The SAC was to be the police force for the newly annexed Transvaal and Orange River Colony when it was believed the Anglo-Boer War was coming to an end after the occupation of Pretoria. There was a provision that they could be used as soldiers in wartime and this occurred when the war continued. The SAC then reverted to its intended police roll until its demise in 1908. The majority of the men were from Britain with some Canadian, Australian New Zealanders etc. Approximately 1500 Canadians served in the SAC, 1209 recruited in Canada and the others in Britain or South Africa. Details about the Canadian participation and much about the SAC as a whole can be found in my book No Colours, No Drums: Canadians in the South African Constabulary ISBN 1-894255-27-5 Jim Wallace Manitoba, Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <hugo@actrix.gen.nz> To: <BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:01 AM Subject: [BOER-WAR] The South African Constabulary > Hi All: > > The South African Constabulary may have been intended as a police > unit, but seems to have had a largely military roll, and was claimed to > be largely Canadian: > http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/boer/southafricaconstabulary_e.html > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-506.002-e.html > > Plus Baden-Powell's role: > http://www.scouting.org.za/seeds/sac.html > http://www.pinetreeweb.com/bp-piper12.htm > > The South African Museum of Military History: > http://www.militarymuseum.co.za/ANCESTORS.html > > J.F.C. Fuller in his "Memoirs of an Unconventional Soldier" recalls > as a subaltern of 23 when he was an Intelligence Officer in charge of > Kaffir Scouts in 1902. They were with a column of South African > Constabulary operating against three Boer Commandos. He saw what > he thought were S.A.C. on his right, then he realised they were part of > Kritzinger's Commando in British khaki uniforms. His 70 Kaffir > Scouts were a mixture of "Kaffirs, Basutos, half-caste Hottentots > and one evil-eyed Bushman". They covered an area of 4000 square > miles around Bothaville and the River Valsh. See also his "The Last of > the Gentlemen's Wars". > > Yours, John Wilson > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > List Admin Message > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >