APPENDICES (continued 2)
Reading edition
” Mair
” Maitland
” Mansfield
” Mawdsley
” Melville
” Miller
” R.L. Morgan
Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison
Mrs. Morris
” Murray
” Goodwin Norman
” Oakley
” Ormond
” Orr
” Paget
” Pearson
” Petersen
” Phelps
” Poppe
” Pratt
” Pugh
” Renny
” Seymour
” Silk
Kanwar Rani Lady Harnam Singh
Mrs. Assheton-Smith
” Sparkes
” Stanley
” Foster Stevens
” Stone
” Watkins
” Wallis-Whiddett
” Wicks
” Wilkins
” Wynne
479List of the Stewards.
Captain Allanson
Mr. C.H. Allen
” Rob Allen
” G.G. Anderson
” E.W. Antram
” A.A. Apcar
” Gregory Apcar
” J.G. Apcar
” J.H. Apjohn
” E.C. Apostolides
Hon. Mr. Allan Arthur
Captain Badcock
Mr. L.C. Baines
Major the Hon. E. Baring
Mr. A.S. Barrow
” C.P. Bartholomew
” W.E. Bayley
” C.F. Beadel
” V. Beatty
” H.C. Begg
” W.M. Beresford
” A.J. Fraser Blair
” D.C. Blair
” E.G. Buck
Hon. Mr. J. Buckingham
Mr. P.L. Buckland
” A.L. Butter
Dr. Arnold Caddy
Mr. G. Caine
” P.E. Cameron
Captain Campbell, A.D.C.
Mr. John Campbell
Captain Baker-Carr, A.D.C.
Mr. N. Bonham Carter
” W.D. Carter
” W.D. Cartwright
” E. Chapman
” E.P. Chapman
” E.C. Coates
” G. Colville
” W. Ross Craig
” W.D. Cruickshank
” J.E. Cubitt
” R.H.S. Dashwood
Hon. Mr. Clinton Dawkins
Mr. Cairns Deas
Mr. W. Dods
Major Dolby
Mr. W.A. Dring
” W.K. Eddis
” W.H. Edwards
Sir G.H.P. Evans
Hon. Mr. A.U. Fanshawe
Mr. R.R. Gales
” J. Gemmell
” G. Girard
” W.O. Grazebrook
” R.J. Green
Captain Grimston
Mr. J.D. Guise
” F.F. Handley
Hon. Mr. Justice Harington
Surgeon-General Harvey
Mr. H. Hensman
” C.R. Hills
” H. Hookey
” G. Huddleston
” A.D. Ingram
” P. Ismay
” C.M. Jack
” J.R. Johnston
” C. Lawrie Johnstone
” C.B. Jourdain
” A.S. Judge
” C.H.B. Jurret
” Paul Knight
Captain Knox, A.D.C.
Brigadier-General Leach, C.B.
Mr. A.M. Lindsay
” Allan Mackinnon
Sir Francis Maclean
Mr. A. McNiven
Sir Wm. Macpherson
Mr. A.G.H. Macpherson
Major-General Maitland, C.B.
Mr. J.R. Maples
” E.J. Marshall
” E.S. Martin
” Harold Martin
” Francis Matthewson
Colonel Money
Mr. D. McLaren Morrison
480
Mr. A.K. Muir
Hon. Mr. A.C. Murray
Mr. J. Needham
” John Nicoll
Captain Noblett
Major Ormerod
Mr. J.A. Ormiston
” E.W. Ormond
” J.C. Orr
” J.W. Orr
” W. Orrell
” J.J. Page
Captain Phillips
Mr. G. Pickford
” A. Pickford
Sir Patrick Playfair, C.I.E.
Mr. F. Power
” A.J. Pugh
” L.P. Pugh
” R.A.C. Pugh
” C. Radcliffe
” A. Rawlinson
Hon. Mr. J.D. Rees
Mr. A. Rodachanachi
” L.E.D. Rose
” C.L.S. Russell
Mr. A. Short
” J.A. Simpson
Hon. Mr. D.M. Smeaton
Mr. C.E. Smyth
” C.D. Stewart
” H. Stokes
” Harry Stuart
Earl of Suffolk and Berks, A.D.C.
Mr. H.W. Sutcliffe
” G.H. Sutherland
” R.G.D. Thomas
” W.L. Thomas
” Shirley Tremearne
” J.M. Turner
Captain Tyrrell
Major Verschoyle
Mr. S. Verschoyle
” C.L.W. Wallace
Captain Waters
Mr. Martyn Wells
” D. Westmacott
” Thos. Westmacott
Hon. Mr. Justice Wilkins
Captain Wilkinson
Mr. H.D. Wood
481
APPENDIX IX LUMSDEN’S HORSE RECEPTION COMMITTEE
The following is the first list of names of the Reception Committee:
Patron
His Excellency Lord Curzon
Vice-Patrons
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief
His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Assam
Hon. the Chief Justice of Bengal
Most Rev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta
Members
Mr. A.F.M. Abdur Rahman
” J.A. Anderson
” A.A. Apcar
” A.G. Apcar
Captain Apostolides
Mr. J. Arbuthnot
Hon. Sir Allan Arthur, Kt.
Mr. H.S. Ashton
” R.P. Ashton
Lieutenant Baines
Mr. W.A. Bankier
Hon. Mr. Justice Gooroo Das Bannerjee
Major the Hon. E. Baring
Mr. A.S. Barrow
” H. Bateson
” H.C. Begg
” W.M. Beresford
Colonel J. Binning
Mr. D.C. Blair
Hon. Mr. C.W. Bolton, C.S.I., I.C.S.
” Major J. Bourdillon, C.S.I., I.C.S.
Captain W.J. Bradshaw, P.D.V.
Hon. Mr. J. Buckingham, C.I.E.
” Mr. C.E. Buckland, C.I.E., I.C.S.
” Mr. R.B. Buckley
” Prince Mahomed Bukhtyar Shah, C.I.E.
Mr. E. Cable
Lieutenant Caddy
Captain Baker-Carr
Dr. J. Nield Cook
Hon. Mr. W.E. Cooper, C.I.E.
Mr. H.E.A. Cotton
Dr. William Coulter
Mr. W.D. Cruickshank
Sir William J. Cuningham, K.C.S.I.
Mr. Lindsay Daniell
” Walter J. Davies
” Cairns Deas, C.E.
” J.G. Dickson
Lieutenant Dunbar
Mr. E.B. Eden
Hon. Mr. H. Elworthy
” Sir Griffith Evans, K.C.I.E.
” Mr. H.F. Evans, C.S.I., I.C.S.
Mr. A.U. Fanshawe, C.I.E., I.C.S.
” J. Finlay
Hon. Mr. M. Finucane, C.S.I., I.C.S.
Mr. J.S. Fraser
” J. Gemmell
Hon. Mr. Justice Chunder Madhub Ghose
482Mr. C. Greenway
” R.T. Greer, I.C.S.
Captain Griffiths
Mr. H.B. Hall
” D.M. Hamilton
Hon. Major Harington
Mr. John Harper
Surgeon-General R. Harvey, C.B., I.M.S., &c.
Mr. Gilbert S. Henderson
Captain Henry
Mr. H. Hensman
” J.P. Hewett, C.S.I., C.I.E.
Hon. Mr. Justice Hill
Mr. T.W. Holderness, C.S.I., I.C.S.
Hon. Nawab Syed Ameer Hossein, C.I.E.
Mr. A.J. Ker
” D. King
” H.A. Kirk
” H.M. Kisch, M.A., I.C.S.
” Paul Knight
Hon. Sir Edward Law, K.C.M.G.
Brigadier-General H.P. Leach, C.B., R.E., &c.
Mr. W. Leslie
” A.M. Lindsay, C.I.E.
” A.S. Lovelock
Rev. Canon Luckman
Mr. A.A. Lyall
” F.G. Maclean
” D.J. Macpherson, C.I.E., I.C.S.
Maharajah Sir Narendra Krishna Bahadur, K.C.I.E.
Major-General P.J. Maitland, C.B., I.S.C.
Mr. E.J. Marshall
Colonel A. Masters
Mr. W.J.M. McCaw
Lieut.-Colonel McLaughlin, S.V.L.H.
Mr. F. Matheson
” Norman McLeod
Major J.R. Maples
Lieut.-Colonel J.J. Meade
Mr. R.D. Mehta, C.I.E.
Colonel J.A. Miley, C.S.I., I.S.C.
Mr. Charles Morris
Mr. A.K. Muir
” Reginald Murray
Hon. Mr. F.A. Nicholson, C.I.E.
Mr. John Nicoll
Mr. A.F. Norman
Hon. Mr. C.W. Odling, C.S.I., M.E.
Mr. G.A. Ormiston
” C.R. Orr
” T.B.G. Overend
” W. Parsons
” A. Pedler, F.R.S.
Captain E.W. Petley, C.I.E.
Mr. W.H. Phelps
Major H.W. Pilgrim, I.M.S.
Sir Patrick Playfair, Kt., C.I.E.
Major D. Prain, M.B., I.M.S.
Hon. Mr. Justice Pratt, M.A., I.C.S.
” Sir H.T. Prinsep, Kt.
Mr. J.M.G. Prophit
Mr. L.P. Pugh
Hon. Mr. T. Raleigh
” Mr. Justice Rampini
Colonel Rankin, M.D., I.M.S.
Hon. Mr. C.M. Rivaz, C.S.I.
Mr. W.T.M. Robertson
” A. Rodocanachi
” H.M. Ross
” H.M. Rustomji
” J. O’B. Saunders
” F.N. Schiller
” J.C. Shorrock
Hon. Sir Harnam Singh, K.C.I.E.
” Mr. D.M. Smeaton, C.S.I.
Mr. C.E. Smyth
” T.W. Spink
Hon. Rai Sri Ram Bahadur
” Mr. Justice Stanley
Mr. W.R. Stikeman
Major Strachey
Mr. Harry Stuart
Hon. Mr. Sutherland
Maharajah Sir Jotendro Mohun Tagore Bahadur, K.C.S.I.
Maharaj Kumar Prodyat Coomar Tagore
Rajah Sir Sourindro Mohun Tagore, Kt., C.I.E.
483Mr. W.L. Thomas
” T. Traill
” Shirley Tremearne
Hon. Sir A.C. Trevor, K.C.S.I.
Mr. M.C. Turner
” F.R. Upcott, C.E.
Major-General R. Wace, C.B., R.A.
Mr. A.H. Wallis
Mr. C.H. Wilkie
” George Williamson
” H.C. Williamson, C.S.
” J. Wilson
Hon. Mr. J.T. Woodroffe, Advocate-General
Colonel T.R. Wynne
484
APPENDIX X THE FINAL ACCOUNTS
To the Editor of the ‘Indian Daily News.’
Sir,—May I ask you to be good enough to publish for the benefit of the subscribers to the Indian Mounted Infantry Corps (Lumsden’s Horse) Fund a detailed account of the receipts and expenditure?
On behalf of myself, officers, and men of the corps, I desire to tender our grateful acknowledgment to His Excellency Lord Curzon, Honorary Colonel, not only for having sanctioned the raising of the corps and for his patronage, but also for the very material assistance he graciously gave us and for the interest he took in our operations on active service.
I take the opportunity, at the completion of our campaign, again to thank the public for the splendid manner in which they equipped the corps for active service in South Africa and for the cordial way they welcomed it back again. The public appreciation of their services to the Army has been to the officers and men of Lumsden’s Horse ample recompense for any hardships they may have endured. For myself I can only repeat that I never wish to be associated with more gallant comrades. I am indebted to General Sir E.R. Elles, Adjutant-General, General Gaselee, Quartermaster-General, Surgeon-General Harvey, Director-General I.M.S., and General Wace, Director-General of Ordnance, for the assistance given in obtaining equipment for the corps and facilitating its despatch.
More than special thanks are also due to Sir Patrick Playfair for the great interest he has taken in the corps from start to finish, as well as to the other members of the committee.—Yours, &c.,
D.M. Lumsden, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Commanding Lumsden’s Horse.
April 17, 1900.
485LUMSDEN’S HORSE EQUIPMENT FUND
The Executive Committee in Account with the Fund from the Date of the Opening of the Fund
to April 9, 1900
Receipts. Disbursements.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
Subscriptions and Donations 2,22,225 7 11 Equipment 31,027 2 1
Uniform, Clothing, &c. 30,320 7 11
Ponies and Transport 27,459 9 7
Horses and Remounts 15,337 15 0[F]
Medicines 695 14 6
————————— 1,04,841 1 1
Camp Messing 19,301 9 0
Camp Equipage 2,522 14 6
Camp Conservancy 529 0 0
Camp Sundry Expenses 1,523 9 0
Office Establishment and Expenses 1,631 7 9
Stationery, Printing, and Advertising 628 11 6
Postages and Telegrams 373 5 6
Salaries of Native Followers 862 0 0
————————— 27,372 9 3
Canteen and Stores for South Africa 12,059 13 9
£2,000 taken to South Africa 29,912 10 0
——————— 41,972 7 9
———————-
1,74,186 2 1
Advances to Recover 1,277 13 0
Balance in Hand:
With Bank of Bengal 46,241 2 1[G]
With Honorary Treasurers 520 6 9
——————— 46,761 8 10
———————
Rs. 2,22,225 7 11 Rs. 2,22,225 7 11
Audited and found correct.
LOVELOCK & LEWES, Chartered Accountants,
Honorary Auditors.
Calcutta: April 14, 1900.
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APPENDIX XI LUMSDEN’S HORSE TRANSPORT
The following article is by Sergeant Stephens, of the Indian Commissariat and Transport Department, attached to Lumsden’s Horse:
The Government of India at the last moment not sanctioning native drivers for the corps, fifty Europeans had to be enlisted under the same terms as those of trackers, receiving kit, equipment, &c. As there was no time to pick and choose, the men were taken, if physically fit, more by personal appearances than recommendations. With the exception of a few, they worked remarkably well and never complained of the hardships they had to endure while we were in South Africa.
When each member joined the corps he was handed over a pair of ponies or mules, also harness for same, with cart complete. The majority of them had never driven or ridden a horse in their lives, so that the breaking-in of horses and men was not an easy task. Of fifty pairs of animals received for draught purposes not a pair was broken to harness, and when the heavy breechen was placed on their backs they did their best to kick it off, but the girths supplied by Government were strong enough to keep that in place. Our next difficulty was to put them together in carts. Immediately the curricle bar or iron support rested on their backs they wanted to be off for their lives, and in some instances got away and did a lot of mischief before they came to grief, cart and all. Privates Hyde and Braine once trying to stop a pair got severely hurt; Hyde putting his shoulder out, while Braine got his head badly cut. Both were sent to the General Hospital for treatment, but recovered in time to join B Company.
The Transport men were very willing, took a delight in their duty, and worked hard from 7 A.M. to 6 P.M. daily, and at that rate we were able to have the worst of the animals broken to harness before we left Calcutta. At the same time, the men were improving daily in the care and treatment of animals, and when the General Officer Commanding held his inspection, every one of them was able to drive, or seemed to think he could, so we had A Company’s Transport out for inspection. After 487inspecting carts, animals, and drivers, the General expressed himself pleased with the very ready way in which they had been got in order, and stated that he thought we should get on well in Africa.
The men had not the slightest idea of what a muleteer was until they got on board ship. Then the work started, and dirty work it was for about two hours every morning. Even then there were no complaints. The officer commanding the corps and the captain of the ship gave great praise to the Transport men every day for having the cleanest deck. The captain afterwards said that with Regular troops he had never seen it better kept. They had to perform the same duties as the troopers, the only difference being that they had extra work daily from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. dubbing and cleaning harness.
While on board ship the Transport of A Company was divided into four sections, consequently four non-commissioned officers had to be made. This was the first promotion in the Transport, and was given to those who seemed to take most interest in their work. The names of men promoted were Power, Palmer, Cullen, and Estabrooke. Power afterwards worked up to sergeant, was a very good non-commissioned officer throughout, and quite deserved the rank he held. Work on board ship was the same daily, nothing fresh occurring till we landed at Cape Town. That night carts had to be got ready, and the following morning we had to take our own baggage to Maitland Camp. That was about the worst day we had while in Africa. It was impossible to look to our front—animals would not face the sand-storms—it was not sand, but small stones beating against our faces, and our eyes were sore for weeks after our first day at the Cape. It was very hard to harness the Transport animals in carts; but after being about twenty-six days on board ship, they had not much mind for bolting that first day. The camp, when we got there, was knee-deep in sand. Maitland at that time was a dirty hole, and we were pleased when we got our orders to shift. But a few things happened during our stay there which we cannot forget. The Government came on us, thinking we had too many carts, and they had to be reduced by ten. So we handed our ten carts and ten pairs of ponies to the Transport Officer, Cape Town, and, instead of them, got thirty-eight pairs of mules, with leader harness complete, to act as leaders for our remaining carts. That meant instead of two ponies to a cart, as we left India, we had to put four ponies or mules. This complicated matters a long time, for some of the drivers could never manage four-in-hand, so had to be left with a pair only. They said that two ‘donkeys’ (which they would insist upon calling their chargers) were quite enough for them to look after. In the end, everything turned out very well. We kept those animals spare, and whenever any in the teams showed signs of fatigue, got lame, or otherwise unfit, we had others to take their places.
488The Transport Officer at the Cape did not think much of his bargain. He could not get the Cape boys to make head or tail of our Indian carts and harness. It was harder for them to put a pair of our ponies in their cart than their own span of ten, which they could use as they liked.
After receiving orders for the front with a light heart, every man thought the minutes too long until he got an opportunity of distinguishing himself. We were ordered to Bloemfontein, and everybody was on the war-path at once. We railed to that station, which did not do the animals any good, and on arrival there were ordered to join a brigade at Deel’s Farm, about three miles beyond the town. Having to draw our stores from Bloemfontein station prepared our transport and drivers for the work which lay before them, and during our stay there they got in excellent order.
The first day our Transport carts went out with spare ammunition for the corps, nothing unusual occurred, and, in fact, all returned disappointed, but this showed the ammunition drivers what they must expect when going out again. All in charge of these carts were picked men, being the best drivers with the best animals. They had to canter and trot over rough country with eight boxes of ammunition, to keep in touch with their corps, over hills or otherwise, and be always where they were wanted; our carts were very handy, and could go where others failed.
Next day was the well-remembered Ospruit fight, and the carts had a narrow escape then. The enemy got their range, and the pom-poms played round them for some time, a few of the shells landing between the carts; but the drivers were just as easy as ever, and when ordered to retire did it in excellent style, smoking and passing jokes as the shells followed them up. Private Lowther, who was on stretcher-bearer’s duty that day, will not forget what he called a cool order. When the drivers were getting out of range one of their hats was blown off, and Lowther, being on foot, was ordered to pick it up. He looked twice, but went back and got it. Shells were a bit thick, but he remembered he was a soldier. The day after the fight we had to send a cart out to bring in Major Showers. Corporal Cullen and Private Arthurton went with it on duty, Cullen corporal in charge, Arthurton the driver. After finding the Major’s body, they were joined by some Boers, who assisted to put the Major in the cart, had a friendly chat with them, passed cigarettes and tobacco round, and Cullen said when he came back to camp that there were very few Boers among them, nearly all English-speaking and of a very respectable class. They had very little to say regarding the fight the previous day, but said they were sorry our Colonel was killed. They had found some papers in the pockets of young Lumsden, whom they took to be the Colonel.
We had most trouble with our carts and animals when night marching. 489The ponies were excellent for draught purposes; the Cape mules did not last nearly as well. If properly fed the ponies would have worked throughout our stay in Africa; but they were often days without anything but what they could pick when we got an hour’s halt. On one occasion which I remember well they were thirty-six hours under harness without food of any kind, and only watered once. People might say, Why not oftener? Water was not procurable.
Another thing that came against us was the cunning Kaffir. He could walk around at night, take the best of our animals, and have them disfigured in such a way that nobody could recognise them the following morning. We put up with this for a long time, until our stock of spare mules ran short, and then we had to carry out the same tricks as the remainder by doing unto others as they had done to us. We were able to take to Pretoria every one of the carts with which we left Bloemfontein. When we got there, everything, of course, was the worse for wear, but complete in every other respect. If anything ever frightened our Transport drivers it was the word ‘drift.’ You should have seen their worried looks when they heard that there was a drift ahead; but they braved everything, thinking that Pretoria would finish all. But to our surprise when we got there we found out that the show was only then starting. We had a little rest after the surrender, being sent to a station ten miles off called Irene. While there the Transport kept the horses of the corps well fed on oat-hay, which we brought from all the farms within ten miles of the place. We remained at Irene until August 1, and then got attached to a brigade going after De Wet in the Rustenburg direction. We were on this march for twenty-eight days without rest, which was the cause of killing all our Indian ponies except twelve. The whole of that month’s march was a dead pull for the Transport—some days it was up to the ankle in sand, while next it was just the same in black sticky earth. We were not the only lot that suffered; every unit experienced just the same. It took us all our time to get our carts back to Pretoria. At the end of August we were only a day in Pretoria before being ordered off again on the march to Barberton. Things had to be got ready as quickly as possible, and off we went on September 1 for another long trek. When starting on this march we had to leave twelve of our carts in Pretoria, and as many men of the corps had come down we reduced our Transport. During the whole of this period we had very little time for carrying out repairs to carts and harness. The saddles began to give out in the leather, as they had not been repaired since we left Calcutta except a stitch here and there. During our stay in Africa we never had an animal suffer from sore back. This, we think, was due to the excellent way in which the saddles were stuffed before leaving Calcutta. Although newly received from the 490Ordnance Department, they did not satisfy the Commissariat and Transport Sergeant-Major, who had them stuffed to his own liking.
On the march to Barberton and back we had very bad weather, which completely destroyed our gear, and, arriving at Pretoria for the third time, we thought of getting it thoroughly repaired. We had done our best, and, in fact, had all the saddles restuffed and lined in a very short time, when orders were received for the corps to be disbanded.
The number of animals with which we left India was—Ponies, 100; mules, 5; total, 105. The five mules lasted throughout, but only eight ponies lived to see the finish. Two of these, driven by Private Arthurton, seemed to be in better condition at the finish than when they left Calcutta. He took great care of his animals. Two others were in charge of Driver Estabrooke. As he intended remaining in South Africa, the Colonel presented him with his pair.
The whole of the carts and gear were handed over to the Ordnance, Pretoria, before our departure, with three hearty cheers from Lumsden’s muleteers.
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APPENDIX XII TOPICAL SONG
BY J. HENRY, TROOPER IN LUMSDEN’S HORSE
I
The long campaign is over,
And we are homeward bound;
We think about what’s waiting us on shore:
Of the dâks at country stations,
Of the evenings in the club,
And the pleasures of a civy rig once more.
Chorus.
For the ration jam is sweet,
And the ‘bully’ beef is good,
And ‘Machonochie’ is nothing short of prime;
But give me, yes, oh, give me,
Oh, how I wish you would,
‘Moorghi’ cutlets and my peg at evening time.
II
We have often groused and grumbled,
But not a man would say
He’s sorry that he joined the good old corps;
And the longest marches seem now
But fair share of work and play,
When we know we’ve not to do them any more.
(Chorus.)
III
It really is annoying
When you march at break of day,
To find your moke has vanished from the line;
And you curse the stable picket,
And on your knees you pray
You may never see another ‘Argentine.’
(Chorus.)
IV
We’re very near the finish,
And in a week or so
We will scatter over India, hill and plain;
But when two of us foregather,
’Mid the clouds of smoke we blow
We’ll follow-Colonel Lumsden once again.
(Chorus.)
492Errata
Page 100, line 16, for Grobelaar’s read Grobler’s
” 182, ” 20, for East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifles read East India Railway Volunteer Rifles
” 257, ” 20, for Private J.E. Cubitt read Private L.H. Cubitt
” 267, ” 25, for Thompson, T. read Thompson, F.C.
” ” ” 32, for Henry, G.E. read Henry, J.
” 364, ” 44, for Burnett read Bennett
” ” ” 1010, for Campbell, L.C. read Campbell, J.S.
” 384, ” 13, for Johnstone, E.J. read Johnstone, C.H.
” ” ” 15, for Ritchie read Richey
” ” ” 20, for Bagge read Dagge
” 395, ” 35, for Rustomjee read Rustomji
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