Minister of Natal, and his Government, when they asked the Imperial Government in the summer of 1899 for more troops, which were sent to them from India and placed under the command of Sir George White, and which have very gallantly defended Ladysmith under his generalship. They were received with ringing cheers by the awaiting crowds at Pietermaritzburg and elsewhere as they steamed up the Natal railway, where admirable arrangements had been made by the general manager for their prompt conveyance to the front.

The Imperial Light Horse trained at Pietermaritzburg, the South African Light Horse trained in Cape Colony, and similar bodies were invaluable auxiliaries to the strength of our army. All of them deserve to be remembered as reflecting high credit on those who organized and on those who fought in them. They consisted of volunteers who knew the country, men who have lived in the country, Johannesburgers who are fighting for a

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The Imperial Light Horse trained at Pietermaritzburg, the South African Ligi.: Horse trained in Cape Colony, and similar bodies were invaluable auxiliaries to the strength of our army. All of them deserve to be remembered as reflecting high credit on those who organized and on those who fought in them. They consisted of volunteers who knew the country, men who have lived in the country, Johannesburgers who are fighting for a