 The first two commandants-general were Col Samuel Jarvis (1878–1880) and Brig Gen Charles Mansfield Clarke (1880–1881).The FAMP were fully militarised and renamed the "Cape Mounted Riflemen" (CMR), with the "Cape Mounted Yeomanry" as an auxiliary.Legislation authorised the government to call up the burgher and volunteer forces for service outside their home districts.