Weapons
M / 71 Carbine
71 / 84 Pistol
12 Field Pieces
1 Machine Gun
1 6cm Mountain Gun
6 4.7cm Rapid Fire Gun
European Troops
1 Commanding Officer
8 Company Commanders
13 Lieutenants
2 Doctors
1 Paymaster
7 Warrant Officers
56 NCOs including Corpsmen
Native Troops
6 Companies Sudanese of 100 men each 600
1 Company Zulu 100
1 Detachment of Askari 80 (local Inhabitants)
1 Detachment Artillery 30 Sudanese
1 Detachment of Seamen 40 Somali
Total: 850
Special Police
2 Officers, Turks
20 Other ranks, Turks
German East Africa 1888-1891
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