Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Battalion ya ci gaba da yin horo na shekara-shekara da aikin manufa, ana ba da bindigar Martini-Henry a 1882. Kamar yawancin rundunonin 'yan bindiga, 4th Devons sun ba da kansu don aikin garkuwa a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin Anglo-Masar na 1882, amma babu wanda ya kasance. An kira Rukunin Tsaro na yau da kullun lokacin da rikicin kasa da kasa ya taso a cikin 1885 a kan abin da ya faru na Panjdeh yayin da yawancin Sojojin yau da kullun ke aiki a lokaci guda a kan Nile Expedition; wakilin CO ya ba da Battalion na 4 don aikin garrison, amma an ƙi wannan da ladabi. An sake rage rundunonin Devonshire Militia a 1890, zuwa kafa kamfanoni shida.