Statistics

The following statistics are available:

Cost of the War to the British Government
British Army recruitment figures for 1899 - 1902
Recruitment to the Armed Forces 1881 - 1898

Recruitment to the British Regular Army 1899-1902

	Recruits with no previous military experience	Recruits from the Militia	Recruits from the Volunteers	Imperial Yeomanry	Total
1899	23,259	16,396	3,045	-	42,700
1900	43,992	23,165	20,962^a	10,242	98,361
1901	28,516	15,662	14,221^b	17,252	75,651
1902	30,507	18,994	8,300	7,239	65,040
TOTAL	126,274	74,217	46,528	34,733	281,752

^a of which 14,559 on one-year engagements, including 1,664 CIV
^b of which 6,776 on one-year engagements
Source: General Annual Return of the British Army, 1902

Recruitment to the Armed Forces 1881 - 1898

This table shows the number of adult males who would be aged 40 years and under by 1898 and who joined one of the military forces of the Crown between 1881 and 1898.

Regular Army	594 215
Militia	432,801
Volunteers	730,154
Yeomanry (1898 only)	10,207
TOTAL	1,767,377