The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Saturday 9 March 1901, page 450, 451

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THE FIFTHAN IDEALStanding out la bold relief against a blue

summer sky and. the dark green foliage on

the further river bank, the transportsteamer

poles laid back on a rakish angle, and her

big red funnel, made an imposing picture as

she lay at the Pinkenba wharf.

A big, roomy Teasel, with an excellent

name as a good sea boat, the members ofthe Fifth Queensland Contingent will be

bard to satisfy if they fall to make them

selves thoroughly comfortable on their

forthcoming voyage to the Cape. Ever

since October, 18?9, the Templemore has

been engaged in transport work, and thor

oughly fitted according to the ideas of the

home authorities, Bhe merely needed a

little general"

touching up" during her

stay at Sydney. Prior to leaving the Capefor Queensland she made three journeysfrom London to South Africa with. Englishtroops, and then proceeded to Cape Coast

Castle, whence she conveyed -1300 native

troops who had oeen engaged In the

Ashantl war right round the Cape to Zan

zibar, only one en route.

The Templemore, which has four decks,

has accommodation for «650 men and 458

horses. On the top, or hurricane, deck,

which extends the whole length of the ship,

400 horses can be carried, 160 on each side

knd'lM amidships, while on th« next, cr

wain, deck there are stalls for fifty more.

The stalls appear particularly strong, and

are well ventilated, while they are at the

same time protected from sun or rain.

On tie two lower decks, called respec

tively the" between decks" and the

"

or

lop" deck, are the troopers' quarters.On the nrstnamed there are twenty-twotables, each with accommodation for eigh

teen men to mess at, while on the latter

deck thsrj? are twelve tables, to seat six

teen men each. In both decks the ham

mocks for night are stowea overhead, be

tween hooks, from which they may be sus

pended for sleeping1 purposes. As the

vessel had only Just completed the loadingof 400 tons of coal, most of the portholeswere closed, *et although the morning was

warm, the atmosphere of the troop decks

was by no means oppressive, so that whvn

open, and with the natural breeze resultant

on the steamer's motion, our soldiers

should have splendidly-ventilated quarter*.A hdspltal, with about a score of comfortafiie' beds, is located on the

" between

decKs** Amidships, and the armoury and

the .' cells" on the orlop deck. Comfort

able cabins for' the officers, very little in

very

ferior, to those to be found on ocean liners,

as regards space, are situated on the hur

ricane and main decks, there being slxtennon the Prstnamed and nine on the last.

The Templemore has a refrigerating cham

ber, that will bold 300 tons of meat,, and is

•f course fitted throughout with electriclight. She Is under the command of Captain Murdoch, who has under him four offi

cers, six engineers, twenty-two sailors,

thirty-two engine hands, and no fewer than

twenty stewards to minister to the com

forts of •*

Private Thomas A." The Tem

plemore ts capable of steaming fourteen

knots an hour, which is slightly above the

speed of the average transport steamer.

A telegram has been received from- Cape*town, In reply to one sent by the Govern-,

ment to the General in Charge of Com

munications, stating that the transportTemplemore, with the Fifth QueenslandContingent, is to proceed direct to Capetownfor orders and Instructions as to the con

tingent's movements. Tne inquiry was

made by the Government in view of the

presence of plague at Capetown.

! RATES OF PAY. 'The following are the rales of pay at per

day from date of embarkation, of the-FifthQueensland (Imperial Bushmen) Cent n

gent :—Commanding officer, 265.; major,235.; captain, adjutant, and quartermaster,215.; lieutenant, 165.; transport officer, ac

cording to rank ; medical officer, 205.;

sergeant-major, 95.; quartermaster-sergeant, Bs. 6d.; company sergeant-major, Bs.;

other sergeants, 75.; corporal, bugler,saddler, Carrier, 65.; private, ss. Field,colonial, and any other allowances -in addition. Outfit allowance each officer £50*.

NAMES OF OFPICBBB AND MEN.

The full strength of the Fifth Queensland South African Contingent is now

given at 601 men, of whom twenty-two are

officers and 479 of other ranks, and 450

horses, besides fifty-one cyclists and one

veterinary offlcer for the voyage*.The following are the names of the offi

cers and men :—

STAFF.Offlcer Commanding : Lieutenant-Colonel

John Francis Flewell-Smith.

Adjutant : Captain Thomas Henry Dodds.

Transport Offlcer : Lieutenant Geo, Alfred1

Keary* - - •

Quartermaster : Lieutenant George Ru*?den Ogg. t . .;,

Medical Officer : Captain Harold JohnIlutcbens.

THE COMPANY OFFICERS.

Captain Commanding No. 1 Company £Captain Frederick William Toll.

Captain Commanding No. 2 Company*Captain Charles Oeorge Gefcrmann

c.^tSSwSrtSSi!" 1 No> 3 Compaar •

Lieutenants Hubert Reginald Carter.James Loynes, William Scott Hunter Herbert Ashcr Benjamin, Lachlan John Oaskey, George Edward Clerk, Charles Guatave Burgoyne ReeBe, Geo. Hamilton Burnside. Kenedon Jeffreys Halse, BernardWilliam Cook. John Bingham HigginsoriClaude Husonlu.

'.'

Cycle Company.—Officer Commanding:Lieutenant Alexander Wynyard-Joas.

Lieutenant George Hilders Koch.

THE RANK AND PILE.Privates James Patrick Shannon, Arthur

Leslie Ayscougb, Henry George Fordham,Vincent Vanza, James Fraser, ThomasPatrick Stack, Horace Parkham Jones,William Norman Bus-by, Rae Bell, JoannaFord, William Pouting, William LeopoldRossiter, Walter Joseph Ruffln, WilliamLachlan Campbell, David William Priest,Bdmund Brier ley Smith, Robert Alexander

Home, Malcolm John M'Ghie, Walter Ar

thur Edgar, WiUlam Alexander Wightman,Charles* Henry Stuart, Walter Longland,David Dalziel Arnold, Thomas EdwardBrook, James Aquilla Young, James Ed

ward Mason, Frank Cordlngly, John Charles

Robertson, George Saslea, WiUlam Mute

Henfly, John Locke, John David Hall, Ed

ward Henry Hunt, Frederick Henrichsan,William Francis Devitt, Charles Prlddle,William Patrick Healy, John Thomas,Robert Clements, William John Lucas,James Wylle, Walter Zleball, Arthur Wll

mot Napier Craig, Reginald Aynsley Elliot,

John Joseph Evans, Frederick Martin

Keightley. Thomas Garella, Thomas KingHenderson, William Parsons, Hugh JosephHoran, Edward William Henderson, Sydney Richard Dodds. Thomas Ashton Hayland, John Harry Arming, Charles Edgar

Ellison. William Thomas Wilson, Fred.

Lang, Jahies Augustus Whltaker, Samuel

Macgregor, Timothy Hennessy, Arnold*

Conrod Wall. Hubert John Dantell. JosephFrancis Boyle. William Ernest Barber,

Walter Henry Davies, Henry Francis

Smith. William Wallace Downie, Robert

Doyle, Albert Ernest Thatcher, Frederick

Thomas Goodall. Patrick Curran, Herbert

George Hamilton, Kenneth Iselin, Charles

George Hamilton, Kenneth Iselin, Charles

Allmann. William Brace. John Dobe.

Francis George Wyatt. John Booth. Her

bert John Harry Fogg, William Wood.

William Wilson Fulton. Charles Frank

Lewis Whltttegtan. George Walsh, George

Phlltp Fry, Charles William Slater, James

Diekson. Olaf Peter Anderson, Henry

Orr John Stewart Pierson, Charles

Gerald Templeton Murray, Thomas.

Henry Adams, William Arthur

Fielding. Mwirt Rave* . Prtaat,

Charles Byrne, William Sealea. Arthur Wil

liam Green, Egbert Mead Roberts, George

Lawson. George Given Forsyth. Joseph

Charles, Denis Murphy. Alfred Frank Tay

lor, William Hardy Rosa. John Morley.

Andrew Campbell. Colin Stirling. J^ea-Allen Lahey, Dlelemann Jacob Smith, wii

liam Wall. Martin Allen, John Christopher

Logan, Frederick John Baartz, Ernest Neil

son, Alexander M'Gregor, Robert Goodllffe.

Charles Harold Kokkinn. William Beed,

Warwick Macartney, Tom Boyes. Henry

Mathew Jones. David Robert Lllley. \Vll

iam Charles Owens, William Lllley. JoTin

Clarenco Smith, William Window. Patrick

MacMahon, William Frederick Nlcolaus,

Alexander M'Kenzie M'Lean. Clement Hopa.

Albert Parry, Frank Edgar Klrrup. Geotge

Harvey Proven. Christopher Thornton

Mealing, Albert James Heap, William

Robert Crump. Arthur Daniel Bedsor;

Samuel Charles Rapp. John Godfrey, James

Locke. Arthur Huntley, Charles Langlow

Adams James Maher, Charles Walden. John

Macartle, Colin Maumgardt King, £?bnConway. John Dennar. J&hn Barker. Wtl

liam Henry White. William Henry George

Stockwell. William Palmer. Arthur Hughes.

John H. T. Anderson. William James Smith.

William James M'lntosh, John Edward

Smith, John Smith Henzell. Albert BdwaM

Woolard, Percy William Collins. John Mac-

Farlane, Alexander William Eagleton, Ed

ward Vernon Turner, George Olire Donald.

George Arthur Thomas Latcham. William

Steel, Albert Ernest Brook, Vincent Horst

mann, Herbert Sherlock Gooch, Thomas

James Dales, Alexander Forbes, Ernest

Norman, Joseph Hlndes, William Bell, Wil

liam Smith, Henry Neville, Alexander

Hoelschsr, Oliver Beauchamp fit. John,

WiUlam James Little, Frederick Har

rison Blllington, Mervyn Arthw Hol

land, Arthur Armatage Contl, Georg*

Neville, Charles Keith Blphinston*

Woods, Philip Stewart, Henry Lacey,

Thomas William Joseph Jefferson^ •

John Norman Victor M'Lean Ferguson.

Arthur Oxford. Albert Thomas Smythe.

George Davidspn, WlUiam Henry Howes,

Bydney Grace Bennett. William Warlow.

Ernest Leslelgh Price, Cutbbert Moller.

Thomas Halley. William Joseph Beckett,

George Henry White, John M'llveen. Gil

bert Bryce Mnnro, Arthur Bretherton, John

fitewart Carruthers, Charles Henry Lan

ter. Albert Williams, John Nelson.

Tarpleo Booker, Frank Ayorst Arm

strong. Herbert Victor Armstrong.

Henry Sketcher. Frederick RkAard Tld

ttots, George Brown, (Daniel HoVoney, Joha

Wm. Cootc, Frederick Herbert eavill, AI-

Xr?d Linskl, John QuUherland, Geo. Daniel

Savlll, John Harvey, Stephen West. Henry

Stewart, Geo. Stanley Bhadforth, Nicholas

O'Brien, Anders Gtwtaf Belin, Colia

Campbell, James Olivant Smith, John Rus

sell Chapman. MJchael Egan, Williami

George Heaslop. T*mes Wakefleld, Freda

rick EUenton. Andrew Desmond, Michael

M'M«hon, Henry Archibald Mean. William

Beavan, Arthur William Farmer, Charles

Henry Pitt, John Monk, James Harvey,Thomaa Paton, Patrick Lee, Frederick

Wbitlock, Mathew Curtis, John Mulhall,Thomas PurteH, James Hutchison, WiUlam

Oallaway, John Henderson, Hdward Eamea,Williaim Malr, Frederick Blunt, Ltfwrenea

Cartwrlght Freeman, Thomas Bleakley.

Sydney James Bernard, Thoma? M'Ellwalne,Herbert John Wthlte, John Hector M'Lean,Leonard Dlmmiok, George Peut, C4auda

Arthur Fortoter, James Ridgeley. Oharlw

Edward Mitchell, Harry Smith, Altra*I

Rdblnson. Harold IMbert K#nnedy SmK^

William Joeeiph Armstrong, John Bdward

Hinton, Harold Johnson, William James

Waleh, James Thompson, Percy George

Benson, John Hallahan, John Patrick Car

mody, Thomas Harold Berry, James Graham

Mlere, Alfred James Plowman, John JosephHall, George Ephraim Ezzcy, QulntouLeitch Anderson Symington, Walter Nayk>r, Frederick William Lee-teh, James Quigley, James Pox, Francis Patrick Connors,Edward Krause, AWred Mdlchor Vaughan,William Potts, Oswald Ker Jonea, John

Gray Martin, James Murphy, Frank Knyvett, Edward Arthur Kordham, WilliamRicJhard Fo ate ton, Leonard Wallace King,Francis Charles Mulier, James Grant, Isidor

George Lissner, Aifrod James Lapworth,Langley Brooke, Frank Grant Lees, Albert

John Lancaster, William Sanderson, Richard

Brown, John Marmant, Frederick M'Leod,Jamey George Price, George Alfred Wil

liams, James Goode, Carl William August

Baumann, Fruuk Poole, Frederick Marks,James Anderson, John William M'Kenzie,Malcolm Sim i Mi, Henry William Lam-

Taerf, James Dear, John Frederick

Murphy, Frederick William Fleet,EH ward James Kells, William Bird,

ward

Hugih James M'Carry, -Albert JosephHind, Bertram Osmond Shepherd,Richard Weppler, Hugh Patrick Mullen,Benjamin Milner, George Armstrong, Jam«sWilliam Ramsay, Wm. M'Dougald Campbell, Cbas. Henry Maslen, Patrick M'Cor

mick, John Edward M'Cabe, Claude Graium,Morphett Henderson, Herbert Thomas Taylor, Uglow Batchelor, Charles Frere, Deni?

Heenan, CoUin White, George Richard

Rodgers, John Frederick Towers, Robert'Balfred Jackson, James Paton, William

Deen, Frederick William Hyde, Archibald

Henry Clarke Davies, Joseph Burge, CharlesJames Walsh, Alfred Thompson, William

Hodge, Harold Rolleston Mathias, John

Burton, Christian Kruck, James Ferguson,John Claudues Gourgaud, Thomas Charn

iberlain, Thomas Edward Page Carr, James

Joseph O'Connor, Robert Thwaltes, Arthur

Brownlow Corbett, -Harrison Dan Jones,Charles Laurence Meredith, Sidney Taylor,Frederick Charles Victor King, John

Cousins, Herbert Thomas Lyon, William

Alexander M'Donald, Albert Bates, James

John Casey, Edward Chaplin Casey, Wil

liam Robert Turner, Michael Griffiths, Wil

liam Turnbull Reginald Francis Richard

son, Charles Henry Crook, George William

Brown, Frederick Sinclair, Donald M'Leo.l,Arthur Tytherlelgh, John William Jones,

Joseph Loch, Albert Alfred Wagner, Wil

liam Todd, Adolphus Ernest Alfred Pfunt,Gaorge Barnard, John Arthur Wood, JosephAlder, Owen Rieley, George Howard Clarke,Edmund Sweeney, William Henry Yesburg,Joseph Thomas Gatfleld, Frederick Albert

Allart, Edward M'Cabe, Richard Knox

Hardwlck, Thomas Henry Strong, ArthurClarence Bassmann, John Jones Byers,Norman H. Austin, Benjamin Reed, Wil

liam Stephenson, Donald Urquhart, Wil

liam Jeffrey. Charles Benjamin Mills, Wil

liam Hutchison, Francis Meibusch, Harrylice, James John Tallan, Minchen James

Hobart, William John Wheatley, Alexander

Roberts, Ernest Loseby, Charles Olsen,Charles Damsiell, Hespar Usmay Tacey,John Johnson, Vincent Gibson, Edgfcr

Hooper, John Lebherz, William Harold

Armitstead, Thomas Miller, Charles Car

penter, Charles John Parish, William John

Castles, Edward George Marsh, James

Whltworth, Henry M'Nally, James Hamil

ton, Robert Todd, Anselm Charles Prince,Edward' Michael Creedy, Stephen John

Condy, Robert Shaw Kelly, Philip Enever,Eric Alfred Kenny, George Andrew Crow

ley, John Henry Hobourn, Henry Thomas

Matthews, Arthur Bedford, John Dudley,John Fitzsimmons, Frederick Thompson,•Andrew Whlteside, Robert Edwin Berry,

•Andrew Whlteside, Robert Edwin Berry,Frank Seddon Taylor, Albert Leura Jus

tins, James Oliver Walters, Otto Peppier,Arthur Ernest 'Murray, Patrick Roger Ful

lerton Grant, Robert Chlsholm, George

Campbell, Edward Beverley Hughes, An

drew John M'Donald, Charles Chardon,John Frederick Fenwlck, Andrew DarlingFraus, Osmond Dent, Albert Henry Wortb

lngton, Ernest Ralph Percy Walnwright,Henry James Adams, William Henry Collins, Alfred Marsden, John Thomas Neary,•Robert Itoss Cummings, Bertram Weath

erley Elcoate, Edgar Septimus Hobson.John Molloy, Charles Chambers Bryce,

Adolph Fredrich Helnrlch, George William

Thomas Waterton, William George Clarke,Arthur Alfred Rayer, William Gellan,

Joseph Shann, William M'Cabe, GeorgeWilliam Rochley, Herbert William Bod

man, Walter Andrew Anderson, Arthur

Henry Eva, and Edward James Byrne. «Sergeant-major T. Price, of the Perma

nent Staff, accompanies the contingent, and

this is his second visitt"o

South Africa

during the campaign. The non-commis

sioned officers will be selected^ during the

voyage.

DEPARTURE OF THE TROOPS.

The transport Templemore sailed from

Pinken'ba at 9 a.m. on Wednesday for

Capetown, carrying the Fifth Contingent of

Queensland troops for service in South

Africa. The official farewell and godspeedwas said on board the transport by his Ex

cellency the Governor. The* Lucinda,carrying his Excellency's party, left the

Government House Domain staging at 7

a.m., having on board his Excellency, at

tended by Captain Feilden, A.D.C., the Hon.

R. Philp, the Hon. A. Rutledge, the Hon.

D. H. Dalrymple, the Commandant (ColonelFinn), Lieutenant-Colonel Irving, P.V.0.,

Major Tunbrldge, officiating A.A.G., the

Bishop of Brisbane, and the Rev. G. K.

Frodsham. After a pleasant run down the

river the Lucinda was laid aloivsside the

Templemore at 8.30 a.m., and .warm cheers

were given from the ship for his Excellencythe Governor, and for the Commandant and

for Mr. Philp. The Headquarters Band

.played "

Auld Lang Syne," which evoked

further cheers.

After the inspection of the ship, his Ex

cellency and party went up on the bridge,and the officers and men of the contingentwere mustered on the spar deck, and addressed by the Governor, who afterwards

called for three cheers for his Majesty the

King.The cheers were heartily given, and at

the call of Lieutenant-Colonel Flewellthree cheers were

"Smlth, three cheers were given for his Ex

cellency, who said In acknowledgment ; I

thank you all very much.The officers of the contingent were then

Introduced to his Excellency by Lieutenant-Colonel Flewoll-Smith, and the visitorsthen left the ship.

: Just as his Excellency had concluded his

address to the troops a well-filled train,

from town ran into Pinkenba Station, and

the passengers hastened over to the wharf

in time to Bay last farewells and godspeedbefore the big transport hauled out from

the wharf. There was much cheering,much waving of handkerchiefs, and a few

women in -tears- Happily mo&t of the;

families and fr!end3 of the members of the

contingent wero able to say their partingwords during the days the transport ha

3

been at Pinkenba, and thero were none cf

the sad scenes which rnirked the departureof other troops from this Staio for South

Africa. The crowd remained on the

wharf until the Templemore pascd away

beyond Lytton, and handkerchiefs and hats

were still waved to the brave boy? on

board of her as she loomed away above the

gray water and the fringe of mangrove

at the river mouth.

THE TRANSPORT CHICAGO

A telegram has been received by the Go

vernment from the transport officer in Syd

ney, Etating that the Imperial transportChicago would leave Hobart on Tuesday

for Brisbane, arriving at Fhikcnta

on Friday. The vessel's draughtIs 22ft. She will require no water

nor coal, and the authorities have

been asked to pupply the fodder requiredfor the 100 -horses that are being taken

from here, and to see that the Chicago is

despatched without any delay whatever.

The Commandant states that, in addi

tion to the horses already mentioned, the

Chicago will take one officer and twenty

five men. and ft Is hoped that these will

eventually be attached to the Fifth Con

tingent. They will be equipped in every

particular, except that, as in the case of

the Templemore men. they will not re

ceive their rifles until after they land at

the Cape. •