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The " Devil's Own " transformed itself at the outset

of the war into an officers' training corps, and this admirably edited volume describes its experiences and gives at length the records of the rank and file. The corps in July, 1914, numbered 268 officers and men. During the War it passed through its ranks 13,800 men, of whom over 11,000 received commissions, while 2,100 were killed and 5,000 wounded. The editor's conclusions seem unduly pessimistic in regard to the British regular officer in the late War.

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