Since roads were re-opened and markets re-established the issue of wood has been discontinued.

In framing any future rules for the guidance of a force in the field, the question of providing firewood through the Commissariat Department for Native troops and followers, free or on payment, should be vested in the General Officers commanding.
[Sidenote: Shoes.] 30.

The scale of clothing authorized by Government for Native troops and followers was found, even in the rigorous climate of Afghanistan, to be most liberal, except that during the very coldest weather a second blanket was required.

This want I was able to meet from stock in hand, and as the weather became milder these extra blankets were withdrawn and returned into store.

Warm stockings, too, are very necessary in a climate where frostbite is not uncommon; fortunately, some thousands were procured locally and issued to followers.