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Ch. 20: The Mines Besieged

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THE MINES BESIEGED                         307
were unflagging, in spite of rebuffs. Throughout the siege no appeal for assistance was ever made to him, nor even a want intimated on the part of the garrison, that he did not do all in his power to meet at once. The formation of the Kimberley Light Horse was due to him. So, too, was the fortification of the village of Kenilworth and the outlying washing machines. The making of the gun " Long Cecil" was by his order. The employment of thousands of idle hands in street-making in and
around Kimberley was at his suggestion, and paid for by De Beers Company, thus assuring a support more welcome than charity. The undertaking of the soup kitchen was his proposal. From the great De Beers dairy milk was supplied to the hos­pitals, the sick at home, and to a depot where it was distributed under the supervision of a committee. Fruit and vegetables from De Beers gardens were sent to the hospitals, to the camps, and to the poorer families of the town. New gardens were
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