A Record of the United Arts Rifles - 1914-1919 #227843

It is regretted that exigencies of space have made it impossible to print all the matter - pictorial and otherwise - written and offered for his volume. For the same reason it was decided not to publish a list of those who have joined the Corps from its formation. Such a list, owing to deficiencies in some of the earlier records, could be neither complete nor accurate, and would necessarily include the names of hundreds of men who stayed but a short time and took little interest in the Corps.<br><br>I have had much advice and assistance from Major Crombie, Major Perman and Captain Quin in the selection and arrangement of matter; and thanks are also due to the Proprietors of "Punch," "The Sketch," and the "Daily Sketch," to Messrs. Bassano, Mr. Stoll-Bailey, Mr. Messenger and Mr. Steggals, for kindly placing photographs, and in the case of "Punch" articles, at our disposal. Most of the remaining photographs are the work of Mr. Horace W. Nicholls and the Topical Press Agency. The excellent cartoons of Mr. J. H. Dowd and Mr. Rex Osborne have been a great asset to us. Unfortunately very few photographs of the Battalion taken during 1917 and 1918 have been available. Owing to the stringent regulations against the use of cameras during the latter years of the War, and the fact that as our work became useful and more strenuous so it ceased to be spectacular, hardly any photographs were taken.<br><br>I find that I have omitted from the "Record" any reference to the select band of men who, during 1916 and 1917, performed the thankless duty of escorting military prisoners - a work that not only consumed much time but required a good deal of moral courage and tact. This duty was undertaken by about sixteen men, but the brunt of the work fell upon some six or seven - Private (afterwards Sergt.) W. H. Bond, Private (afterwards Lieut.) C. Taylor, Private (afterwards Lieut.) L. W. Harris, Lance-Corpl. S. J. W. Scott, and Privates G. Thomas, Lawson Wright and A. H. Stoll-Bailey, while C.Q.M.S. Ford undertook the unexciting duties of orderly-sergeant.