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Beatings were administered casually, and a commander might use his sjambok, his whip, in the
heat of the moment, but there was also a formal use of corporal punishment. Men might be sentenced
to a given number of lashes with a harness or offered the alternative of paying a fine or enduring a
given number of lashes with a sjambok.
The American Military Attaché, Captain Carl Reichmann, summed up the situation when he said,
“Having complied with the law calling him [the burgher] into the field, he yielded cooperation, not
obedience”.
For what were seen as acts of treason the death penalty was exacted. Deneys Reitz reports that a
Cape Colonial, one Lemuel Colaine, joined Commandant H. J. Brouwer’s commando on the pretext
of having been imprisoned by the British. When Colaine subsequently went missing, Reitz says, “No
particular notice was taken of his absence, as the men were constantly riding off to visit farms, or
look up friends at distant outposts, and it was thought that he had done the same”. They had a rude
awakening when the man led a British raiding party against them. Not long afterwards Colaine was
caught in an attack undertaken by Jan Smuts’s men and the General ordered him to be shot. A grave
was dug and, after being allowed time with a minister, Colaine was executed.
When peace overtures were being made by the British in January 1901 the Landdrost, or district
magistrate, of Griqualand West, J. J. Morgandaal was held captive when undertaking an embassy to
Senior Commandant C. C. Froneman. Morgendaal’s action in advocating peace with, or surrender to,
the British led Froneman first to beat him and then to shoot him. It was said that Christiaan De Wet
looked on, but there is no mention of the incident in his book. Another execution was that of Meyer de
Kock who had helped set up the Burgher Peace Committee in Pretoria. He was on a mission to
Commandant-general Louis Botha when he was captured. He was shot on 12 February 1901.
See also:
Boer Forces; Public Hanging.
Reference:
Pretorius, Fransjohan, Life on Commando during the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 (Cape Town,
Human & Rousseau, 1999); Reichmann, C., Report on the Operations of the Boer Army
(Washington, 1901); Slocum & Reichmann, Reports by Cpts. Slocum & Reichmann of Boer
War,U.S. National Archives file number 858–2, 1900.
Boer Forces, Training
Although most of the Boer fighters were conscripts or volunteers, they were not untrained. The
ordinary life of the farming Boer demanded competence as a marksman and skill in horsemanship, not
just riding but all aspects of caring for a horse as well. In addition, competitions and field days were
used to build on these skills and to bring town dwellers up to standard. However, apart from the
States Artillery and the Police forces, the Boers were an amateur army.
Marksmanship of a high standard was encouraged by holding Wapenschouwsor rifle meetings,
also known as Bisleysafter the British rifle
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