Excerpt from History of the Volunteer Movement in Monmouthshire In the year 1891, allusion was made in the South Wales Daily Telegraph, a local evening paper, to the remarkable changes which had taken place in the numbers, or titles, Of the three Monmouthshire Battalions Of Volunteers since their first formation. Having joined the force at its inception in 1859, and passed through the several grades Of rank from Ensign in January, 1861, to Major and second in command in 1873, and finally, at the death of Colonel Roden in 1887, to Lieut Colonel, and Hon. Colonel, in command Of the Battalion, I became familiar with these changes, and accordingly wrote an article which appeared in the paper referred to, explaining the transitions through which the corps had passed from their first formation as separate companies, Or corps, into one con solidated and two administrative battalions, the conversion Of the latter into consolidated battalions, and eventually the amliation Of the three battalions, with the Breconshire Bat talion, to the South Wales Borderers. The article was very favourably received by both Officers and members Of the force, many of whom expressed a wish that I would write a history of the movement in Monmouthshire. This I have attempted to do, and have endeavoured to give a plain and accurate narrative Of the many changes, progress made, and incidents of note which have come within my Observation and experi ence from the inauguration Of the movement in 1859 to my retirement in September, 1891 and I now submit the result of my eflort, trusting the work may be found interesting and accorded a favourable reception. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.