Reserve Force of Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry, 2,700 of all ranks; besides a Naval Brigade and Naval Artillery Volunteers numbering nearly 500 men.
Queensland has a Defence Force of three classes, numbering altogether over 4,500 men.
- 1st Class—“Permanent Defence”—135 men.
- 2nd Class—“Defence”—2,600 men.
- 3rd Class—“Volunteers”—about 1,800 men; besides 4 Lines of Reserves in case of national danger, composed of every male between 18 and 60.
South Australia has 2 troops of Lancers, 1 Field and 2 Garrison Batteries, 2 battalions Rifles, and numerous Mounted Rifle Corps, numbering altogether 2,700 men, including Volunteers.
Victoria has a force of several Cavalry and Artillery Corps, 4 battalions Rifles, Mounted Infantry, and numerous Rifle Volunteer Corps, besides a Reserve. Total 8,300 men.
Tasmania has a small force of Artillery and 2 regiments of Rifles, total 930 of all ranks.
Western Australia has a small force of Volunteer, Infantry, and Artillery—640 altogether.
Trinidad and other islands in the West Indies have raised small forces for their defence, about 1,000 altogether.
Total Colonial Forces, about 84,100 men.