Arizona republican., 1900-07-09
WONDERFUL RECORD
EngIands Transport Service
 Reviewed
Facts and Figures Which Have Sur prised the World-Magnitude of the Work Accomplished Com mands Admiration.

London, July S.-Among the torrents of abuse with which the continental press critics, with one or two excep- tions, have deluged us since the be- ginning of the war, there has been dis cernible one element of involuntary l admiration-grudgi and deprecatory. ' perhaps, but still admiration.
 It is not our fighting qualities. says the London Mail, that have extracted | this faint praise mot the bravery of | our troops, nor the brilliant tactics of any of our generals. The fact that has commended itself With most force 10 the continent is that since October last we have transported to South Afri- ca, with scarcely the loss of a single life, 100000 men, thousands of horses and mules. hundreds of guns. and many thousands of tons of munitions, and all this without. putting ourselves very much out of the way, without any undue pressure on our transport ser vice or dangerous drain on our supplies, and with comparatively few hitches.
 The following figures and information derived from official sources will serve
 
 with which our transport and commis- sant departments have had to cope
 In 227 days since October 20 Gnclud- ing Sundays), 234 transports have left England for South Africa-roughly speaking, one per day-eacfT carrying on an average about 500 troops and loo horses. besides guns and vehicles.
 In addition to this great army. troops k,,-t India, and small consignments from other colonies, and reliefs from Malta, Crete, Egypt. etc.-in all. a total of about 10000, which makes the grand to- tai of fighting men landed in South Africa well over 100000
 To the total of 36. 900 horses sent from England must be added other 34,00O re- mounts from Australia, Argentina. and New Orleans, and about 10000 which went with the colonial contingents Of mules. over 75,000 have been dispatched from New Orleans, and Mediterranean, Indian, and other ports. Thus we ar rive at a total of over 150, 900 animals.
 These figures, striking as they are, by no means exhaust the statistics relat- ing to the transport, for, besides the men. horses mules, guns, and vehicles
 
 out eleven general hospitals. five sta tionary and twenty-seven field hospi- tals. and eighteen bearer companies for the care of the wounded. These have been manned by 40 military and 360 civilian doctors and surgeons. 530 nurses. $500 royal army medical corps. 800 volunteers, 1,200 St John ambulance corps, and 130 militia ambulance corps, ,,F. nel of the several large private hos pitals, have been carried from England. Two hospital trains and four hospital ships have been sent from England. and others have been made up at the Cape. The weight of a general hospital and equipment it may be added, is 412 tons. and of a stationary hospital 80 to 100 tons. so that the necessary ship space for this branch of the army's re- qurements is no small matter.
 With regard to shipments of ammu- milton. foods. and general munitions of war, the only figures available are those giving the tonnage engaged in various ships. From October ,, 1899, to April 2S, 1900. 293, "A tons were engaged in 192 ships. This vast quantity of ma terial was all sent out from England and consignments are still going out day by day in the same proportion.
 To this amount we have to add 150, 900 tons of oats, meat. hay, coal, etc, which have been dispatched from vari Ous ports in the United Kingdom, the colonies, and abroad.
 To deal with the postal and tele- graphic work 579 telegraphists and g. 800 postoffice men have been shipped tC South Africa. The mails to that part of the world have, needless to say, been very largely increased. and on May 19, for instance. 313416 letters, weighing over 1000 pounds. and 131, ,5OS newspa- per packages were dispatched to the army, representing 643 bags out of the total of 679 which made up the full mail to South Africa .on that occasion.