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Facts and Figures of British Activity During. th

Boer War in South Airica Which Have

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Among the torrents of abuse with which ‘_t

_ Continental press critics. with one or two

exceptions, have deluged the British sgmggthe beginning ofthe war, there has bemdimernibleoneelerlientofinvoluntary,

gdmiration--grudging and deprecat-ory,per-

_ mpg, but still admiration.

It isnot our righting qualities that have

g ,xg-netedthis faint praise: not the bravery l

,gm-troops, nor tlif: brilliant tact-ics of 'giyoféiif generals. The fact that has wmmqnded itfself with most force to our ngighbors on the Continent is that since Ogtoberlast we have transported to South Af;-ion, with scarcely the loss of a single life, MLM] men, thousands of horses and

'm'\|l¢g, hundreds of guns and many

thousands of tons of munitions, and all thiswithont pulling ourselves very much

T ontolthe way, without any undue pres-I

me on our transport service or danger

, wg drain on our supplies, and with com.

f pu-|,tively few hitches. I A This is what has most impressed the

gnigner who is sufhcently versed in the , “tjeet to have even :trough idea of what lggboen done-and few foreigners have gore. After all. the foreigner can hardly hblgmed if his knowledge extends no f|rtll¢l'_ than a rough idea, for even hglhhmen, interested heart and soul in “ery detail of the war, find it difficult tolearn much of the actual facts oon- gggtgd with the tremendous task of land- 'ingaud supplying an army of 200,000 men inawlllltry 7000 miles_ distant from our lbortl.

THE OFFICIAL FIGURIB.

Thofollowing figures and information dsitld from otiicial sources, will serve to iofthe magnitude of the task jvith whii our transport and coinmissartiat de guyonts have to cope. First of all- waQve the totals of men, horses, guns auditions sent from England since the BQ!!! ofthe §rst detachment of the Im] corps on Oct. 20 last.

Ship

Om :ers and Men.

Horses.

Guns.

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IS- october. _ .32 23,679 3,oso 76 360 1l¢vember..as 29,1715 5,559 ioo fm December. .zz 19,463 3,275 oi ass 183-

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Z7 ,759 6,023 448 33.604 5,596 117 `.’.8,4i°> 4,397 13'] 11 ,-192 4,340 32

7,200 2,623 0

(1 wk) 3 2,318 0 ‘

Tdal ZH 138.1-il 36,1I§3 409 1%1 Illly of the transports have, of course, _

,journeys now. I

'lilltable shows that in the 227 days 20 (including Sunday. ) 23-l` _Qlorts have left England for TSouth ..l&_-roughly speaking, one per day-3 I Oiqbearrying on an average about 800 1 Ryland 150 horses, besides guns and

~ __ ._ FROM GREATER BRITAIN.

'In addition to this great army, troops

been sent from Australia,Canada, In-

small contingents from other col- dg, and reliefs from Malta,Crete,Egypt, Qjfln all a. total of about 20,000, which Hhs the grand total of fighting men

in South Africa well _over £0,010.

Tlthe total of 36.000 horses sent from

must be added other 3-Lili) re- from Australia, Argentina and

i, and about 10,(XI) which

with the colonial contingents. Of over 75,000 have been despatched

Orleans, and Mediterranean, other ports. Thus we arrive at

of over 150,000 animals. average cost of these horses and

e., of those bought abroad for re- is estimated at £15and £12 apiece

. As to cost of transporting

from England to South Africa,no

Unulgfures are obtainable, but it may

that one of the transports re-

£70lll for its charter, and 1s 6d per day for all the troops it carried. basis an approximate t_ot-al sum

bteasily arrived at-viZ., £14,tIl],0(D

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W __ line Sandwiches. ’ OF ' ‘ I 1115 ~ 1 " ~ e we also L`bb ’ Chicken I "7 _ ' ‘ » 5

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Tongue, Baked Beans in Collections made on the most. - ' 5 ‘ Nurses! Reg|ste|', ' __ S‘“°°' etc' l‘¢lS0D°bl° t°'m” “nd Pwmptly re' ` . 1 9 rersonswishisz !°¢i1S°S¢ * 9”* “ll °° 5° 'Prowse Block. Pint' .door UG

Aho all kinds of Fruits, Syrups, mitted for. . _ _.___ ~ byappiyinz at ‘ . - t ani,-'_ . ? 1'-`

Confectionery, etc. at Deposits received and interest al-f _S-{~_1;eSl"1°€id,°

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THE HOSPITAL ARMY.

These figures, striking as they are, by

no means exhaust the statistics relating to the transport, for, besides the men, horses, mules, guns and vehicles detailed above, there have been sent out 11 gener- al hospitals, five stationary and 27 field hospitals and 18 bearer companies, fOr the care of the wounded. These have

_been manned by 470 military and 360 ci-

vilian doctors and surgeons, 530 nurses, 3500 royal army medical corps, 500 volun- teers, 1200 St. John ambulance corps and 13) militia ambulance corps, all of whom. not to mention the personnel of_the sever- al large private hospitals, have been car- ried from England, and others have been made upat the Cape. The weight of a general hospital and equipment, it'ima,- he ‘ added, is 412 tons, and of a stationar hospital 8) to 100 tons, so that the neces- sary ship space for this branch of the army’s requirements is no small matter.

FOOD ANI) MUNITIOXS OF WAR.

With regard to shipments of ammuni-

tion, foods and general munitions of war, the only figures available are those giv- ing thc tonnage engaged in various ships. From Oct. 5, 1899, to April 28, 1900, 293,774 tons were engaged in 192 ships. This vast quantity of material was all sent out from England, and consignments ,are still go- ing out day by day in the same propor- tion.

To this amount we have to add 150,000

tons of oats, meat, hay, coal, etc., which have been despatched from various ports in the United Kingdom, the colonies and abroad.

To deal with the postal and telegraphic work 579telegx-aphists and 3500 post ofiice men have been shipped to South Africa. The mails to that part of the world have, needless to say, been very largely increased, and on May 19. for instance, 313,416 let- ters, weighing over 700 lbs., and 131,508 newspaper packets were despatched to the army, representing 643 bags out of the total of $7 which made up the full mail to South Africa on that occasion.

.uzuv cones or srcx .urn vvomvnnn.

Finally, tocomplete the transport, 536

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otliciers and 10,807 nomcommissioned officers and men have been brought back to England as invalids up to the end of

May.

Truly, in spite of the faults which were

committed at the outset of the campaign

this isa work of which we may well be proud. There can be no doubt that it has done at least as much as our feats of arms in the field to uphold our prestige and exhibit our power to foreign rivals and critics.

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If “ coming events cam their shadows

before,” those shadows on the blind . Pfesage 9- Wed'

ding i n t h e

l . near future.

The y o u n g , lady may even be “all ready” to marry, that is, she thinks , 5 h e ’ 5 ‘ ‘ all ready ” for her

t r o u ss e a \;J‘s repared, t e

7 R trip ” h a s been planned, | and the house , picked out and

_ ‘ everything. ’ ’ When we see a young woman go out to

meet fate that way it brings to mind the Frenchmaxrs saying of the Charge of the Light Brigade. “ It was magng cent but it was not war,” It is magnificent to see the young _girl face the uture so fearlcssly, ut it is not life. 1:10 young woman is ready for married life unless her physical condition isup to the stand-» ard of marriage, in the health of all th_e delicate womanly orga11S. and Yami? 1° that the case. _

Young women _entering upon the

state of marriage will find no nend _so helpful as Dr. Pierce's Favorite _Prescrip- gi9n_ It gives vigor and elasticity to the organs peculiarly feminine, prevents the drains that rum the health, and makes the ordeal of motherhood so easy that It is practically almost painless. giaigngiiiig. iii W” 3-regtly bothered with painful periods, also g troublesome drain which rendered me v¢f7 weak and unit for work of any kind. I became go thin there was nothing left of me but skin and bone. My husbandbemmc al_xn_ned_ and got me n bottle of ‘Favonte Prescription. A er e saw the wonderful effects of that one he got me “yo more, and after I used those up there was no mon pain, and I began to gum in Bcsh VCU fa idl ." llr. l’ierce’s Common Sense Medical Ad- viser answers every question. It is sent fi-¢¢ on receipt of 3! one~cent stamps to Pay the cost of customs _and mailing i only. - For the cloth edition So Slim? I Add!&D!.R.V. P1¢1'C¢»B\\&1°»N~ °

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return. The veracity of the history wil be apparent to readers when they are in- formed that the I. I. Institute is the source from which the esteemed_Editor of the Pioneer and other distinguished J ournnl- ists obtain their material for fish stories. _ Passing hurriedly over the few un- important eceentricities that revealed themselves to only a few of his immediate friends during bis preparations for the Journey, he lands at Pt. du Cheue at ie.. minutes before one o’clock Saturday, June 23rd. The train for Moncton was due to leave at twenty minutes past one. Thirty minutes to take in all the sights at the Point. The magnificent sheet <f water--smooth asa mill-pondand odorous with the breath of the ocea.n,~that tretched for miles into the heart of the ew Brunswick forest, fringed

the ha.rbour's mouth with a

ost tempting line of foam-cres ted reakers, took hold of his aquatic in- tincts that had laid dormant through a hole weary winter, and he impulsively etermined to have a. swim. In thirty inutes he could swim across the. harbor, t-urn and dress in time tocatch thetrain.

No sooner had the suggestion presented itself than it was acted upon. Aquiet , nook on the shady side of the wharf, and 1

he garments ofcivilization were hurried- 1

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t ly exchanged for the primitive but more picturesque garb of the Greek Slave. In an instant the buoyantfigure of the Editor w s disporting itself in the water. It was the first plunge of the season, and it was glorious. Everything else was for- gotten. Home, friends, the Pioneer itself were not worthy of a passing thought. At one moment standing erect as if sus- tained by invisible hands, the next, gathering shells on the bottom, which on returnto the surface were thrown into the air with awild delirious shout of boy- ish glee. But he must hurry to the op- posite side of the harbor. ' Suddenly the screech of a locomotive recalls his ecstatic soul to earth. Iutuitively his hand sought his watch-pocket, or where it should have been; but his watch was ashore, and for_the first time since he left home, a slight shade of tea dimmed the smile thathad nowgrowninto a veritable halo around his face. Had he stayed too long in the water? He must go ashore at once! A few strokes, more pr0~ saically executed thantho ilowfexy, sol'-, pentine evqlutions :that had§won‘ plauditgf the small boys on the wharf, and he landed and began toldress. The train was in full view. Thqlbellgbegan-to ring; the train began to move, so did the half-ares?-d 'f'e`<iiu>‘°_r.°_'_f_`na;k`°»’éf?>'o7iZ<lT’t?tE hampered by an afmful of garments, sus- periders and sundry fag-ends of clothing

anding' out Khind like the tail of a~ met, he put on a. burst of speed that on brought him to the steps of the rear

car of the now fast moving train. In at- tempting to get hold of the step rail. he dropped one of his boots. That settled it. He could not go to Ottawa with only one boot. With a look of speechless pro-

ity at the train, he sat down by thei adside and wiped the perspiration off s classic brow, and the sandgfrom his et, after which he proceeded to dress nd sum up the situation. It was a bad fix, there was no denying

it: and worst of all, the boys at home would find it out, and he would never hear the lastof it. However, it was not the first, and accustomed as he was, to making up his mind quickly, he deter- mined then and there to take the evening train to Moncton, stop off there over Sun- day, and see the great Tidal Bore of the Bay of Fundy. He could at least get material for an article in the next Pioneer, and perhaps finish his swim that had been so rudely interrupted. At seven o’clock that evening he arrived in Moncton.

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fromall-mleart :ith- out ding e ` neys wereatfault.” The Kidney

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the market, most success- ful for Heart Disease and

t all Kidney Troubles, and g moat 'widely imitated is

Dodd’s Kidney

The esteemed Editor of the Pioneer re

""`”"""""""""""`“ """""` ` N iumefl Friday Wefllllg from his holiday

trip to Ottawa and other places-came home to die-to use his own expressive sv _ ' ‘

.Judging from its earlier stages that the

U`lP Was going to be an event-ful one,

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