The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-20

| London, Dec. 20. LAS a. m.-The gov
ernment has at last consented to mob /,
| ilize a force which General Butler is
| credited with having demanded ALL
| along as essential to success in South
Africa, namely, 10000 mounted infantry
This morning the war office issued an
order to the effect that the government
had decided to raise for South Africa a
mounted infantry force to be called
Imperial Yeomanary," and to be re-
cruited from yeomanry, volunteers
and civilians possessing the requisite
qualifications. Enlistment will be for
one year. or during the continuance Of
the war. The men must be between
70 and 81 years of age and of equal
physique to the ordinary cavalry sol-%
der Officers and men are to provide
their own horses and to wear neutral
tint cloth shooting jackets, not neces-
sarily uniform, felt hats, breeches and
gaiters. All must be good riders and
marksmen.
The same order invites every volun-
teer regiment that is linked with a
regular battalion serving at the front
to supply full company, which will
take the place of the mounted infantry
of the regiment.
These arrangements are expected to
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rolled strength of the yeomanry forces,
which originated in the troublesome
periods of the French revolution, is now
10. .433 Their services have never before
been called for in war.
The lord mayor of London, Alfred
Newton, is raising and equipping q
force of thousand volunteers among
the city corps. The large city firms are
contributing the necessary expenses.
Col Sir Charles Howard Vincent,
commandant of the queens Westmin
ster volunteers has also offered to raise
regiment of q thousand picked men
The enthusiasm of volunteer enlist
ments continues and promises to give
the government ample material.
Rudyard Kiplng addressed a meet
ing at rockingham last evening, called
for the purpose of forming a volunteer
company
The queen has announced her inten-
ton of entertaining at Windsor castle
Dec. 26 the wives and children of SOL
diers serving in South Africa who re-
side in the neighborhood. Tea will be
served, her majesty probably presid-
ing in person, and Christmas tree %
feet high will hang with gifts.
The British second class cruiser Iris
will convey General Lord Kitchener
from Egypt to the Cape. She has been
ordered to steam at 16 knots.
Special reports regarding the battle at
/ IL,
but all the newspapers complain that
these are severely censored and it is
still impossible to get any accurate idea.
of the battle. From the latest accounts.
however, it appears that General Butler
was in personal command.
A correspondent of the associated
press at Chieveley Camp says the Beers
excuse themselves for firing on the
stretCher bearers by asserting that two
squads of the Connaught Rangers took
cover under civilian bearers of the Red
Cross and that this act drew the Boer
fire, three being killed and several
wounded.
Much anxiety is caused by the fact
that the war office has not vet received
full list of the casualties at Tugela
river.
The Standard hints edtorially this
moring that if Portugal continues to
allow supplies of war material and for
eign volunteers to reach the TransVaal
through Delagoa bay, England will
have something to say in the matter.
Statements are published from Boer
sources in Brussels and Berlin thar
President Kruger is willing to conclude
peace on the basis of the status quo,
but that otherwise he will call upon the
Beers in Cape Colony to join in pro-
claiming the independence of the Capa
territory of Great Britain.
Want to Go to South Africa