In view of the conflicting statements as to the numbers,
organization, and equipment of the Ulster Volunteer Force, the precise information supplied by the Military Corre- spondent •A the Times in Wednesday's and Thursday's issues should dispel many current illusions on the subject. The actual number of men already enrolled is approximately 110,000, irrespective of those who would join from the rest of the United Kingdom and the overseas Dominions if Ulster needed them ; they are, moreover, in the main in the flower of their age and of excellent physique. As regards organization, decentralization has been the rule, the system resting on a basis in which each county forms a self-contained unit. There are at present sixty-five organized battalions, Belfast leading with eighteen, Down coming next with ten, while other counties have either five, four, three, or two battalions, varying in strength from four hundred to two thousand men.
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