District Orders by Lieutenant-Colonel H. T. Hicks, C.B., 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Commanding Aden District.
No. 450. Aden, Friday, December 12th, 1902.
In supersession of previous instructions, a column composed as under will be held in readiness to proceed, on field-service scale, from Aden into the interior of Arabia:—
| In Command: Lieutenant-Colonel F. P. English, 2nd RoyalDublin Fusiliers. | |
| Staff Officer: Major S. M. Edwards, D.S.O., 2nd BombayGrenadiers. | |
| Supply and Transport Officer: Captain W. C. W. Harrison,Supply and Transport Corps. | |
| Staff Medical Officer: Captain I. A. O. MacCarthy, RoyalArmy Medical Corps. | |
| 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers (including section of maxim gun and twelve signallers) | 225 N.C.O.'s and men. |
| No. 45 company, Royal Garrison Artillery (with two seven-pounder mountain guns and four nine-pounders) | 80" |
| Aden Troop | 25 horsemen. |
| 12 camelmen. | |
| 2nd Bombay Grenadiers | A double company. |
| Section A. No. 16 British Field Hospital. | |
| " " 68 Native " " | |
If the column is required to move out, they will be joined en route (if necessary) by a detachment of No. 3 company Bombay Sappers and Miners.
(By Order)
C. H. U. Price, Major,
D.A.A.G. Aden District.
The following officers of the regiment accompanied the column:—Lieutenant Haskard, Lieutenant Wheeler, Lieutenant Smith, Second Lieutenant Tredennick, Second Lieutenant W. F. Higginson.
The following standing orders are quoted in full, as they give a good idea of the scope of the operations, the difficulties likely to be met with, and the precautions taken to overcome those difficulties:—
Column Standing Orders by Lieutenant-Colonel F. P. English, Commanding Aden Column.
December 24th, 1902.