his own expedition, as the officers and men could be spared to undertake the exploratory work for which they were originally intended now that the crisis had been successfully combated. Beyond this point I do not propose to follow the subsequent operations against the mutineers, in which the expedition had no share; but I may mention that before Uganda again resumed its former security, and the troops from India were able to return to their homes, much work remained to be done. i Between October 19, 1897, and May 3, 1898, no less than seven Europeans had been killed and five wounded in the operations against the mutineers, whilst the total losses inflicted by the enemy on the Government forces amounted to 835 killed and wounded, including those suffered by our Waganda and Wasoga allies. These numbers speak for themselves, and afford eloquent testimony to the desperate nature of the stand made by the mutineers at Lubwa's and elsewhere. Before bringing this chapter to a conclusion, I feel that it is only due to Major Macdonald to state that we, who were employed in these operations and who received so generous a meed of praise from our Chief, fully recognised throughout that the success of the operations against the combined forces of the mutineers, Mwanga, and Kabarega's Wanyoro, was entirely due to his own fertility of resource, extraordinary knowledge of the country, his great personal influence with our allies, and the unbounded confidence of his men and officers alike which he so completely possessed. It is not for me to speak of his own personal gallantry; but I may perhaps state that a civilian, who was present at the first great fight at Lubwa's Hill, has expressed to me the great admiration he held from that day forth for the Major, who was always to be seen where the bullets fell thickest, quietly and calmly strolling about, encouraging his men, and smoking his pipe! The mark of nearly every Sudanese rifleman, he passed unscathed through that day, though his own immediate attendants were struck down at his side; and, later, had the unqualified satisfaction of seeing his operations so successfully carried out that the mutineers had been driven out of the country, whilst Mwanga's forces were so harassed and broken up, that the safety of Uganda was once more assured. He then felt that his work was done, and he could once more turn his thoughts towards the execution of that exploratory work for which the expedition had been originally despatched from England. As an appendix at the end of the book, in order to give some idea of the difficulties Major Macdonald had to contend with, and the ready assistance he received from all classes, I have ventured to add his general remarks on the operations, as submitted before Parliament, which I feel sure will be read with interest. CHAPTER VIII KAMPALA TO MOUNT ELGON (MAIN BODY) As has been previously stated, Major Macdonald handed over the command of the military operations to Major Martyr on May 3, 1898, in order the better to undertake the reorganization of his own expedition. Before the arrival of Mr. Berkeley at Kampala on April 11, certain arrangements had already been entered into between Macdonald and George Wilson regarding the escort to be provided, which it was decided should consist of 130 selected Sudanese (from those disarmed men who were settled at Kampala and Port Alice) and 70 Indian troops. Volunteers from amongst the Sudanese were therefore called for at the beginning of April, and within a few days the lists were closed, as more than the required number of men had come forward, in spite of being informed that their services might be required for perhaps two years, and they must be prepared to undergo considerable hardships, with the possibility of fighting as well. The men were medically inspected, and 130 selected and formed into a specia' service company. When Mr. Berkeley arrived, Martyr demt red at so many newlyarmed Sudanese being taken, and it was then arranged that 130 Indian Sepoys and 70 Sudanese should accompany the expedition, together with two officers of the 27th Bombay Infantry, and probably Captain Tickell and Lieutenant Pereira, of the Uganda Rifles, in addition. Directions were sent out accordingly to assemble the 75 Afridis who had accompanied Major Price from the coast, and such Sikhs of the 27th Bombay Infantry as had arrived in Uganda, for Macdonald was particularly desirous of taking the Afridis, who knew him by name and reputation from his former work in the Khyber. Arrangements were at the same time made to concentrate the expedition detachments of Sikhs and Swahilis, who were still doing military duty in Unyoro, Buddu, Butunzi, and Bulamwezi. On April 27 Bright reached Kampala with his section of Swahilis, followed the next day by Tracy and his men, whilst on May 2 I arrived with the Sikhs and Swahilis from Unyoro. Kirkpatrick and McLoughlin did not arrive from Buddu until May 26. I was very pleased to meet my old friend Mr. Berkeley again, from whom we of the original Railway Survey had enjoyed so much hospitality at Mombasa in 1891 and 1892; and here, again, at Kampala, during our stay of close on a month, we spent several very pleasant musical evenings under the hospitable roof of the Commissioner before we left Uganda. We all sang-or tried to-to the accompaniment of banjos, and as the audiences were not over-critical, we managed to get a great amount of amusement and hearty choruses out of the concerts. Soon after my return to Kampala, Tracy and Bright started off for Save to make preliminary arrangements there for the expedition, and were accompanied by about 100 Swahilis, 100 local porters, and 25 of the special Sudanese, with their 10 women. Tracy received instructions to collect at Save 300 loads of food, and form an advanced depot at Manimani or Bukora, which places he had previously visited after we had left Save in November. He was also to collect and equip with saddles 218 donkeys and 36 camels, or, failing camels, 300 donkeys; whilst, on arrival at Mumia's, clothing and tents were to be issued to his Sudanese. To purchase all these animals, Tracy was to have a number of cattle placed at his disposal, and 500 loads of food were to be carried |