Note 52 — Chapter X
Reading edition
The following were the orders as to the movements of the troops:—
To England.
Royal Engineers.—C Troop, 6 officers, 160 men; and 7th Company, 3 officers, 80 men, when transport available. To concentrate at Pinetown when relieved from Transvaal.
Army Service Corps.—750 men, when transport available, concentrate at Pinetown, according as companies can be spared, probably some time yet. All waggons will eventually be sent to England.
Army Hospital Corps.—350 men. To be withdrawn and concentrated at Pinetown, as portions can be spared from duty, into troopships.
Probably England.
3-60th Regiment.—30 officers, 920 men. To sail when transport is available, concentrating at Pinetown.
2-4th Regiment.—28 officers, 970 men, 3 officers' wives, 37 women, 57 children. Ditto, ditto.
To India.
17th Lancers.—24 officers, 455 men, 18 horses. To sail first week in October, per Crocodile and Serapis. Concentrate at Pinetowm
Royal Artillery.—M Battery, 6th Brigade, 5 officers, 157 men; O Battery, 6th Brigade, 5 officers, 157 men. Ditto.
88th Regiment.—23 officers, 664 men, 4 officers' wives, 50 women, 87 children. Ditto. This does not include two companies at Mauritius.
90th Regiment.—23 officers, 886 men, 3 officers' wives, 35 women, 57 children. Ditto.
To Mauritius.
91st Regiment.—2 companies, 6 officers, 243 men. Sail first week in October, per Crocodile and Serapis. Concentrate at Pinetown.
Royal Artillery.—10th Battery, 7th Brigade, 4 officers, 110 men. Ditto.
To Singapore.
2-3rd Regiment.—26 officers, 800 men. End of September, per Orontes. Concentrate at Pinetown.