| Aden (Naval base) | 1,092 |
| South Africa (Naval base at Simon's Bay) | 22,179 |
| West Africa (Naval base at Sierra Leone) | 38 |
| Barbados | 738 |
| Bermuda (Naval base) | 1,896 |
| Canada (Naval bases at Esquimault and Halifax) | 1,599 |
| Ceylon (Naval base at Trincomalee) | 1,402 |
| China (Naval base at Hong Kong) | 1,689 |
| Crete | 1,628 |
| Cyprus | 116 |
| Egypt | 3,699 |
| Gibraltar (Naval base) | 5,104 |
| Jamaica | 570 |
| Malta[81] (Naval base) | 7,496 |
| Mauritius (Naval base) | 962 |
| St. Helena (Coaling station) | 211 |
| Straits Settlements (Naval base at Singapore). | 1,407 |
| Particular Service | 47 |
| India (less garrison of Aden) | 67,921 |
| United Kingdom (exclusive of Reserves) | 108,098 |
| | ————— |
| | 227,992 |
White Officers with natives. This total does not include the white officers employed with native troops, who numbered in all 1,814. The functions of these, however, will be best understood when the figures which follow have been considered, and the yet greater area of the earth's surface covered by those who served under the British flag has been taken into account. They are not matters for an appendix, but for the close study with a map of every adult and every child in the realm.
Total strength and dispersion.
The effective strength of the armed land forces of the British Empire (exclusive of the Royal Marines, but inclusive of local colonial naval contingents for harbour defence), in September-October, 1899, was:—
| | Officers. | Other ranks. | All ranks. | |
| Regular Army (European) on Oct. 1st, 1899. |
| | With Colours | 9,173 | 217,986 | 227,159 | |
| | Reserves | 1,803 | 81,134 | 82,937 | |
| | Royal Malta Artillery | 31 | 802 | 833 | |
| Regular Army |
| | (Colonial Corps, European Officers, Native Troops) | 233 | 7,798 | 8,031 | |
| | ———— | 318,960 |
| |
| Regular Army of India. |
| | With Colours (European Officers, Native Troops) | 1,460 | 171,216 | 172,676 | |
| | Reserves | — | 18,644 | 18,644 | |
| | ———— | 191,320 |
| |
| Hyderabad Contingent. |
| | (Officered by Europeans) | 121 | 7,386 | 7,507 | 7,507 |
| |
| Imperial Service Troops. |
| | (A few European Officers) | — | 18,289 | 18,289 | 18,289 |
| |
| Auxiliary Troops of the United Kingdom. |
| | Militia | 3,036 | 106,515 | 109,551 | |
| | Yeomanry | 654 | 9,460 | 10,114 | |
| | Volunteers | 8,020 | 215,901 | 223,921 | |
| | Honourable Artillery Company | 39 | 497 | 536 | |
| | ———— | 344,122 |
| |
| Indian Volunteers | — | — | 29,219 | 29,219 |
| Indian Military Police | — | — | 30,284 | 30,284 |
| Channel Isles Militia | 150 | 3,278 | 3,428 | 3,428 |
| Malta Militia | 60 | 1,755 | 1,815 | 1,815 |
| Cyprus Police | 26 | 731 | 757 | 757 |
| |
| Canada: |
| | Local regular troops | 91 | 936 | 1,027 | |
| | Militia | 2,398 | 28,463 | 30,861 | |
| | Police (including 92 Newfoundland) | 105 | 1,191 | 1,296 | |
| | Naval Forces | 50 | 472 | 522 | |
| | ———— | 33,706 |
| |
Australasia:
New South Wales. |
| | Local regular troops | 49 | 876 | 925 | |
| | Militia | 228 | 3,815 | 4,043 | |
| | Volunteers | 97 | 2,724 | 2,821 | |
| | Reserves | 111 | 1,535 | 1,646 | |
| | Police | — | — | 1,977 | |
| | Naval Forces | 39 | 576 | 615 | |
| | ———— | 12,027 |
| |
| Queensland. |
| | Local regular troops | 22 | 265 | 287 | |
| | Militia | 198 | 2,801 | 2,999 | |
| | Volunteers | 50 | 758 | 808 | |
| | Cadets | — | — | 875 | |
| | Police | — | — | 869 | |
| | Rifle Clubs | — | — | 2,520 | |
| | Naval Forces | — | — | 584 | |
| | ———— | 8,942 |
| |
| South Australia. |
| | Local regular troops | 3 | 31 | 34 | |
| | Militia | 72 | 625 | 697 | |
| | Reserves | 40 | 529 | 569 | |
| | Police | — | — | 349 | |
| | Rifle Clubs | — | — | 1,003 | |
| | Naval Forces | — | — | 120 | |
| | ———— | 2,772 |
| |
| Tasmania. |
| | Local regular troops | 2 | 20 | 22 | |
| | Volunteers | 88 | 1,696 | 1,784 | |
| | Cadets | 8 | 250 | 258 | |
| | Police | — | — | 60 | |
| | ———— | 2,124 |
| |
| Victoria. |
| | Local regular troops | 24 | 349 | 373 | |
| | Militia | 158 | 2,867 | 3,025 | |
| | Volunteers | 110 | 1,598 | 1,708 | |
| | Naval Forces | — | — | 286 | |
| | ———— | 5,392 |
| |
| West Australia. |
| | Local regular troops | 15 | 261 | 276 | |
| | Volunteers | 46 | 883 | 929 | |
| | ———— | 1,205 |
| |
| New Zealand. |
| | Local regular troops | 11 | 277 | 288 | |
| | Volunteers | 330 | 6,368 | 6,698 | |
| | Naval Forces | 30 | 682 | 712 | |
| | ———— | 7,698 |
| |
| Fiji. |
| | Volunteers | 19 | 189 | 208 | |
| | Police | 16 | 143 | 159 | |
| | ———— | 367 |
| |
| Cape Colony. |
| | Local regular troops | 38 | 1,028 | 1,066 | |
| | Volunteers | 186 | 3,486 | 3,672 | |
| | Cadets | — | — | 2,000 | |
| | Police | — | — | 1,401 | |
| | Mounted Rifle Clubs | 64 | 997 | 1,061 | |
| | ———— | 9,200 |
| |
| Natal. |
| | Volunteers | 112 | 1,489 | 1,601 | |
| | Cadets | — | — | 1,062 | |
| | Police | — | — | 659 | |
| | Naval Forces | 6 | 116 | 122 | |
| | ———— | 3,444 |
| |
| Rhodesia. |
| | Protectorate Regt. | raised by Col. Baden-Powell | 92 | 2,387 | 2,479 | 2,479 |
| | Rhodesian Regt. |
| | British South Africa Police |
| |
| Zululand. |
| | Police | — | — | 500 | 500 |
| |
| Basutoland. |
| | Police | — | — | 260 | 260 |
| |
| Bechuanaland Protectorate. |
| | Police | 14 | 190 | 204 | 204 |
| |
| West Indies. |
| | Militia | 23 | 574 | 597 | |
| | Volunteers | 122 | 1,845 | 1,967 | |
| | Police | 54 | 2,924 | 2,978 | |
| | ———— | 5,542 |
| |
| Falkland Isles. |
| | Volunteers | 3 | 78 | 81 | 81 |
| |
| Colonies in Asia. |
| | Local regular troops (Malay State Guides) | 9 | 623 | 632 | |
| | Volunteers | 93 | 1,556 | 1,649 | |
| | Police | 47 | 2,881 | 2,928 | |
| | ———— | 5,209 |
| |
| St. Helena. |
| | Volunteers | 4 | 51 | 55 | 55 |
| |
| West Africa. |
| | Local regular troops | 219 | 4,196 | 4,415 | |
| | Volunteers | 11 | 187 | 198 | |
| | Police | 40 | 2,202 | 2,242 | |
| | Naval Forces | 15 | 87 | 102 | |
| | ———— | 6,957 |
| |
| | Grand Total | 1,053,865 |
EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
The local troops serving in Uganda, British East Africa, British Central Africa, and Somaliland, are not given. The aggregate area of these Protectorates is nearly four times that of Great Britain. The majority of their inhabitants were, and still are, but semi-civilised or wholly savage, and internal order has often to be maintained by serious fighting. In 1899 the force included three and a half battalions, but as it was then in process of reorganisation into one corps, the "King's African Rifles," its precise strength at that time cannot now be ascertained.
CHAPTER VI.
THE NAVY IN THE BOER WAR.[82]