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foundation which is faulty and unpractical, and which 

 is entirely incapable of expansion. 



The question of drivers, at least so far as we are Drivers 

 concerned, is certainly one of the most, if not the most 

 important in the organisation of camel transport, so 

 much, if not all, depending on their treatment and 

 management of the animals, which in a very great 

 measure rests with them. 



To ensure this it is absolutely necessary to raise Organisa- 

 and maintain a large body of thoroughly trained men 

 in peace time, so as to have an efficient and reliable 

 nucleus, upon which you can at once set to work 

 when it is requisite to expand the transport. In order 

 to arrive at this high state of efficiency, drivers should 

 be regularly organised and administered under strict 

 discipline and on good, liberal terms, so as to secure 

 the right class of men. 



With such a system, and on these premisses only, 

 provided they belong to a warlike race which should 

 be a sine qud non would it be wise or desirable to 

 give them a military training. Under existing condi- 

 tions, with hired drivers, it would be madness even to 

 think of it. In Candahar, where we armed our camp 

 followers, several instances occurred in which the 

 Afghans first took their swords away from them, and 

 then added insult to injury by killing them. The same 

 thing also happened in the Bolan Pass with the 

 Bombay transport drivers, who were ruthlessly mur- 

 dered by the Murrees. On the other hand, in Sir 

 Charles Napier's Camel and Baggage Corps, the system 

 answered most admirably, and the corps were quite 

 independent of military escorts, grazing guards, and 



