A facsimile reprint of the 1881 Regulations of for the Volunteer Force issued by the War Office. 256pp. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. 8vo. Cloth is gently rounded on corners and spine ends, else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.
The 1881 Regulations for the Volunteer Force fundamentally reshaped parts of the British Army. They were heavily based on the Childers Reforms which integrated the volunteer corps as battalions into the new county-based infantry regiments and reorganised artillery and engineer volunteers.
