EOUIPPING OUR CONTINGENTS.
which has brought under oor notice we gleanniioaie-. ja'fjf,; -.iiilbereSfliD g figures ' pertwning:,to °f oar five South Africa. Jf the pnWjc.*ej-ena6 : already aware cf the great amoonft o£ work done by the Defenbe;Bti«6B' stsft in this coonettiop, thtf reborn before as would enlighten them. •- Tbere are about 160 separate articles part calariaed in the list, and tMtotal pt.theae served oat tons into faUyiseven figurta. Some idea of the qeinritiesJaandled will be given in the ioems/Wjequote: - *. grand, total of 244,510. rounds of SOJ'aaunoniuoo was served oat to the Contingent*, the First taking 10.000. rodndii the Second 173,540, tine Third 9000, the-Fowth .32.000, and the Kftk2o,ooo. The Second; Contingent had 66'lOrounas of blank ammacition, and she Fourth 6000; and Major Oradock'a i men ' iejtimd of Maxim iunHtoniUon 5000 rtonds of blank and,. £3OO of ball. Toe officara of the. fivo, Contingente hid a total of 17.072 re▼ofyW^ (.The sword bayonet*, scabbards, and carbines totalled J.IBB of each. Ihe fotlowiiigfigutes show■ the number of MCOBntremeßts served out:—lnfantry wihtbelt* 117S, braoea 1138 f waterstraps 1134, . oil bothies HHJ w <»BnteeM vind eonn { ; 1614, pooches (40-rounda capacity) 2186, slugs 1177. There; wer*'6B2 saddits served out oompUta to the first four CoitlMigShtß, of spurs, and, The: nosel^$ r > ; b(Wy and dandy brushes 1325, eiWcoicbl 1297, Jorage cards 1581, i^^s- 718, 1626 pairs and 3237 horse-shoes. The uniform and department as these totals pairs men's and officers' hS»W pairs cprft' pants, ,2571 p*i« canvas ahi^ T4 l3sSpaya sergetrousers, 3827 •cholerabelts. '39o9pairs drawers, 4116 greyshiriig, 2856 andersbirt, 4413 pairs all"these'there were a meJtitode of oqhtr items in chekio and
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 236, 30 November 1900, Page 1
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264EOUIPPING OUR CONTINGENTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 236, 30 November 1900, Page 1
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