[44] Colonel Charles Prideaux Triscott, R.A., C.B., D.S.O.

[45] Present population something under 3,000. The Myit Kyina Railway has a station at Mogaung.

[46] At some places the grass had to be trodden down by marching the men backwards and forwards.

[47] This was not a mere suspicion. He was marked down and assassinated soon after this (vide p. 264).

[48] It must be remembered that we had not a spare man in these years; while the overworked civil staff, especially the best of them, were often disabled by sickness and compelled to leave.

[49]

{ Capt. Macdonald.
Hants Regiment—51 rifles{
{ Lieut. Richards.
Mountain Battery} 2 guns, Capt. Fuller, R.A.
No. 2 Bengal}
320 Mogaung Levy{ Lieut. Benson, Munster Fusiliers, Commanding.
(Gurkhas and{ Lieut. Hawker, Hants Regiment.
Sikhs){ Lieut. Manning, South Wales Borderers.
Mr. Crowther, Inspector of Police.
Lieut. Clements, Staff Officer.
Lieut. Eliott, Assistant Commissioner, Political Officer.
Col. Cronin, Senior Medical Officer.
Mr. Ogle, India Survey Department.

[50] Under military regulations Captain O'Donnell, being in command of troops called Military Police, would have been unable to command regular troops, and thus his experience and ability would have been lost. This difficulty was easily avoided by Sir George White.

[51] Captain O'Donnell's report.