There were four other officers, two doctors, and an officer of commissariat.

This little body had the whole work of drilling and keeping in order some eight or ten thousand men.

They were generals, colonels, sergeants, quartermasters, storekeepers, and diplomatists, all at once, and from daybreak until late at night were incessantly at work.

There were at least a dozen petty kings in camp, all of whom had to be kept in a good temper, and this was by no means the smallest of Captain Glover's difficulties, as upon the slightest ground for discontent each of these was ready at once to march away with his followers.

The most reliable portion of Captain Glover's force were some 250 Houssas, and as many Yorabas.