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Foreign News
November 13, 1897
The Eddy Current
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico
What is this article about?
In 1893, Ronald Rodd observed that native Uganda soldiers carried modern cartridges despite international regulations on arms in Africa, and learned that guns and ammunition were readily available for purchase in Uganda.
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Ammunition In Africa.
"All of the native Uganda soldiers I notice, had well filled cartridge belts round their waists. In my innocence, as I thought of all the thunders of the general act of the Brussels conference and all the ordinances, enactments and regulations which had been published thereafter by different powers having possessions on the African coast, I wondered how, in the very center of Africa, these people were enabled to keep their belts so well replenished with cartridges of different and of the most modern patterns.
I had not been a month in the country before I learned that, for those who had the wherewithal to trade, guns, powder, lead and all the instruments of destruction thereunto appertaining could be as easily purchased in Uganda as in Pall Mall."—'T he British Mission in Uganda, 1893,' Ronald Rodd.
"All of the native Uganda soldiers I notice, had well filled cartridge belts round their waists. In my innocence, as I thought of all the thunders of the general act of the Brussels conference and all the ordinances, enactments and regulations which had been published thereafter by different powers having possessions on the African coast, I wondered how, in the very center of Africa, these people were enabled to keep their belts so well replenished with cartridges of different and of the most modern patterns.
I had not been a month in the country before I learned that, for those who had the wherewithal to trade, guns, powder, lead and all the instruments of destruction thereunto appertaining could be as easily purchased in Uganda as in Pall Mall."—'T he British Mission in Uganda, 1893,' Ronald Rodd.
What sub-type of article is it?
Colonial Affairs
Trade Or Commerce
What keywords are associated?
Uganda Arms Trade
Colonial Africa
Brussels Conference
Guns Powder
Native Soldiers
What entities or persons were involved?
Ronald Rodd
Where did it happen?
Uganda
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Uganda
Event Date
1893
Key Persons
Ronald Rodd
Event Details
Ronald Rodd, during the British Mission in Uganda, noted that native soldiers had well-filled belts with modern cartridges despite Brussels Conference regulations on arms in Africa. He soon learned that guns, powder, lead, and related items were easily purchasable in Uganda for those with means to trade.