The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-10
THE SITUATION IN CAPE COLONY

. 1850
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On our side everything possible ha
. been done by Sir Alfred Miner and tn,
military outboritios 70 ,+rorxt,., a,,
,
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trlcts known to be disaffected, ant
whenever possible to fill up the wide
gaps that intervene between our three
main columns. The raising of various
bodies of mounted infantry is being
. carried on busily At Cape Town and
in the western province first regl-
ment of the South African Light Horse
has been raised. and second is being
raised, and the present moment already
musters three squadrons. The first
regiment is temporarily in Natal with
4 Colonel Byng, but will return as soon
as possible as General Butler can spare
| its services The second is to be com
manded by Colonel Broadwood. IT
would be impossible to pass by the
South African Light Horse without re-
/ ferring to the energy and generosity
with which Messrs. George Farrar and
Abe Bailey have assisted in the raising
of the force helping not only out of
their pockets but devotng weeks ON
continuous labor, the former to the task
OF selecting men, and the latter to the
no less difficult and responsible task
of selecting horses. IN the midland
/ districts Colonel Brabants Horse has
been continuously strengthened, till at
the present moment it probably must
ers well over a thousand men.
Two new bodies Of mounted infantry,
each 500 strong, are being rapidly or
ganized in the eastern province. One,
Major r. A. Nesbitt's Horse ie being
recruited from the intensely English
population Of the Albany Bathurst, and
Fort Beaufort districts The other
Colonel Bayly's Horse, Is being raised in
the districts lying eastWards of the
railway from East London to Queens i
town. Besides these every effort is be- |
ing made to organize the English farm
ers and townsfolk in the midland and |
eastern parts of the colony for the de-
fence Of their own districts and there
are very few districts now in which
some sort of irregular scoutine force
is not being raised. The existing vol,ln-
teer corps at Port Elizabeth, Grahams-
|
Iieh centres are being strengthened bv
the admission of recruits. The Railway
Pioneer Regiment. recruiting for which
IS busily going on here. at Port Eliza
beth, East London. and Durham. is al
'eady over 300 strong. and has gone ont
% camp at Stellengosch, If Is exnect-
d within very short time to reach
he limit of 1900 men at present sane
Toned. The object of this force is nri-
narily to help in the renafrjng of tba |
ailway wherever broken up by the enc
nv. but being armed and drilled nc ~ |
ocular battalion II will also serve the )
urpcse Of a force for defending lines of t
and thus release an |
auivalent number of regulars for SER +
ice at the front. 1t is under the com d
land of Major Conner r. o.. and the I
ast of its officers are composed about a
lually of Royal Engineers and leading a
line managers and engineers from the d
and. The combination seems to work [
and the greatest keenness p
displayed by both the imperial and ri
lie volunteer officers to make their lc
rcee a really useful military unit. II
with the help of these vari- CT
Is irregular forces and of the colonial 81
llunteers, an effective defence OF the g
lie is being organized Small forces are bi
'sted along the railway lines leading az
De Aar, Naauwpoort, and Queens 1t
wn. At the same time, the broad gan ia
tween General Gatacre and General N
'ench is being closed up. a gap which m
ght have allowed free entry ito a 81
,er force, and which permitted free m
between districts al tie
ady in the enemy's hand and districts 81
tvering in their loyalty. The presence fri
detachments Of the Kaffrarian Rifles mi
d other volunteer forces at Rosmead m;
notion, al Cradock, Tarkasta and su
Ter points along the border Of the las
oatable land has had a most bene- ha
al effect. The destinations prepara- a
MS made in several of these places 4
the welcome of the Boer comman- pa
J have now been quietly dropped. the
'urther east still, in the native dis me
IT'S admirable work has been done sto
Sir Henry Elliott. the Administrator. mo
ing in concert with the leading chiefs loa
has organized and supplied with hel
IS small bodies Of native levies. TO wa
ire the defence and at the same time SIN
control of the native territories The cou
on Of the Cape government in con- the
ting to these precautionary measures ma
raised storm of INDIGNATION in the in
oh preeS Mr. Sohroipar ,rbo az oa !,