"Mules on the NWF" Topic
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ITALWARS | 05 Jul 2014 3:10 p.m. PST |
Hello please an help from those experts on Colonial warfare on the NWF of India..(my favourite period)
i acquired or find on my cellar quite a few oof generic 28mm mules and i would like to use them for TSATF games attached to Anglo Indian columns..i know, more or less, how to adapt them to carry mountain pieces but i find, on the web, this nice pict..and the idea of a mule for my engineers or sappers arose..except this pict
are they any other references or different views of the mule equipment to try to scratchbuil it..and..another question: were the muleteers simple sepoys or civilian/followers to do the job thanks in advance, and sorry again for pesting the more experts members with my always too much "exotic" questions |
MajorB | 05 Jul 2014 3:19 p.m. PST |
You might be better off asking this on the "19th Century Discussion" board or the "The Sword and the Flame" board. were the muleteers simple sepoys or civilian/followers to do the job From the photograph it would seem they were sepoys. |
nnascati | 05 Jul 2014 3:19 p.m. PST |
I don't see any reason not to use mules for such tasks. They are bred to be tough animals that can carry weight and traverse all sorts of terrain. |
Valerik | 05 Jul 2014 8:52 p.m. PST |
Google-fu working well today!! Anything to advance the cause of long eared oat burning transport on the gaming table!! Mule Corps of the Indian Army
Prior to 1884 no permanent transport department was established in the Indian Army and animals, carts and drivers were hired locally when required. Between 1884 and 1887 a separate transport corps existed. This became known as the Commissariat Transport Department and was under the control of the Military Department. However by 1905 a further reorganisation had witnessed the emergence of a regular corps and cadres of mules, camels and cart transport. "This now consists of 21 mule corps, 9 silladar camel cadres and 2 pony cart train cadres. A mule corps is commanded by a British officer and is divided into two subdivisions, each in charge of a warrant officer. Those for cavalry brigades are divided into six draught and four pack troops , each under a daffadar and have a total strength of 552 all ranks, with 936 mules. Those for use wih other arms are divided into nine pack troops, each under a daffadar, and have a total strength of 388 of all ranks with 840 mules. Cadres of mule corps are commanded by a British Officer and maintain practically the full number of supervising and artificer establishments. They have, however, a much smaller number of mules." link
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& let's not forget that superb arithmetic 'problem' from The Man Who Would Be King "How to divide 5 Afghans from 3 mules and have 2 Englishmen left over"
YMMV
Valerik |
Mad Guru | 07 Jul 2014 12:09 a.m. PST |
Nice work, Valerik -- you should be mentioned in dispatches for the above! |
ITALWARS | 07 Jul 2014 11:59 p.m. PST |
Valerik
thanks for your research
very useful |
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