To The Front

by Charles King

Overview

Excerpts years of sturdy boyhood and manly youth. She knew well that the hope and longing of his heart was to be assigned to the cavalry regiment of which Lieutenant McCrea was quartermaster, the regiment once stationed at old Fort Reynolds, in the Rockies, when Dr. Graham was there as post surgeon and Geordie was preparing for West Point. Indeed, Mr. McCrea had "coached" her son in mathematics, and had been most helpful in securing the appointment. And now here was the quartermaster on leave of absence, the first he had had in years, spending several weeks of his three months' rest at the scene of his own soldier school-days.But it was "Bud," her younger son, who had come rushing down to the surgeon's quarters only a few minutes before parade with the all-important news. "Mither!--Geordie!" he cried, "Captain Cross says the assignment order's come and will be published at parade. Hurry up!"Dr. Graham could hardly believe it. As McCrea said, the War Department seldom issued the order before mid-July.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781517125813
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/14/2017
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Charles King (October 12, 1844 - March 17, 1933) was an American soldier and a distinguished writer. Author of over 60 books and hundreds of articles and short stories.He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels. Among his list of titles are Campaigning with Crook, Fort Frayne, Under Fire and Daughter of the Sioux.General King and his wife lived in the Carlton Hotel in Milwaukee. King commuted daily by train to Saint John's Military Academy. He routinely sat on the porch of the Holt house on campus and told the cadets, which included his grandson, tales of the old west.General King was a Companion of the Wisconsin Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.