The ranks of the Macedonian Mule Corps personnel were distinguished by an arm brassard bearing the letters "MMC" and a cap badge. Recruits underwent 15 days of basic training while in Cyprus, and were provided further mule and weapons training upon arriving in Salonika. Although officially muleteers were unarmed, a MMC veteran claimed that they were given Lee–Enfield rifles for the purpose of self defense. A crucial factor in the drive's success was the high wages (90 drachmas per month), free food and clothing offered, as well as the fact that the muleteers were registered as camp followers under the Army Act. In July 1917, the Mule Purchasing Commission was renamed into the Muleteer Recruiting and Staff Purchasing Commission, shifting its focus towards the recruiting of manpower. During the course of the campaign, Cypriot muleteers were tasked with transporting food, weapons, ammunition and water to the front as well as carrying injured soldiers back and working on road construction. The animals and their handlers endured harsh conditions, such as navigating swamps, rivers and mountain terrain during the night and under freezing temperatures. Following the end of World War I many members of the corps extended their contracts. Cypriots were subsequently stationed at Varna, Gallipoli, Constantinople, Serres, Doiran, Serbia and other locales. Others participated in the Allied Southern Russia intervention, during the Russian Civil War.