Red River Free State Army

Red River Regiment (all white): 1 Bde (600 men) 2 Bde (600 men) 3 Bde (600 men) 4 Bde (600 men) 5 Bde (600 men)

Red River Light Infantry (all white; between one-quarter and one-third mercenaries):

1 Commando (300 men) 2 Commando (300 men) 3 Commando (300 men) Weapons Support Group (100 men)

Red River Hesperidisean Rifles (all black with white officers):

6 Bde (600 men) 7 Bde (600 men) 8 Bde (600 men)

Red River Artillery (1st Field Regiment):

1 regular battery of 105mm howitzers and 1 reserve battery of 25-pounders; white officers.

Special Air Service (all white; specialize in laying counter-insurgency ambushes and raids):

1 Squadron (60 men) 2 Squadron (60 men) 3 Squadron (60 men)

Red River Scouts:

About 1000 men, large majority of blacks; some mercenaries; specialize in pseudo operations, mantracking and abduction missions.

Grey’s Scouts:

150—200 men, black and white; horse-mounted infantry for tracking, pursuit and patrolling.

Support and administrative troops:

Signals, engineers, pay corps etc, all white officers.

Red River Armored Car Regiment:

About 400 men, black and white; duties include reconnaissance, patrolling, convoy escort, crowd control and manning road blocks.