| FOR NATIVE TROOPS AND FOLLOWERS. | |
| Flour | 5 days |
| Dal and salt | 30 " |
| Rum for spirit-drinking men | 8 " |
Sheep, ten days' supply for British troops and four issues for Native troops, with 20 per cent. spare. Nearly 5,000 sheep were purchased on the march. N.B.—There are no horned cattle in Afghanistan, except those used for the plough or transport.
In addition to the above, a small reserve of lime-juice, pea-soup, and tinned meat was taken; these proved most useful, and might have been increased with advantage had carriage been available.
I gave strict orders that the reserve of bread-stuff, flour, and sheep was never to be used without my sanction, and that wherever possible food for the day's consumption was to be purchased. We had occasionally to trench upon the reserve, but we nearly made it up at other places, and we arrived at Kandahar with three days' supplies in hand.]
[Footnote 9:] [The] followers consisted of:
| Doolie-bearers | 2,192 |
| Transport and other departments | 4,698 |
| Private servants, and saices of Native Cavalry regiments | 1,244 |
| —— | |
| Total | 8,134 |
| DETAIL OF FORCE. | ||
| 1ST INFANTRY BRIGADE. | ||
| British. | Native. | |
| 92nd Highlanders | 651 | — |
| 23rd Pioneers | — | 701 |
| 24th Punjab Native Infantry | — | 575 |
| 2nd Gurkhas | — | 501 |
| —– | —— | |
| Total | 651 | 1,777 |
| 2ND INFANTRY BRIGADE. | ||
| British. | Native. | |
| 72nd Highlanders | 787 | — |
| 2nd Sikh Infantry | — | 612 |
| 3rd Sikh Infantry | — | 570 |
| 5th Gurkhas | — | 561 |
| —– | —— | |
| Total | 787 | 1,743 |
| 3RD INFANTRY BRIGADE. | ||
| British | Native. | |
| 60th Rifles, 2nd Battalion | 616 | — |
| 15th Sikhs | — | 650 |
| 25th Punjab Native Infantry | — | 629 |
| 4th Gurkhas | — | 637 |
| —– | —– | |
| Total | 616 | 1,916 |