The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-15
THE ZULUs.
..x.xe Africans with Whem the
Z ~,,sh Are Just Vow at War.
New York World.J

ovo Il the most powerful African
Css .rch south OF the equator. He has 10000
pop1saata within the 10000 square miles OF
sols,e.nd and they are powerful, well-built
WI. aaanabIe Of great endurance. lie has al
lacs3 aassennbled 5000 men on the frontier and
l epsa Out his army. kere are torty regl.
csllesa eeven of which, however, consist OF
psnlss, ger sixty. OF the remaining thirty
pen VsSteen are composed Of bachelors and
ihre, III married men, the latter being dis
egnIabed ~ their shaveH heads, on which
~ Grclet Of hair i allowed to grow. 4 oh
Only bas its distinctive marks and special
VIZ VIZ. At fourteen Or fifteen the Zulu males
asliV;n aio the army and are formed into regi-
49, with which older soldiers are mixed
pe a IN forty Is marriage permitted. At pres
~. ~ army contains "a, 500 men under thirty
w W. s1 between thirty and forty, 3400 between
ntr W. fifty. and 400 between fifty and
llsy. total, 40 400 The soldiers have breech-
essSs.s and some cannon. Each regi-
usse has two wings Of equal strength, sub
Gssssr,,mander and second in command; there
~ tro officers to each wing, besides COM
v. - ofieprs and two or three junior officers.
IA have their regulated duties and RESPONSE
ssll ~ and their orders are readily obeyed.
XIII XIII there ID none, though the Iulus perform
sme simple movements with method, such
w Y Isnrming circle OF companies or regiments,
ssadng into companies from the circle or
sssrain1 line OF march In order OF compa-
" ar In close order OF regiments. The com
Inssssoriat and transport are simple. The
ssneer consists OF a provision OF maize or
s,1llet and herd Of cattle propOrtloned 70 the
@stance to be Travelled; the latter OF the
uonths of the regiment, who carry mats,
EsnEats and provisions and drive the cattle.
TSat thew are careless Of the single life" In
~ sieId appears sufficiently from their tao
sca when they have to cross an unbridged
.snrrent. They form in dense column, each
aiding on the other, and force their way
through the food by sheer weight, those be-
sjad prcssingthe others forward.
Tha last and greatest opponents OF the
,hites in South Africa will be confronted by
satueen 1900 and $4,000 men, Of whom 5000
~ British regulars and 5000 native leviea
m the Caffres 10 per cent are armed with
yass and the remainder with assegais. They
sre Offered by whites experienced 10 Cape
~artare. The regulars are two battalions %
Ia Twerty-fouTth Regiment. one battalion o.
tSe Third Bluffs, one OF the Nineteenth, and
ssvaral companies from the Thirteenth anC
Eighteenth, with twenty-sis guns, manned
Nv 5g0 artillerymen. There is also a naya
hdcade 300 strong from the ships Active ant
fsnedos, and the Kings Own Royal Regi
ment. to which the Queen presented new
eolors in December, Is on its way to the Cape
The Colonial forces consists of eight corps O
haunted volunteers. The disposition Of th'
inrees is as follows: The Northern column
deft). commanded by Col. Hugh Rowands, Q
b. Victoria Cross man, consisting OF the
thirteenth and Eightleth, is eschelontd from
NddIesburg to Pretoria. The central column
undpr Col. L. Wood, g. b., also wearer Of tn
". c." consisting of the NiBetieth and Colo
mails, Is at Utrecht, ready to strike at tn
heart Of ZuluIand from the west. he South
ern column (right) commanded by Lore
Chelmsford, and comprising the Third anc
Tventy-fouTth regiments, is on the Nata
frontier. facing northeast. The Caffre contin
gent is divided among the commands. anC
Mn come into play ia desultory warfar
rather than in any Of the regular operations