(10)With the exception of the arms retained by the officers of the Protectorate forces and by other ranks of the active troops, as provided in paragraph (2), all war material (including all field guns, mountain guns, small arms and guns, and small arm ammunition), and the whole of the property of the Government of the Protectorate, shall be placed at the disposal of the Union Government.

[Illustration:  The German Staff before surrender]

[Illustration:  General Botha and his brilliant Chief of Staff, Colonel J.F.  Collier, meet Von Franke at 500 Kilometres]

(11) His Excellency the Imperial Governor shall appoint a civil official of the Protectorate Service who shall hand over and keep a record of all Government property of the Civil Departments, including records which are handed over to the Union Government in terms of paragraph (10), and the Commander of the said forces of the Protectorate shall appoint military officers, who shall hand over and keep a similar record of all Government Property of the Military Department of the Protectorate.

Given under our hand this 19th day of July 1915.

(Signed) Louis BOTHA,

General Commanding-in-Chief of the Union Forces in the Field.

SEITZ,

Imperial Governor of German South-West Africa.

FRANKE,

Lieut.-Colonel, Commander of the Protectorate Forces of German
South-West Africa.

The form of parole, shown as an annexure, begins—­

“I, the undersigned, hereby place myself on my honour not to re-engage in hostilities in the present war between Great Britain and Germany.”

[Illustration:  The Last Phase.  The Commander-in-Chief, General Botha, receives an ovation from his Bodyguard after disbanding them] [Illustration:  Generals Botha and Smuts, the Great South Africans, receive a tremendous ovation from the crowd at the Capital on the successful conclusion of the Rebellion and the Campaign]

[Illustration:  Homeward bound!  General Botha and Staff returning on the Ebari] [Illustration:  The Great Man and the Chips of the Old Block returning to the Union after Conquest]

TOTAL UNION CASUALTIES.

The official report shows that the total casualties of the operations in South-West Africa in connection with the Union Forces are approximately as follows—­

Killed in action 88
Died of wounds 25
Wounded in action 263
Wounded and taken prisoners 48
Unwounded prisoners in hands of enemy 612
Total 1,036

Died of disease 97
Died through accidents and by mis-adventure 56
Total 153

TOTAL ENEMY SURRENDERS