Abruzzi, Duke of the, in Melbourne,118,119Adelaide, author appointed Police Instructor at,136;author joins Police of,134;author’s arrival at,132;cash betting introduced at,173,174;development of,152,153;early method of landing at,160;Hunt Club Races at,169;Largs Bay Company and,160;Military Staff Office at,133,143,145;Polo Club Cup race at,172;Polo team of,162,171-173;Protectorat,177;Racing Club of,173;Russian Naval officers at,179;situation of,154;social scandal at,183,184;sportsmen of,166;Theatre Royal at,136Adjutant-General, author’s appointment as,192,193,203Aeroplane, first, at Sydney,300,301;author’s flight in,301Agents-General of the Colonies, and author’s appointment as Military Adviser,224“Albatross” ridden by author in Drag Cup race,169Aldgate, author captures murderer at railway camp at,138-142Alfonso XII at Royal Military College, Sandhurst,42;author and,42-45;entry into Barcelona of,36;offers amnesty to Carlists,36,44;on Don Carlos,43,44;proclaimed King of Spain,35,44;result of accession of,48American Fleet at Sydney,302et seq.Ammunition, small arms,228,229,230Army Council, Australian, establishment of,280Arsenals, establishment of, in Australia,276et seq.Artillery Force of South Australia, author appointed Lieutenant Commanding Permanent Unit of,159;Staff Instructor of,142,143;work with,151et seq.Asmodeus, Prince, as King of Spain,30Auckland, author at,105“Auraria” and race for Melbourne Cup,118,119;trainer of,166Australia, Gordons in,2;great strikes in,209et seq.;“Russian Scare” in,179,180;South African War and,232et seq.;Universal Service System of,214,281et seq.,290,299,300,309;withdrawal of British troops from,156Australian Contingent in South Africa,242Baker, Allen, wedding of,168;Master of Morialta Hounds,168;rides “Creamie” at Polo Club Cup race,172,173Baker, Hon. John,167,168Baker, Lieut.-Colonel,224Baker, Mrs. John,168Baker, Sir Richard,168,205;and Charles C. Kingston,205,208Balloon, at manœuvres,227,228Barcelona, entry of Alfonso XII into,36Barton, Sir Edmund,263Bath, Order of, author receives Companionship of,263Bayonne, author’s journey from,32Beaumont College,24et seq.Belfast, author wounded in disturbance at,74,75,76Belfast (South Africa), Battle of,251Bellew, Mrs. Kyrle (Mdme. le Grand),129Berry, Mr. Graham,111,130,131Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, engagement at,124Bloemfontein, author at,242;meets Lord Roberts at,239,240,243,244Bodega,35Boer War,232et seq.Botha, General Louis,256Box and Cox, Royal Artillery performance of,63Braddon, Sir Edward,221Brandfort,245Bremen, ss.,233Bridges, General,312Brisbane, Lord Kintore in,213Brownrigg, Lieut.-Colonel,175Buller, General Sir Redvers, at manœuvres,225,227;superseded by Lord Roberts in South Africa,233,238Bullfights at Jeréz,16;at Puerto Santa Maria,16;at Wardhouse,14Burleigh, Bennet,257Burra-Burra, copper mines,157,213“Bushveldt Carabiniers,”258Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell,270Cabrera, recantation of,48Cadet system in South Australia,215Cambridge, Duke of, presents prizes at Woolwich,40Cameron, Major Eustace, Kitchener as guest of,253Campbell, Colonel Gerald,288Campbell, Corporal,135,137Campos, General Martinez, and King Alfonso,35Canada, troops from, in South Africa,241,242“Cape Dwyer,” accident with,83;death of,84Carlisle, Fort, Queenstown, experiences at,82,83,84Carlist Army,35;strength of,36Carlist officers, disguised,33Carlist War,28,30et seq.Cash betting introduced at Adelaide,173,174Castillo, Marquis del, decides against Alfonso,36Catholics, disabilities of, in Scotland,11,13Cerberus,177Chartered Company of South Australia,151,152Chief of the General Staff, appointment as,307;work of,308et seq.Chingtu,213Christchurch,106Clova, Mrs. Gordon’s illness at,218,219Coles, Sir Jenkin and Baker—Kingston dispute,208Commandant of South Australia,208;author’s work as,263,et seq.Commander-in-Chief of Commonwealth Forces, General Hutton as,269;importance of,267,268Commonwealth of Australia, Army Council of,280;camp of Field Forces of,291-295;constitution of,263;defence scheme of,309-310;Government of, and Lord Kitchener,290;King Edward and,273;Military Board of,280,309;Proclamation of,266;reorganization of Military Forces of,275et seq.Commonwealth Parliament, first elections for,263;opening of,266Connaught, Duke of, and Army manœuvres,225Connell, Sergeant-Major,156Cork, author’s experiences at,81“Corporal Buller,”237,257,258;execution of,258,259Cresswell, Captain William,177Dalley, Hon. John B.,188Damascus,218De Wet, General,256Defence Force of South Australia, establishment of,156;General Downes’ reorganization scheme for,158;reorganization of,157Defence League of Australia,288Deorwyn, Alice,129,130Deorwyn, Constance,129,130Derdepoort, curious incident at,255Disney, Colonel,175Doldrums, the,88Don Carlos, arrival in London of,49;author and,46,48,49,50;author joins,30,31;flees to France,48;in Paris,51,52,53;in the hunting field,50;reconciliation with Queen Isabella,52;rejects Alfonso’s amnesty,36;story of claim to Spanish throne,46,47;success of,30Downes, Major-General, appointed Secretary to Ministry of Defence, Victoria,176;appointed to reorganize South Australian Defence Force,157;author and,132,142,143,186,197,198,203,204;Commandant of Victoria,270,271;leaves Adelaide,208Drill instructor, author appointed, in New Zealand,91;work as,95Dudley, Lord, and first aeroplane in Sydney,300-301Dunedin,89,106;Fern Hill Club at,91Edgbaston, Oratory school at,23Education Department, South Australia, and cadet system,214Edward, King, and Commonwealth Forces,273Elder, Sir Thomas,166,167Elder, Smith and Co.,167English language, difficulties of,22Estella, as seat of Carlist government,47;author joins Carlists at,35Eugénie, Empress, and death of Prince Imperial,41;author meets, at Jeréz,41Fellowes, Major,175Ferdinand VI,46,47Fern Hill Club,91Filgate, Mr.,166Finn, Major-General, Commandant of Queensland,271,280;Inspector-General, Australia,280Fitzalan, Viscount, pupil of Oratory School, Edgbaston,24Fitzgerald, Captain,299Fitzgerald, Hon. Nicholas,213Fitzgerald, Miss, author marries,213-214Forrest, Sir John,221;author and,269Fort Glanville,132,142,159,160,161,165,180,181,202,210,211Fort Largs,161,164,165;insubordination at,185,186,187;Permanent Force Artillery at,209Fosberry, Mr., and Great Strike,209Francis, Colonel, Commandant of Western Australia,271French, General,249;in South Africa,247,248French, Major-General, as Commandant, New South Wales,270Gate Pah,91Geelong,124Gilruth, Doctor,310,311Glasford, Captain,308Glenelg, author’s accident at,180;construction of fort at,180;excitement at, on arrival of Russian Fleet,178;landing of first settlers at,152Gordon, Adam, Dean of Caithness,2Gordon, Adam Lindsay,2;famous jump of,94Gordon, Admiral Sir James Alexander,4Gordon, Alexander, of Camdell,3Gordon, Alexander, of Wardhouse,3;guillotined at Brest,4Gordon, Brigadier-General, J. M. (author), military appointments and promotions of,147;pedigree of,7Gordon, Carlos Pedro (author’s father), becomes Laird of Wardhouse,14,19Gordon, Charles,3Gordon, Charles Edward (of Wardhouse),4,11,12;death of,13;sends his eldest son to Spain,13Gordon, Colonel Fabian,1Gordon, General (of Khartoum), author and,186,187,271;death of,203;statue of,203Gordon, General Alexander,2Gordon, General Patrick,1Gordon, General Patrick, of Auchleuchries,1,3Gordon, George,2Gordon, Gregory,3Gordon, James, of Beldorney,3Gordon, James Arthur (of Jeréz),3,11;goes to Spain,12Gordon, John,1Gordon, John, of Beldorney,3Gordon, John David (of Wardhouse), goes to Spain,4,13;death of,13Gordon, Juan José, becomes Laird of Wardhouse,13,14Gordon, Lord Adam,4Gordon, Mrs. Rafael,2Gordon, Pedro Carlos,2,13Gordon, Robert,2Gordon, Robert (Cadiz),3Gordon-Coldwells, son,1Gordons of Coldwells,1Gorn, Captain,87Greencastle Fort, author at,81,82Grierson, General, author and,247,250;in South Africa,246Grimshaw, Miss,311Hamilton, General Ian, in South Africa,247;tour of Australia of,312Hamilton, Mr. George,133,134,142Harcourt, Lord, and Alexander Gordon,3,4Harding-Stewart, General,180,202Hawker, Lieutenant,185“High Commissioner of Ejectments,”257Hill, John,166Himalaya,220,221Hoad, General, Chief of General Staff of Australia,280;death of,307Holloway, Beatrice,130Homburgh, Mr., and Baker—Kingston dispute,207Hopetoun, Earl of, as Governor-General of Australia,265et seq.;as Governor of Victoria,264Hunt Club Races at Adelaide,169Hunt, Major, murder of,258Hunters, author’s, in Adelaide,165,166Huntly-Gordon, Marquises of,2Hutton, General, and Overseas Troops in South Africa,242,243,247,255;author and,268;Commandant in New South Wales,215,268;Commander-in-Chief of Commonwealth,269,272,275;leaves Australia,280Imperial Mounted Infantry in South Africa,24Invercargill (The Bluff),107Ireland, Miss Harry,129Ireland, Mr.,129Ireland, service in,62et seq.;sport in,77et seq.;unruly times in,71et seq.Isabella, Queen, reconciliation of, with Don Carlos,52Japanese Fleet, visit to Melbourne of,273,274,275,302,303,304Jeréz, author’s birthplace in,18;author christened at,1;author meets Empress Eugénie at,41;author revisits,28;bull-fighting at,16;cholera epidemic in,18,19;description of,14,15,16;Gordons at,3,4;schooldays at,19Jervois, Captain John, as Adjutant-General,177;author and,132,144Jervois, Major, and “Russian Scare,”179,180,192;author and,182Jervois, Sir William,132,144,159,176Johnson, Lieut.-Colonel, in South Africa,248Jovellar, Commander-in-Chief of Spanish Army, and Alfonso,35,36Jubilee Celebrations, author represents South Australia at,218Karree Siding, author wounded at,252Kati-kati Settlement,105Kelly, Ned, execution of,122Kennedy, Thomas,22,23Khartoum, fall of,203King Country, the,91,98,104King-Harman, Lieut.-Colonel,202;death of,220Kingston, Charles Cameron, Premier of South Australia,203,204,205,231;and Sir Richard Baker,205,208;author and,208,220,221,232,