDED 76 VII. A BALKED ARREST 89 VIII. A RACE TO THE FORT 102 IX. BAD NEWS FROM THE MINES 114 X. FIRST SHOTS OF THE SUMMER 128 XI. A NIGHT ON GUARD 142 XII. THE MAN OF THE SIEGE 156 XIII. AWAY ON THE WARPATH 168 XIV. A SCOUT FOR THE SIOUX 180 XV. FIRST SIGHT OF THE FOE 198 XVI. PROOF POSITIVE OF GUILT 213 XVII. THE WAR-DANCE AND THE CHARGE 224 XVIII. BATTLE AND VICTORY 239