The Board of Editors has selected for VOLUME III this group of
stories told by Soldiers, Naval Officers, Nurses, Nuns, Refugees,
Airmen, Spies, and other participants and eye-witnesses of the Great
War. They have been collected from twenty-three of the most authentic
sources in Europe and America, and include 143 personal adventures
and episodes. The selections have been made according to the plan
outlined in the Introductory to Volume I, for selecting from all
sources the "Best Stories of the War." Full credit is given in every
instance to the original source. All numerals are for the purpose of
identifying the various episodes and do not relate to the chapters in
the original volumes.--EDITORS.