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As an author I do not wish to be misunderstood. I merely desire to portray what has come under my observation, rather than make a Marathon with the laurels of so dignified a profession, and in so doing communicate to those whose arduous duties at home have deprived them of the romance of globetrotting, and thereby distribute the knowledge that some more silent person might never unfetter.

In conclusion to this preface, I desire to say, that I have refrained from the manufacture of episodes or any tendency toward fiction, which I trust the following pages will confirm, and that, as from the description of a spectator, these narratives will meet with the approval of those into whose hands they might chance to fall.

The Author.

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PageWilliam Llewellyn AdamsDetachment of “Governor’s Troop,” Mt. Gretna, 1898ssss1A Trooperssss1Tent No. 2, Fynmore and Adams, “World’s Fair,” St. Louis, 1904214Coleman and Adams, Gun-mule “Dewey,” Machine-gun Battery258Machine Gun Platoon of the 29th Infantry in the Snow Capped Wasatch Range, Utah260

Where spades grow bright and idle swords grow dull,