HC Deb 24 November 1902 vol 115 c244
MR. HERBERT SAMUEL

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the battalions of the King's African Rifles have been ordered for service in Somaliland, and to what races the troops in those battalions belong.

LORD CRANBORNE

The whole of the 2nd Battalion and of the 6th Battalion, King's African Rifles, together with contingents from the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Battalions have been ordered for service in Somaliland. The 1st and 2nd Battalions are composed of Yaos and Atonga; the contingents from the 3rd and 5th Battalions of Soudanese and Sikhs respectively, the 6th Battalion is composed of Somalis.