A warning to stand ready has been issued. to the regiments, but sea transport will not, be taken up at present. In fact, the actual dispatch of this Division is contingent™on the replacement in India from home or South Africn of the equivalent number of British Regiments and batteries, quite apart from the return of the contingent originally sent to Natal. 'The Government of India, we understand, have been considering' the question of replacements of Native Infantry, and an announcement on the subject may be shortly made. It should be remembered that Indian troops are garrisoning Mauritius, Colombo, and Singapore, so the native army is below its strength, even without considering the China Field Force.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.