Soldiers of the King. By Colonel G. J. Harcourt. (Gale
and Polden. 3s. net.)—We have nothing but praise for Colonel Har- court's endeavour to "preserve and perpetuate the identity of the glorious old regiments of the British and Indian Armies." But we deprecate his contemptuous reference to the territorial arrange- ment of the Army. Surely the title of his own regiment is more significant as 1st Dublin Fusiliers than as " 102nd Foot." And we believe that the recruiting is much helped by the new naming. Some years ago when one of the English county regiments lost heavily there was quite a rush of recruits eager to make good the loss. But it is irritating not to be able to identify at once the old and the new ; and we are obliged to Colonel Harcourt for what he has done in this volume. He takes " Blenheim," for instance, gives the date and main particulars, and then enumerates the regiments, under old and new titles, that bear the name on their colours,—viz., 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th Dragoon Guards, 2nd Dragoons, 5th Lancers, Grenadier Guards, let Foot (Royal Scots), 3rd Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 8th (Liverpool), 10th (Lincolnshire), 15th (East York), 16th (Bedford), 18th (Royal Irish), 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers), 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), 24th (South Wales Borderers), 26th (1st Scots Rifles), 31st (1st Hampshire).
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