31. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry . 32. Grant was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Queensland Mounted Infantry on 1 January 1901. 33. The North Staffords company thus formed became part of the 8th Battalion, Mounted Infantry . 34. The 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry had also arrived to join them by mid-December. 35. The 4th Kentucky was then ordered to Griffin, Georgia and converted to mounted infantry . 36. That same month, the regiment was converted to mounted infantry at Griffin, Georgia. 37. As a result, the 48th were officially mounted infantry regiments instead of cavalry regiments. 38. The 48th officially became mounted infantry regiments. 39. The Moreton Mounted Infantry was the largest of Queensland's militia mounted infantry formations. 40. The Moreton Mounted Infantry was the largest of Queensland's militia mounted infantry formations.