390
VII. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Officers.
Men.
—
3
21
59 505
24
564
Total 588
RECAPITULATION OF FORCES.
Total Officers
1
- 11
12
Artillery Infantry
43
204
247
89
549
452
1,001
40
104
1. New Zealand
1,493 1,740
2. New South Wales
3. Victoria
4. South Australia
3,235
150
5. Queensland
6. Tasmania
7. Western Australia
3,383
and Men.
10,620
-
10,684
9,539
3,383
3,641
1,066
588
Total
39,521
Total
V. QUEENSLAND.
Total Officers
and Men.
Military force.
Field Artillery Garrison Artillery (5 Permanent Force (1 Mounted Infantry Engineers -
3 Battalions Infantry Infantry Companies
Bands
(2 batteries)
131
320
17
78
242
93
1,059
305
62
Volunteers
2,290 927
13 6
3,217
Naval Force
424
Total
3,641
Lord Hartington).
In addition, the Police Force of the Colony, numbering about 600, are liable to be called out for service; and there are several Rifle Clubs numbering nearly 600 members. In case of
war, 4,000 men could at once be placed in the field.
4
Field guns:
4
6 9
29
VI. TASMANIA,
9 6
Permanent Staff
12
Officers. Non. Com. Officers
and Men.
Artillery Southern Division
Northern Division
*2
179
2
71
256
Engineers
3
66
3 32
S.B.
"J
10 24
39
"
3 12
""
1 40
35
11 mortars
"
5 24-pounder howitzers Garrison guns :
8 64-pounder converted R.M.L.
Armstrong
II. ARMAMENT.
I. NEW ZEALAND.
11 7-ton 7-inch R.M.L., and 11 64-pounder R.M.L. guns of
position.
10 8-inch B.L., Elswick
}
with H.P. disapp. carriages
20 Nordenfelt's machine guns
2 Hotchkiss ditto
12 9-pounders (2 batteries of 6 each, given to us cheap by
20 torpedoes (Whiteheads).
spar torpedo boats (2nd class).
6 12-pounders, R.B.L.
Number of Guns,
22
{
10
13 20
2
12
1695
69
Rifle Regiments
212424
378
8
3
10
3
1
11
141
402
Reserves
Cadets
247
80
1,066
Also submarine mining appliances for Wellington, Auckland, Lyttelton, and Dunedin.
In the last five years 3,000 stand of small arms, and 4,700,000 rounds of ammunition have been sent out.
Total
Also 384 members of Rifle Clubs.
1
All boys in public schools are drilled.
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51491.
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Present Armament :
400
II. NEW SOUTH WALES.
6 10-inch (18-tons) R.B.L.
4 9-inch (12-tons).
19 80-pounder R.
8 68-pounder S.B.
4 10-inch S.B.
New Guns building:
10 10-inch (18-tons) R.B.L.
20 80-pounder R.
8 68-pounder S.B.
4 10-inch S.B.
Military Force:
41
42
Total
83 guns.
III. VICTORIA.
Garrison guns: R.B.L. 8-inch (12 tons)
6-inch 5 6-inch ( 4
""
99
)
3
M.L. 9-inch (12 80-pounder (81 cwt.)
55
)
a
Guns of position: R.B.L. 40-pounder (35 cwt.) Field guns:
R.B.I.. 12
39
"
12 6
39
""
22
M.L. 3
Machine guns, Nordenfelt, 10 barrel
68-pounders S.B.
Naval Force: ̈
H.M.V.S. Cerberus, 10-inch, 400-pounders
Nordenfelts
H.M.V.S. Nelson, 7-inch, 116-pounders
64-pounders
S.B. 32-pounders
Victoria, B.L. 10-inch (25 ton)
124-pounders
Nordenfelts
Eight other vessels
23
29
B
18
10000
6
36
19
103
4
00
18
~∞
2
12
32
122
16
LO CO
5
Naval Reserve :
S.B. 32-pounders Nordenfelts
20
Howitzer
NN
24
85
188