[Photo by Russell & Sons.
[Photo by Elliott & Fry.
In the uniform of the City Imperial Volunteers.
AMERICANS IN THE BOER ARMY BESIEGING LADYSMITH.
This photograph shows Mr. Webster Davis, rifle in hand, amidst the American mercenaries serving with the Boer army. Mr. Davis was formerly Assistant Secretary of the Interior Department of the United States Government. He proceeded to South Africa during the course of the war, and after following some of the Boer commandos into the field, he returned to America, where he took a prominent part in a pro-Boer agitation, making public speeches in favour of the independence of the Boer Republics.