"It is raining to-night, and the morrow's march will be an uncomfortable one. Stairs is so sick that he cannot move, and yet he is anxious to accompany us. It is rather rash to undertake carrying a man in his condition, though, if death is the issue, it comes as easy in the jungle as in the camp. Dr. Parke has made me exceedingly uncomfortable by saying that it is enteric 1887.
June 27.
Yambuya. fever. I lean to bilious fever. We shall put him in a hammock and trust for a favourable issue."
The Advance Force will consist of:—
| No. 1 company | 90 | men and boys | 99 | rifles |
| No. 2 company | 113 | men and boys | 85 | rifles |
| No. 3 company | 90 | men and boys | 87 | rifles |
| No. 4 company | 90 | men and boys | 86 | rifles |
| Officers—Self | 1 | men and boys | .. | |
| Officers—Stairs | 1 | men and boys | .. | |
| Officers—Nelson | 1 | men and boys | .. | |
| Officers—Jebhson | 1 | men and boys | .. | |
| European servant | 1 | men and boys | .. | |
| —— | —— | |||
| 389 | 357 | rifles |
The garrison of Yambuya consists of:—
| Soudanese | 44 | men | 44 | rifles |
| Zanzibari | 71 | men | 38 | rifles |
| Barttelot's servants | 3 | men | .. | |
| Jameson's servants | 2 | men | ||
| Sowahis | 5 | men | ||
| Sick men | 2 | men | ||
| Barttelot personally | 1 | men | 8 | rifles |
| Jameson personally | 1 | men | 2 | rifles |
| —— | —— | |||
| 129 | 87 | rifles | ||
| —— | —— |
Contingent at Bolobo to be joined to garrison of Yambuya:—
| Zanzibaris | 128 | men and boys | 52 | rifles |
| John Rose Troup | 1 | men and boys | ||
| Herbert Ward | 1 | men and boys | ||
| William Bonny | 1 | men and boys | ||
| —— | —— | |||
| 131 | men | 52 | rifles | |
| Advance force | 389 | men | 357 | rifles |
| Yambuya garrison | 129 | men | 87 | rifles |
| Bolobo, Kinshassa, &c. | 131 | men | 52 | rifles |
| —— | —— | |||
| 649 | men | 496 | rifles | |
| —— | —— | |||
| Loss of men from Zanzibar to | ||||
| Yambuya | 57 | men | 28 | rifles |
| —— | —— | |||
| 706 | men | 524 | rifles | |
| —— | —— |