Salt Lake Herald | 1900-01-03 | Page 4 | Boer Preparedness

4 BOER PREPAREDNESS I It is tenet tHy understood that the Doers Boers had been be n preparing aring ing for English Engi h I invasion since 1890 that they regarded retaliation f for fr r hl a amatt matter matt of tr course and a var with ith Groat Britain as 85 s inevitable They have been building a au S caching ca hing guns gun ammunition dicing dl trenches tr ex e exploring e ravines and locating caves for forton forton forten ton ten years or more mp Li i j all with a view or of thern as 88 y are ar doing at present The Th National pub pith publishes lishes he ii it what it vouches ouches for as na trust trU trustworthy t worthy authority a list of the guns in of the Boers According to this they have have Eight Eig t 75 5 centi i metre guns IS ia 75 ia s Creusot rf guns or t r 9 M f I find field fi guns 24 4 37 centimetre auto automa automatic ma matie matic tic Maxim guns 8 S 12 field howitzers 4 1 from Krupp Krup and 4 1 I from 4 modern modem 87 7 centimetre Krupp Knapp mountain guns 4 15 1 guns gum In all with old guru guns i the Boers BOf rs possess some 80 or 90 pieces of or artillery During recent years they have bought Mauser Matisse rifles and cartridges as well as a largo large number of or rifles These are said to b be distributed over the country in secret nooks nookS and corners where no one oi but the he Boers Boer can find them Evidently Oom Paul believes in preparing for war in time of peace