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Answer No. 37.
20. (a) Combatants—
Total strength
625
Sikhs
300
Dogras
155
Panjabi Muhammadans
89
Pathans
80
Christian
1
(b) Non-combatants
424
(c) Authorised camp-followers
424
Only 4 followers smoke charas.
24. (a) Sikhs
2
(b) Nil.
25. On the decrease.
The reasons assigned are as they are looked upon
as deleterious drugs.
28. One or two pice a day, as much as can be
purchased for that.
32. None are admitted, and I know of none.
33. If anything, it is looked upon with dis-
favour.
There is little or no sentiment attached to it.
No such custom exists that I know of, or can
hear of.
39. Bhang appears to be the most injurious of
all if smoked. Not so much so if eaten; if the
latter, the effects are more easily remedied in the
event of excess.
41. No; it appears not so, except when taken on
a few occasions as a medicine.
42. I am informed that even the moderate use
of them may be considered harmful.
43. Yes.
44. For the habitual consumer it would appear
to be refreshing; it produces a sense of intoxica-
tion; it does not allay hunger but creates an ap-
petite; its effects last for two or three hours, and
certainly produce a general laxity and a subsequent
longing.
45. The Medical Officer states:—
Not as far as I know.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
I have no knowledge of any cases.
I have had no experience of any such cases, but
my impression is that its effects are similar to
those of alcohol in this respect.
No such case is known to me.
There is no entry in the Medical History sheets
of the men for any disease connected with the use
of hemp drugs.
46. The Medical Officer states:—I have had no
experience of the habitual excessive use of these
drugs, though I have seen occasional cases of in-
toxication from them; but these were not habitual
consumers.
49. I have never seen or heard of such a
practice.
51 and 53. No data.
54. I have seen at least one such case.
55. I believe so, from what I have read—vide
Dr. Chevers' work on medical jurisprudence.
Answer No. 38.
20. (a) Combatants
70
(b) Non-combatant
1
(c) Authorised camp-followers
40
So far as I know, none of the above indulges in
either ganja or charas.
24. So far as I know, no one under my command
either eats or drinks bhang.
25. I cannot say; nor can my native officers or
non-commissioned officers give me any information
on the subject.
28. Have had no experience of the requirements
of habitual moderate consumers.
32. I know of no such customs.
33. The consumption of all these drugs appear
to be considered disreputable in the Native Army,
as a consumer is liable to take too much and be-
come objectionable to his fellow men.
Have heard of no such custom as worship of the
hemp plant.
39. I am told that smoking ganja is the most
economical way of getting drunk, as half a dozen can
smoke from one chillum. But the effect passes off
sooner than from drinking or eating the same
article.
41. No. Not as far as I am aware.
42. I really cannot say.
43. I am told they are inoffensive.
44. Can obtain no information on the subject of
this question.
45. Since I have been in medical charge (four
years) no case of indulgence in these drugs has
come under my notice, and after careful enquiry
I do not believe that any of the men use Indian
hemp in any form. From my own experience,
therefore, I am unable to give any answer to these
questions.
In none of the medical history sheets am I
able to trace any information that any of the men
have ever indulged in these habits.
46. Vide question 45.
[Questions 45 and 46 answered by the Medical
Officer.]
49. I do not know.
51. Cannot say.
53. I cannot say.
54. Such is the usual idea, but I cannot say
from actual proof what truth there may be in it.
55. Ditto.
I cannot say.