OUR TROOPS.
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNDER ARMS.
THE WORK OF EMBARKATION,
By Telegraph—Press Assoiration—Copyrigl t I London, July 2. An official statement shows that at the moment of peace th-:ru Were 200,000 men, excluding local forces, under arms in South Africa ; 70,000 of these will embark before the regulars. Government transports with carrying capacity of 40,000 men, have been engaged, in addition to the 2500 embarking in the weekly steamers. All the Yeomanry of 1901 and IS,OOO reservists are to embark before August. The Australians are going in six ships. Oversea Colonials will be among the first to embark. The Yeomanry, oversea Colonials, volunteer service, and companies of reserve will receive a month’s leave on landing. A sensational dividend of £122 4s was paid on Ballastite at the Napier Park meeting yesterday,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 460, 3 July 1902, Page 2
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132OUR TROOPS. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 460, 3 July 1902, Page 2
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