to impose Western Civilization, we venture to say that, so far from
the Rebellion having come to an end, its essential spirit is still
abroad. This is not because Natal or the Union Government have not
made numerous and special endeavours to remove the contributory causes
of the unrest, but because the root-cause, or what a Zulu would call
_unomtebe_, is still existing.[363] Bambata, as many Natives believe,
in spite of every proof to the contrary, is still living. For them
his spirit, _i.e._ dissatisfaction with European rule, or, to put the
same thing positively, a desire to control their own affairs, not on
European lines, but on those sanctioned by the collective wisdom of
their own race, is certainly alive, though he may be dead. It lives,
not in Natal alone, but throughout South Africa, and is fostered by
the various Ethiopian or Separatist churches. Then, again, attempts
are being made throughout the Union to impose Western Civilization
on _all_ the other Native tribes, be they in the Cape, Transvaal, or
Orange Free State, Provinces. And so, unless radical change be effected
in our State policy, it seems we may expect to witness periodical
recrudescences of rebellion and on a far greater scale than in 1906.
The moral is that the aborigines resent the manifold restrictions they
are perpetually and systematically subjected to; these and the rigid
application to their affairs of the principles of Western Civilization,
by means of legislation or otherwise, as well as the thousands of
opportunities afforded unscrupulous Europeans and semi-educated Natives
of exploiting the people, tend to fill up their cup of bitterness. They
yearn for practical sympathy and that friendly recognition of their
deeper needs which ends not in mere perception. "They are not the best
that might have been framed," said Solon of his laws, "but they are
the best the Athenians are capable of bearing"--there is the type of
statesman they would adore. The Zulus are a noble race of savages,
but none the less deserving of our consideration because they are
savages. The headlong collapse of such a people is a tragedy of the
first magnitude. That it should be taking place before our very eyes,
without reasonably adequate steps being taken by the State to resist it
by providing the most natural and effective machinery for controlling
it, is a crime. If this mischief be permitted to go on, it requires
no prophet to predict heavy retribution, and in the near future, on
those responsible. Such will probably be, not only in the forms of
rebellion and civil strife, which can be quelled, but in miscegenation
(unthinkable though this be at the present), complete effacement of the
two races, and general degradation of the whole.
If the principal conclusion come to in these pages be correct, the
Rebellion stands revealed as nothing less than a _protest_, and about
the plainest that could have been made, against the methods employed,
not only by members of the British race, but by all pioneers of Western
Civilization among barbarians. The methods followed in Natal and in the
rest of South Africa are but characteristic of those adopted towards
lower races in other parts of the globe. The British Government is
naturally most affected by this indictment, but the Governments of
France and Germany, the United States, Belgium, Portugal, etc., are
implicated as well. Each of them will one day have to answer for the
havoc they have created and are still creating, and this primarily
because of their rush after material benefit. In Mr. Benjamin Kidd's
well-known work, _Social Evolution_, occur the words: "The lower races
disappear before the higher through the effects of mere contact." In
this history an attempt has been made to furnish some of the reasons
why a typical 'lower race' is tending to become disintegrated.
These serve to explain why and how dissolution, the antecedent of
'disappearance,' in smaller areas than South Africa, occurs, and prove
that the phenomenon results not from "mere contact," as Mr. Kidd
supposed, but from the restrictions, conditions and opportunities
above mentioned which have invariably accompanied the inauguration
of so-called civilized government among the people of lower, and
especially coloured, races. The reasons, as a matter of fact, are
laws; and we venture to think they will be found operating wherever,
in the past, Western Civilization has been imposed on lower races, and
wherever this may take place in the future.
And so this minor Rebellion turns out to be a fact charged with
the highest possible significance, inasmuch as it is a concrete,
analysable illustration of that strange, destructive and inexorable
contact between races hitherto insufficiently studied, and, therefore,
insufficiently appreciated.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 345: J.A.H. Murray & others, _A New English Dictionary on
historical principles_. Clarendon Press, Oxford.]
[Footnote 346: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 347: Those concerned were charged and convicted of public
violence, murder and "being in arms against the Government and actively
resisting constituted authority, and aiding and abetting rebels against
the Government."]
[Footnote 348: They would, however, probably not have objected to
being controlled by Dinuzulu as Paramount Chief, provided that he had
been appointed by the Government, and became answerable to, and was
effectively controlled by, such superior authority.]
[Footnote 349: Sangreid was murdered and Robbins wounded, in direct
contravention of the orders issued by the Chief (Ndhlovu), who was in
command of the _impi_. Ndhlovu was only a mile or two away when the
incidents occurred.]
[Footnote 350: Cd. 3888, pp. 79, 80.]
[Footnote 351: Notwithstanding the above conclusion, we have not felt
justified in altering the title of the book. Throughout South Africa
and elsewhere, the rising is spoken of as a rebellion.]
[Footnote 352: That is, the Act of 1893, inaugurating Responsible
Government.]
[Footnote 353: Blame for the introduction of such diseases is held by
the Zulus to attach to Europeans. But for their being in the country,
Natives, they say, would not have been so afflicted.]
[Footnote 354: This decay arose out of refusal on the part of many to
conform to ancient tribal observances, habits and customs; of their
detaching themselves from tribes to live under European landlords,
etc.; of women refusing to render obedience to husbands, or breaking
away to lead immoral lives; of the failure of boys to return to their
homes, and so forth. The following has reference to European authority:
detachment from European ecclesiastical control, even of long duration,
to set up independent churches.]
[Footnote 355: For statement, showing casualties among European troops
during the Rebellion, see Appendix I.]
[Footnote 356: One of these, a Chief, expressed the view that the
youths who had rebelled would not fight again, "no, not till their
grandchildren are born."]
[Footnote 357: In 1912, however, the Union Government abolished both
the Council and three of the four Native Commissioners.]
[Footnote 358: At the Census of May, 1911, there were 1,276,242
Europeans, 4,019,006 Natives, and 678,146 other Coloured Races.]
[Footnote 359: He was evidently thinking India was conquered during the
Indian Mutiny.]
[Footnote 360: This, of course, is largely incorrect, as the Minister
for Native Affairs as well as every member of both Houses of Parliament
have, for many years, voiced the interests of the Natives, inadequately
though that may have been. Apart from this, the U.S.N.A., assisted by
Magistrates all over the country, has continually brought to the notice
of Government, wishes, suggestions and grievances of the Natives.]
[Footnote 361: Cd. 3888, pp. 79, 80.]
[Footnote 362: The Government afterwards appointed the late Mr. A.J.
Shepstone, C.M.G., as Secretary for Native Affairs,--an appointment
that gave great and general satisfaction.]
[Footnote 363: There is a saying among the Zulus, when a country, after
being in disorder, is at peace once more, that _it has returned to
Nomtebe_ (the queen of white ants), that is, _to its mother_. This may
have been true of former conditions; it cannot be true of those which
exist under European rule.]
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I
I. CASUALTIES.
(a) KILLED OR DIED
--------+----------+-----------------------+----------------------------
REGIMENT| RANK. | NAME. | CAUSE OF DEATH.
----------+--------+-----------------------+----------------------------
N.C. |Corpl. |Christopher, V.J.W. |Killed in action.
| | |
N.M.R. |Tpr. |Bull, W.G. |Internal obstruction.
| | |
" | " |Clements, S.T. |Broken neck.
| | |
" | " |Powell, Albert. |Killed in action.
| | |
Z.M.R. | " |Coll, Gudman. |Wounds received in action,
| | | Macrae's Store.
| | |
N.F.A. |Gunner |Walker, H.S. |Bullet wounds; self-inflicted.
| | |
N.P. |Tpr. |Armstrong, G. |Killed in action.
| | |
" | " |Aston, Arthur H. | " "
| | |
" |Sergt. |Brown, E.T.N. | " "
| | |
" |Tpr. |Greenwood, J.P. | " "
| | |
" |Sergt. |Harrison, J.C.G. | " "
| | |
" |Sub. Insp.|Hunt, S.H.K. | " "
| | |
R.H. |Corpl. |Alexander, E. | " "
| | |
" |Tpr. |Bouck, J.L. | " "
| | |
" | " |Harding, J. | " "
| | |
" | " |Hawkins, J. |Wounds received in action,
| | | Manzipambana.
| | |
" | " |Malone, Thos. |Killed in action.
| | |
" |Lieut. |Marsden, C.G. |Wounds received in action,
| | | Mome.
| | |
" |Tpr. |Ohlson, C. |Pneumonia.
| | |
" | " |Robertson, S.J. |Killed in action.
| | |
" | " |Strecker, J. |Coma epilepsy.
| | |
" | " |Walsh. |Concussion of brain.
| | |
T.M.R. | " |Glover, F.H. |Wounds received in action,
| | | Mome.
| | |
" | " |Knight, Robert. |Killed in action.
| | |
" | " |Maw, H.C. |Wounds received in action,
| | | near Kombe.
| | |
" |Capt. |McFarlane, S.C., D.S.O.|Wounds received in action,
| | | Mome.
| | |
" |Tpr. |Steyn, H.W. |Wounds received in action,
| | | near Mome.
| | |
N.R. |Lieut. |Campbell, J.A. |Wounds received in action,
| | | Nomangci.
| | |
" |Pte. |McInnes, A. |Heart disease.
| | |
U.D.R. |Tpr. |Steele, H. Scott. |Killed in action.
---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------
_Note._--Among Nongqai, N.N.H., and Native Levies, there were about
six killed.
-----------+------------------------------------+------------------
DATE OF | PLACE OF DEATH. | PLACE INTERRED.
DEATH. | |
-----------+------------------------------------+------------------
July 5 | Near Hlonono Mission Station. | Ladysmith.
May 15 | Addington Hospital, Durban. | Durban.
June 28 | Tongaat. | ----
June 19 | Otimati. | Mapumulo.
July 3 | Thring's Post. | ----
| |
May 2 | Fort Yolland. | Fort Yolland.
February 8 | Near Byrnetown. | Pietermaritzburg.
April 4 | Mpanza. | Near Mpanza.
" 4 | " | " "
" 4 | " | " "
" 4 | " | " "
February 8 | Near Byrnetown. | Pietermaritzburg.
June 3 | Manzipambana. | Nkandhla.
" 3 | " | "
" 3 | " | "
" 3 | Nkandhla Forest. | "
| |
May 29 | Tate. | "
June 17 | Addington Hospital, Durban. | Durban.
| |
July 29 | Grey's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. | Pietermaritzburg.
June 3 | Manzipambana. | Nkandhla.
May 10 | Nkandhla. | "
May 3 | Dundee. | Dundee.
June 13 | Eshowe. | Eshowe.
| |
July 2 | Insuze, Natal. | Esidumbini.
May 14 | Ntingwe. | Ntingwe.
| |
June 10 | Eshowe. | Eshowe.
| |
June 20 | " | "
| |
June 9 | Addington Hospital, Durban. | Durban.
| |
July 8 | Thring's Post. | Stanger.
May 23 | Mpukunyoni. | Buffalo River.
-----------+------------------------------------+-------------------
(_b_) WOUNDED.
-----------+--------------+----------------+--------+--------------+--------
REGIMENT. | RANK. | NAME. | DATE. | PLACE. |REMARKS.
| | | | |
----------+---------------+----------------+--------+--------------+--------
N.N.C. |Leading Seaman.|Murchie, H. |July 11 |Ngudwini. |
N.C. |Tpr. |Reed. |July 8 |Izinsimba. |Severe.
N.M.R. |Corpl. |Errington. |May 5 |Bobe. |
" |Q.M.-Sergt. |Knox, L.E. |June 19 |Otimati. |
B.M.R. |Tpr. |Forder, C. |June 27 |Peyana. |
N.D.M.R. | " |Scabbert. |June 10 |Mome. |
" |Lieut. |Wilkins, H. |May 17 |Insuze, |
| | | | Zululand. |
Z.M.R. |Sergt.-Maj. |King. |June 10 |Mome. |
D.L.I. |Pte. |Williams. |May 17 |Insuze, |
| | | | Zululand. |
N.P. |Tpr. |Braull. |Apr. 4 |Mpanza. |
" | " |Dove. | " 4 | " |
" | " |Emanuel. | " 4 | " |
" | " |Ferguson, F. |June 10 |Mome. |
" |Trumpeter. |Milton, C. |Apr. 4 |Mpanza. |Dangerous.
" |Tpr. |Sells, A.J. |May 3 |White |
| | | | Umfolozi. |
R.H. | " |Barnet, H.D.M. |June 3 |Manzipambana. |
" |Capt. |Clerk, E.G. | " 3 | " |Severe.
" |Tpr. |Flynn, F. | " 3 | " |
" | " |Holmes, W.C. | " 3 | " |Severe.
" | " |Hopkins, W.H.E. | " 3 | " |Severe.
" |Lieut. |Male, P. | " 3 | " |
" |Tpr. |Mann, J. | " 3 | " |
" |Lieut. |Oswald. | " 3 | " |
" |Tpr. |Swart, D.C. | " 3 | " |Severe.
" |Corpl. |Woolnough. | " 3 | " |
T.M.R. | " |Carlick, F. |June 10 |Mome. |
" | " |Hosford, F. | " 10 | " |
" |Lce.-Corp. |Leigh, A.E.T. | " 10 | " |
" | " |McEvoy, P. | " 10 | " |
" |Tpr. |McLean, R. | " 10 | " |
" |Capt. |Mitchell, J.T. |July 3 |Ponjwana. |
" |Tpr. |Simcox. |July 2 |Insuze, Natal.|
" |Act. Q.M.-S. |Tobin. | " 2 | " |
U.D.R. |Tpr. |Braithwaite, P. |May 28 |Mpukunyoni. |
" | " |Mackenzie, S. | " 28 | " |
New Han. | " |Freese, F. |July 4 |Near Ponjwana.|
Reserves. | | | | |
| | | | |
Krantzkop |Leader. |van Rooyen, T.J.|May 28 |Mpukunyoni. |Severe.
Reserves. | | | | |
----------+---------------+----------------+--------+--------------+--------
_Note_--Among Nongqai, N.N.H., and Native Levies, there were about
thirty wounded.
II. HONOURS.
Officers.
_K.C.M.G._
Col. (now Brigadier-General) Duncan McKenzie, C.B., C.M.G., V.D.
_D.S.O_
Col. H.T. Bru-de-Wold, C.M.G., V.D.
" G. Leuchars, C.M.G.
_Hon. Lieut.-Col. in the Army._
Lieut.-Col. J.R. Royston, C.M.G., D.S.O.
_C.M.G._
Lieut.-Col. W.F. Barker, D.S.O.
_Distinguished Conduct in the Field._
(_Natal Government Gazette_, 26th June, 1906.)
Capt. E.G. Clerk, R.H., 3rd June, Manzipambana.
Lieut. A.H.G. Blamey, N.M.R., 5th May, Bobe.
(_N.G. Gazette_, 3rd July, 1906.)
Inspr. O. Dimmick, N.P., 4th April, Mpanza.
_Meritorious Service._
Col. Sir A. Woolls-Sampson, K.C.B.
Lieut.-Col. J. Hyslop, D.S.O., V.D.
" T. McCubbin, C.M.G., Supernumerary List.
" M.C. Rowland, Staff Officer, Transvaal.
" J.S. Wylie, D.L.I.
Major R.A. Buntine, N.M.C.
" S.G. Campbell, D.L.I.
" S. Carter, U.M.R.
" W. Murray-Smith, N.M.R.
" W.H. Smith, N.M.R.
" W.A. Vanderplank, Z.M.R.
" S.B. Woollatt, N.V.C.
Capt. C.V. Hosken, Transport.
" G.A. Labistour, N.R.R.
" M.G. Pearson, N.M.C.
" A. Prior, N.S.C.
Lieut. J.S. Hedges, Z.M.R.
Chief Leader J.A. Nel, U.D.R.
WARRANT OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN.
_Distinguished Conduct Medal._
(_N.G. Gazette_, 10th September, 1907.)
Squad. Sergt.-Maj. W. Calverley, Z.M.R.
Sergt. S. Titlestad, Z.M.R.
Farrier-Sergt. C.B. Mitchell, T.M.R.
Sergt. C.W. Guest, N.P.
Tpr. W. Deeley, Z.M.R.
" W. Johnson, Z.M.R.
" G.W. Oliver, Z.M.R.
" O.L.M. Folker, N.P.
_Meritorious Service Medal._
(_N.G. Gazette_, 10th September, 1907.)
Reg. Sergt.-Maj. J. Webber, R.H.
Sergt. T.P. Catchpole, N.C.
" E.I. Dicks, N.C.
" H.G. Le Mesurier, N.M.R.
" I.E. Sjöblom, N.M.R.
" S.J. Wadman, N.M.R.
Sergt. E.B. Brand, T.M.R.
" F.L. Malan, T.M.R.
" G.P. Bagnall, N.M.C.
" J.A. Butcher, N.S.C.
" J.F. Crawford, N.T.C.
" J.F. Pemberton, N.T.C.
_Distinguished Conduct in the Field._
(_N.G. Gazette_, 26th June, 1906.)
Tpr. W.C. Holmes, R.H.
_Good Service._
_(N.G. Gazette_, 10th September, 1907.)
Sergt.-Maj. P.J. Higgins, N.C.
Reg. Sergt.-Maj. G.W. Garnham, T.M.R.
Sergt.-Maj. T.C. Ogden, N.R.R.
" O.E. Powell, N.M.C.
Reg. Q.-M.-Sergt. W.C. Savage, T.M.R.
Squad. Sergt.-Maj. A. Swan, N.C.
" H. Fraser, R.H.
" S.L. Neville, T.M.R.
Col. Sergt. W.K. Edwards, N.R.
" G.C. Mulcaster, N.R.
" C.H. Smith, N.R.
" H.N. Smith, N.R.
Staff-Sergt. E.W. Marshall, N.S.C.
First-Class P.O., C.S. Kirk, N.N.C.
Sergt. J. Humphries, N.C.
" C.L. Mulcahy, N.C.
" G.L. Thompson, N.C.
" B. Wray, N.C.
" C.H. Holder, T.M.R.
" C.R. Coombes, N.R.
" R.E. Cross, N.R.
" J. Doherty, N.R.
" C. Domone, N.R.
" J. Fletcher, N.R.
" C.A.B. de Lasalle, N.R.
" W.R. Lewis, N.R.
" J. McCann, N.R.
" D.H. Nelson, N.R.
" F.H. Worby, N.R.
" J.A.A. Davidson, N.S.C.
" D. Davis, N.S.C.
" J.A. Niblett, N.S.C.
" T. Pittam, N.S.C.
" T.B. Willoughby, N.S.C.
" J. Winter, N.S.C.
Second-Class P.O., R.C. Dickinson, N.N.C.
Cpl. J.W. Peebles, T.M.R.
" P. Allen, N.R.
" D. Band, N.R.
" J. Cunninghame, N.R.
" C.L. Gillham, N.R.
" W. Johnson, N.R.
" J. Keith, N.R.
Cpl. J. Lawson, N.R.
" D.J. McCarthy, N.R.
" P. Murrow, N.R.
" E.D. Rex, N.R.
" S. Stollard, N.R.
" J. Utterton, N.R.
Lce.-Cpl. D. Stevenson, N.R.
Tpr. H. Brown, N.C.
" C.P. Francis, N.C.
" G. Leathern, N.C.
" H.A. Taylor, N.C.
" A.O. Zunckel, N.C.
" E.W. Larkan, N.M.R.
" T.J. Bentley, N.D.M.R.
" R.W. Sharpe, N.D.M.R.
" J.P. du Plessis, R.H.
" L. Rudland, R.H.
" E.F. Gatland, T.M.R.
" H.A. Oxenham, T.M.R.
Signaller J. Ball, N.R.
" W. Hay, N.R.
Pte. W.E. Adams, N.R.
" J. Boylan, N.R.
" T.J. Cellarius, N.R.
" H.J. Coulter, N.R.
" T. Cunningham, N.R.
" L. Guttenberg, N.R.
" J. Hanson, N.R.
" W. Hay, N.R.
" W. Heath, N.R.
" N. Kedian, N.R.
" T. McCall, N.R.
" J. McCook, N.R.
" D. Mitchell, N.R.
" J.H. Morrison, N.R.
" V. Pennefather, N.R.
" G. Pothecary, N.R.
" J. Scott, N.R.
" L.H. Smith, N.R.
" J. Whittick, N.R.
" H. Wiles, N.R.
" F. Wood, N.R.
APPENDIX III
III.--STRENGTH OF FORCES IN THE FIELD,
7th May, 1906.
---------------------------------+------------+------------
| | Number
Regiment. | Number in | still
| the Field. | available.
---------------------------------+------------+------------
Natal Naval Corps | 100 | --
Natal Carbineers | 596 | 82
Natal Mounted Rifles | 287 | --
Border Mounted Rifles | -- | 254
Umvoti Mounted Rifles | 260 | --
Northern District Mounted Rifles | 120 | --
| |
Zululand Mounted Rifles | 120 | --
Natal Field Artillery | 229[364] | 134[365]
| |
Natal Royal Regiment | 154 | 22
Durban Light Infantry | 444 | 60
Natal Medical Corps | 63 | 33
Natal Veterinary Corps | 7 | 10
Natal Telegraph Corps | 34 | 7
Natal Service Corps | 78 | 14
Transport | 28 | --
Natal Police | 210 | --
Zululand Native Police | 90 | --
| |
Royston's Horse | 548 | --
Transvaal Mounted Rifles | 481 | --
+------------+------------
| 3,849 | 616
+------------+------------
Newcastle Reserves | 78 | --
Estcourt " | 101 | --
Dundee " | 68 | --
Umsinga " | 50 | --
Umvoti " | 88 | --
Krantzkop " | 82 | --
+------------+------------
| 467 | --
---------------------------------+------------+------------
_Note._--Conductors, drivers, leaders, scouts and servants are not
included herein. With exception of scouts and servants, their numbers
will be found in Appendix V.
IV. DISPOSITION OF FORCES ON MAY 7, 1906.
--------------------+--------------------------+---------+------+---------+
Place. | Regiment. | Number. |Guns.| Command.
--------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----+---------+
Babanango (_en_ {| Transvaal Mounted Rifles | 481 | -- |}
_route_ to {| Royston's Horse | 548 | -- |}
Nkandhla) {| Durban Light Infantry | 58 | -- |}
(Colonel D. {| Natal Field Artillery | 32 | 2 |}
McKenzie). {| Departmental | 32 | -- |}
| | | |}
{| Natal Police | 210 | -- |}
Fort Yolland {| Natal Naval Corps | 100 | -- |}
(Lieutenant- {| Natal Field Artillery | 31 | 2 |}
Colonel G. {| Zululand Native Police | 90 | -- |}Colonel D.
Mansel). {| Departmental Corps | 8 | -- |}McKenzie.
| | | |}
Eshowe {| | | |}
(Lieutenant- {| Natal Mounted Rifles | 30 | -- |}
Colonel J.S. {| Durban Light Infantry | 251 | |}
Wylie). {| Departmental Corps | 12 | -- |}
| | | |}
Gingindhlovu {| | | |}
(Lieutenant {| Durban Light Infantry | 70 | -- |}
T. McCubbin). {| Departmental Corps | 8 | -- |}
| | | |
| | | |
Greytown {| Natal Royal Regiment | 50 | -- |}
(Captain J. {| Departmental Corps | 6 | -- |}
Fraser). {| Reserves | 88 | -- |}
| | | |}
Krantzkop {| Natal Royal Regiment | 50 | -- |}
(Major H.G. {| Umvoti Mounted Rifles | 7 | -- |}
Plant). {| Reserves | 70 | -- |}
{| Departmental Corps | 8 | -- |}
| | | |}
Mayouguate {| Umvoti Mounted Rifles | 223 | -- |}
Kop {| Natal Field Artillery | 49 | 2 |}Colonel G.
(Colonel G. {| Departmental Corps | 25 | -- |}Leuchars.
Leuchars). {| | | |}
| | | |}
Keate's Drift {| | | |}
(Lieutenant {| Umvoti Mounted Rifles | 30 | -- |}
J.H.C. Nuss). {| | | |}
| | | |}
Mapumulo {| Natal Mounted Rifles | 105 | -- |}
(Lieutenant- {| Durban Light Infantry | 65 | -- |}
Colonel H. {| Departmental Corps | 9 | -- |}
Sparks). {| | | |}
| | | |
| | | |
Nkandhla {| Natal Carbineers | 381 | -- |}
(Lieutenant- {| Natal Field Artillery | 32 | 2 |}
Colonel D.W. {| Departmental Corps | 40 | -- |}
Mackay). {| | | |}
| | | |}Lieutenant-
{| Zululand Mounted Rifles | 120 | -- |}Colonel D.W.
Ntingwe {| Northern District Mounted| | |}Mackay.
(Major W.A. {| Rifles | 120 | -- |}
Vanderplank) {| Departmental Corps | 9 | -- |}
| | | |
| | | |
{| Natal Carbineers | 215 | -- |}
{| Natal Mounted Rifles | 152 | -- |}
Helpmakaar {| Natal Field Artillery | 85 | 4 |}
(Major W. {| Natal Royal Regiment | 54 | -- |}Major W.
Murray-Smith). {| Departmental Corps | 30 | -- |}Murray-Smith.
{| Newcastle Reserves | 78 | -- |}
{| Estcourt " | 101 | -- |}
{| Dundee " | 68 | -- |}
{| Umsinga " | 50 | -- |}
| | | |}
Supply Depôts. {| | | |
Maritzburg {| Natal Service Corps | 12 | -- |
Durban {| " " | 6 | -- |
Ladysmith {| " " | 5 | -- |
Dundee {| " " | 3 | -- |
Stanger {| " " | 5 | -- |
Vryheid {| " " | 4 | -- |
| +---------+-----+
| |4,316 | 12 |
--------------------+--------------------------+---------+-----+------------
V. STATE OF GENERAL TRANSPORT ON 7TH MAY, 1906.
-------------------------+--------+--------+-------+------------+---------
| | | | | Drivers
Distribution. | Mules. | Ox | Oxen. | Conductors.| and
| |Waggons.| | | Leaders.
-------------------------+--------+--------+-------+------------+---------
Zululand Field Force | 16 | 121 | 1,948 | 9 | 252
| | | | |
Helpmakaar Field Force | 24 | 51 | 850 | 4 | 110
| | | | |
Mackay's Force | 11 | 36 | 612 | 4 | 84
| | | | |
Umvoti Field Force | 39 | 23 | 364 | 3 | 56
| | | | |
Gigindhlovu, Eshowe, and | | | | |
Fort Yolland | 12 | 19 | 358 | 2 | 49
| | | | |
Northern Dist. M. Rifles | 4 | 17 | 268 | 2 | 57
| | | | |
Mapumulo Force | -- | 8 | 128 | 1 | 16
| | | | |
Dundee Base | 8 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 8
-------------------------+--------+--------+-------+------------+---------
Total | 114 | 278 | 4,576 | 26 | 632
-------------------------+--------+--------+-------+------------+---------
_Note._--There were also 2 mule waggons, 12 ambulances, 4 water-carts,
and 1 trolley.
VI. STRENGTH (ALL RANKS) OF ACTIVE MILITIA CALLED OUT IN CONNECTION
WITH THE DINUZULU EXPEDITION, DECEMBER, 1907.
-----------------------------------+---------------+----------+----------
| First | On | On
Unit. | Mobilization, | Dec. 11. | Dec. 22.
| Nov. 30. | |
-----------------------------------+---------------+----------+----------
Natal Carbineers | 491 | 795 | 581
Natal Mounted Rifles | 209 | 264 | --
Umvoti Mounted Rifles | 202 | 221 | 184
Border Mounted Rifles | 200 | 204 | 194
Northern District Mounted Rifles | -- | 215 | --
Zululand Mounted Rifles | -- | 140 | --
1st Brigade Natal Field Artillery | 177 | 85 | --
"C" Battery, Natal Field Artillery | 77 | 34 | --
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 95 | 150 | --
Natal Royal Regiment | 184 | 319 | --
Durban Light Infantry | 349 | 400 | --
Natal Medical Corps | 55 | 43 | 43
Natal Veterinary Corps | 18 | 11 | 11
Natal Service Corps | 25 | 58 | 58
Natal Telegraph Corps | 34 | 31 | 31
Searchlight Detachment | -- | 8 | --
+---------------+----------+-------
Total | 2,116 | 2,978 | 1,102
-----------------------------------+---------------+----------+-------
VII. STRENGTH OF RESERVES ACTUALLY IN THE FIELD DURING DINUZULU
EXPEDITION, DECEMBER, 1907.
-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------
District. | On Dec. 11. | On Dec. 22.
-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------
Dundee, 1st | 39 | --
Umsinga | 16 | --
Weenen | 46 | 46
Umvoti | 90 | --
Ixopo | 30 | --
Louwsberg | 40 | --
Newcastle | 50 | --
Estcourt | 50 | 60
Lion's River | 45 | --
City, 1st | 58 | --
Umgeni | 26 | --
Newcastle, Town | 26 | --
Ladysmith, Town | 9 | --
Utrecht | 150 | --
Newcastle Division | 46 | --
Vryheid | 50 | --
Krantzkop | -- | 50
-------------------------------------------+-------------+---------
Total | 771 | 156
-------------------------------------------+-------------+---------
VIII. EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY THE NATAL GOVERNMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE
REBELLION AND DINUZULU EXPEDITION.
The manner in which monies were raised for covering the cost of the
Rebellion was set forth briefly at the conclusion of Chapter XVIII.
From the beginning of the Rebellion (February, 1906) to the 31st May,
1910, the total net expenditure amounted to £883,576 7s. 2d. The
following is a detailed account thereof: