VIII.—FLUCTUATION IN STRENGTH OF THE ARMY OF INDIA.
CCCVIII.
STATEMENT showing the CAUSES of the FLUCTUATION in STRENGTH of the REGIMENTS composing the ARMY of INDIA during the NINE YEARS from 1871 to 1879.
1871.
1872.
187
3.
1874.
1 8 7 5 .
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
Aggregate of
Nine Y ears.
Proportion of
Gain and Loss
from different
causes in
percentages.
Strength at the beginning of the Year.
At Head-Quarters and on Detachment at the beginning of each Year
...
5 3 , 5 8 2
55, 943
56,789
56,590
56, 442
54,788
53,328
54,078
50, 756
492,296
Recruits from England in India on march to join
. . .
833
143
27
41
302
471
310
862
91
3,080
On Staff employment
. . .
89
82
91
6 4
8 4
122
129
95
87
843
In Military and other Prisons
. . .
312
328
342
321
361
412
394
433
508
3,411
Elsewhere, sick in other Hospitals, and men remaining at Convalescent Depôts
...
1,196
1,541
1,475
1,653
2, 358
2,219
2,414
1,715
2, 340
16,911
TOTAL STRENGTH IN INDIA AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR
...
5 6 , 0 1 2
58,037
58, 724
58,669
59,547
58,012
56,575
57,183
53,782
516,541
Additions during the Year.
Transfers received from other Regiments
...
1 , 1 4 6
1,069
901
944
2,077
2,249
1,830
1,839
1, 768
17,819
31. 36
Transferred from Regiments leaving India by Volunteering
...
1,107
592
1,207
1,090
Recruited in India
New Soldiers
...
149
102
112
109
155
177
1 4 5
148
136
1,233
2. 17
Time-expired men
. . .
12
12
18
2
65
68
96
148
51
472
.83
Received from England, landed after 1st January
Recruits
...
3, 506
3, 940
3,317
3,340
2,457
3,466
4,882
3,629
7,757
37,113
65. 31
Invalids returned
...
1 8 1
310
1 3 4
194
Deserters rejoined
...
3 3
21
23
27
22
11
15
23
14
189
.33
TOTAL ADDITIONS OF THE YEAR
...
6 , 1 3 4
6,046
5,712
5,706
4,776
5,971
6,968
5,787
9,726
56,826
100. 00
Loss during the Year.
Transfers given to other Regiments, &c.
...
2 , 2 8 8
1,803
2,143
2,119
2,189
2,806
2,137
2,614
3,055
21,154
31. 06
Time-expired men who have left the service
. . .
680
569
913
1,277
1,276
1,974
2, 179
2,795
1,287
12,950
19. 02
Men who have purchased their discharge
...
7 0
6 4
112
149
117
128
75
77
91
883
1.30
Men discharged otherwise
...
1
10
5
32
37
...
...
...
. . .
85
.12
Invalided
For Discharge
. . .
688
701
596
615
534
535
603
660
669
5,601
8. 23
For change of climate ...
1,691
1,719
1,841
1,795
1,837
1, 738
1, 847
1,878
1,983
16,329
23. 98
Dismissed by sentence of Court-Martial
. . .
106
61
108
88
8 4
74
95
103
96
815
1.20
Deserted
...
6 4
92
81
6 4
162
55
82
5 4
78
732
1. 07
Died at Head-Quarters and on Detachment
. . .
876
1, 272
833
718
1,015
881
721
1,195
1,680
9, 546
14. 02
Died absent from the Regiment
At Convalescent Depôts
. . .
50
72
30
32
In other Hospitals
...
48
52
26
45
TOTAL LOSS OF THE YEA
R
...
6 , 5 6 2
6,415
6,688
6,934
7,251
8,191
7,739
9,376
8,939
68,095
100. 00
STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AT THE CLOSE OF EACH YEAR
...
55,584
57,668
57,748
57,441
57,072
55,792
55,804
53,594
54,569
505,272
. . .
Note.—This Statement is an aggregate of Regimental Returns, and is for Regiments present throughout the Year : hence the Strength remaining does not correspond with that carried forward to the next Year.
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