A considerable number of prisoners and a large amount of stock were the result of the movement, but it was very evident that there was a waste of energy in the employment of such forces for such an end.

The time appeared to be approaching when a strong force of military police stationed permanently in each district might prove a more efficient instrument.

One interesting development of this phase of the war was the enrolment of a burgher police among the Boers who had surrendered.

These men--well paid, well mounted, and well armed--were an efficient addition to the British forces.

The movement spread until before the end of the war there were several thousand burghers under such well-known officers as Celliers, Villonel, and young Cronje, fighting against their own guerilla countrymen.