BILTMORE OSWALD

THE DIARY OF A HAPLESS RECRUIT

BY

J. THORNE SMITH, Jr.

U.S.N.R.F.

WITH 31 ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE

BY

RICHARD DORGAN("Dick Dorgan")U.S.N.R.F.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1918, by

Frederick A. Stokes CompanyAll Rights Reserved

Reprinted fromThe BroadsideA Journal forThe Naval Reserve Force


DEDICATION


To my buddies, an unscrupulous, clamorous crew of pirates, as loyaland generous a lot as ever returned a borrowed dress jumper with dirtytapes; to numerous jimmy-legs and P.O.'s whose cantankerous tempershave furnished me with much material for this book; and also to a dog,an admirable dog whom I choose to call Mr. Fogerty, with apologies tothis dog if in these pages his slave has unwittingly maligned hischaracter or in any way cast suspicion upon his moral integrity.