An item dated Harderwijk, Netherlands the 4th reported that on the 25th a detachment commanded by major O.G.A. Anemaet and 2nd lieutenants J. Boeisums and H.W. Genger of 25 military included non-commissioned officers would depart for Nieuwediep, Netherlands and there embark the Dutch ship Tollens captain B. Verhagen destined for Java, Dutch East Indies. Underway were at St. George d‘Elmina [Dutch Gold Coast=Ghana] to embark recruits for the Dutch East Indies. At St. George d;’Elima were to embark 6 African soldiers who had served in the Dutch East Indies and of the above mentioned 25 military 2 non-commissioned officers and 2 corporal to be stationed temporarily there at the engagement depot. They were to replace military there stationed the year before and which now were also destined for the Dutch East Indies.(1)
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1. Frigate, captain B. Verhagen, Rotterdam no. 323-flagged, owned by Pistorius&Bicker Caerten, tonnage 711 tons, built in 1856 and homeport Rotterdam, Netherlands. Source Staat der Nederlandsche Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot op 1 Januarij 1864.
