The sun., 1916-08-20
HORDES OF NATIVES
AT BRITAIN'S CALL
Sir Harry Johnston Wants
PrOvincials Called to
Serve in War.
100000 ARE AT HAND
Army Officers Praise Men as
Brave and Daring in
Battle.
Special corrsspsnlemcs to Tn. Sos.

Special C~orrsspsnle~cs to Tn. Sos.
LONDON, Aug. 0.-Ths drain Of man
power on the population of all the Allies
IL enormous. though. Of course. Great
Britain with her teemine dependencies
u not yet feeling tho strain like some
Of her friends. But the wastage grows
day by day. France has felt II. cspe-
cially at vsrdun. and OF all tho Allies
only Russia with her teening millions
can look forward TO the future with abb
solute confidence: she At least will have
an ample supply of men to draw upon
to the end.
The famous explorer Sir Harry john
ston computes that there are 100000
native troops from foreign dominions at
Britain's command. and demands that
this material shall he made Use OF. The
actual white population OF the whole of
the British Empire is under co, goo. 900
In number. On the other hand. King
George rules over or protects something
like 370. 0O0. 900 Of yellow skinned. brown
skinned, black skinned and neutral
skinned men. women and children. OF
whom q large proportion of the men
would make excellent soldiers. SIR Harry
Johnston says:
IL am glad to note that General SHUTS
has already testified with real conviction
In his tones to the excellent quality Of
the Kings African Rifles. whom he has
found ready to his hand In carrying out
the conquest OF German East Africa.
The Kings African Rifles are. or at any
rate were down to a few years ago. re-
cruited from among the Christian. Mo-
hammedan and pagan negroes OF all that
part OF East and East Central Africa
which lies between the Zambesi on the
south and Somaliland on tho north.
Make Excellent Troops.
1.-THE Somalis make excellent. ,ntclli-
gent and brave soldiers. but are not per
haps quite 50 steady. so dorgedly loyal
10 the British as are the men OF pure
negro race. There Is. in addition. that
remarkable recruiting ground the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan.
but there Is also much fine soldiery
among the Bari, and their distant allies.
the Masa OF East Africa. make FIRST
class fighting men, Of great intelligence
and daunt!ess bravery. Even allowing
for the necessary maintenance of law
and order not only in the more settled
provinces OF the Sudan but :, the re-.
Gently conquered sultanate Of Ddrfur
and all contingencies in Egypt, II ough'
to be possible 10 send from within tn.
limits OF the Anglo-E;gyptian Sudan e
the war In Europe n contingent OF a
ieast 2oo.o'o picked soldiers. The King
African Rifles. already referred 10, ar.
recruited mainly in tganda n British
orally termed Hrliisb central Afrira-
namely. Nyasaland and tho odioluinf
districts Of northern Rhodesl,.
The Yao people OF Nyasaland brit
ish and P~ortuguese) have proved owe,
and over again their fighting value 1,
British campaigns. They were NV touph
est ]opponents in the wears between lSS,
and 1896, wherein 1 stroye compIo,eI,
to suppress and extirpate tho s,ayc trad
OF East Central Africa and Ia hiring Ia
and order into the lake regions Bu
once they were decis,ye,v beaten nv IN
aid Of Sikh troops from India the,
turned round IN thar obrup, way g.
characteristics of the negro ana cniis,e
in our armies, and proved themselves 4
} Ashanti. in SomalIland. in Uganda an,
EaSt Africa the best and brayest narr
soldiers we ever had under our com
mand.
ANY one who was ot nil known e,
them. like Sir Alfred Sharpe. recentl
|, the Governor Of Nvasalard. cou'l p,
|, cruit promptly 200. 900 good fighting mo
among tho Yaos. whom three or IN,
months would tain sufficiently FOR SO,
vice. say In Eeyp,. and six months n
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