M MY OF BENGAL.
CCCIX.
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VIII.—FLUCTUATION IN STRENGTH OF THE ARMY OF BENGAL.
CCCIX.
STATEMENT showing the CAUSES of the FLUCTUATION in STRENGTH of the REGIMENTS composing the ARMY of BENGAL during the TEN YEARS from 1870 to 1879.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Aggregate of
Ten Years.
Proportion of
Gai n and Loss from di fferent
causes in
percentages.
St rengt h at t he begi nni ng of t he Year.
At Head Quarters and on Detachment at the beginning of each Year
31,761
33,201
34,643
35,813
35,462
35,658
34,459
33,781
34,501
32,377
341,656
Recruits from England in India on march to join
. . .
...
161
648
66
13
41
262
437
214
690
34
2,566
On Staff employment
. . .
. . . ...
...
97
45
63
59
38
61
89
117
78
82
729
In Military and other Prisons
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
193
179
175
179
155
197
193
167
183
188
1,809
Elsewhere, sick in other Hospitals, and men remaining at Convales-
688
684
881
954
1,059
1,299
1,275
1,302
801
1,398
10,341
cent Depôts ...
. . .
. . . ...
...
TOTAL STRENGTH IN INDIA AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR ...
32,900
34,757
35,828
37,018
36,755
37,477
36,453
35,581
36,253
34,079
357,101
Additions during the Year.
Transfers received from other Regiments
. . .
. . . ...
640
742
623
579
612
1,198
1,194
1,053
1,171
1,111
12,159
29.85
Transferred from Regiments leaving India
by Volunteering.
From Bengal Presidency ...
536
691
304
714
521
From other Presidencies
470
Recruited in India ... ...
New Soldier
...
56
99
48
56
66
82
74
6 8
72
69
690
1.69
Time-expired men
...
2
5
5
9
. . .
41
35
26
22
15
160
.39
Received from England, landed after 1st
January.
Recruits
...
3,100
1,945
2,894
1,767
2,289
1,778
2,288
3,409
2,270
5,109
27,615
67.79
Invalids returned ...
219
90
172
9 8
187
Deserters rejoined
. . .
. . .
...
15
17
12
9
18
10
8
4
12
8
113
.28
TOTAL ADDITIONS OF THE YEAR
...
...
...
5,038
3,589
4,058
3,232
3,693
3,109
3,599
4,560
3,547
6,312
40,737
100.00
L o s s d u r i n g t h e Y e a r .
Transfers given to other Regiments, &c.
. . .
. . . ...
1,074
1,444
642
1,646
1,242
1,195
1,413
1,413
1,632
1,678
13,379
29.07
Time-expired men, who have left the service
. . .
. . .
...
825
421
374
567
839
759
1,297
1,341
1,707
682
8,812
19.14
Men who have purchased their discharge
. . .
. . .
...
3 6
39
38
74
88
86
86
46
46
62
601
1.31
Men discharged otherwise
. . . . . .
. . . ...
8
...
10
. . .
32
35
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
85
.18
Invalided
...
...
. . .
For di scharge
...
270
449
492
414
399
377
306
360
508
562
4,137
8.99
F o r c h a n g e o f c l i m a t e
...
1,423
1,115
1,089
976
1,027
1,074
1,020
1,073
943
1,019
1 0 , 7 5 9
2 3 . 3 7
Dismissed by sentence of Court-Martial ...
. . . ...
70
6 6
39
53
57
47
51
58
55
48
544
1.18
Deserted ...
...
. . . ...
. . .
...
57
4 0
59
31
27
144
31
34
25
58
506
1.10
Died at Head Quarters and on Detachment
...
. . . ...
657
554
899
524
497
Died absent from the Regiment
. . . At Convalescent Depôts ...
41
31
63
18
23
638
583
415
760
1,370
' 7,209
15.66
In other Hospitals ...
59
24
23
14
16
TOTAL LOSS OF THE YEAR
...
...
...
..
4,520
4,183
3,728
4,317
4,247
4,355
4,787
4,740
5,676
5,479
46,032
100.00
STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AT THE CLOSE OF EACH YEAR
...
33,418
34,163
36,158
35,933
36,201
36,231
35,265
35,401
34,124
34,912
351,806
. . .
See Note to Table CCCVIII.
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