The history of the first west india regiment at the present day when our Continental neighbours are outvying each other in the completeness of their military organisations and the size of their armies, while in the United Kingdom complaints are daily heard that the supply of recruits for the British Army is not equal to the demand it may not be out of place to draw the attention of the public to a source from which the army may be most economically reinforced. Military crime in West India regiments is of comparatively rare occurrence.