An item dated Harderwijk, Netherlands the 12th reported the intended departure of a detachment of 200 non-commissioned officers and soldiers on the 29th by ship to Amsterdam, Netherlands and from there by train to Rotterdam, Netherlands to embark there on the 30th the Dutch ship Rotterdam bound for Java, Dutch East Indies. The detachment was commanded by 2nd infantry lieutenant F.J.M. Westerbaen Schmidt, officer of health 3rd class C.F. Greiner and apothecary 3rd class J.W. Roelandt.