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Answer No. 22.
20. (a) Combatants—912. All Mussalmans, ex-
cept 2 Brahmans, 3 Rajputs and 4 Sikhs.
(b) Non-combatants—
Hospital Assistants
2
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Hindus
5
Mussalmans
45
None.
24. None.
32. Their consumption is for Mussalmans
strictly prohibited.
33. Among the Mussalmans it is regarded as a
vice.
The Mussalmans do not worship the hemp plant.
39 and 41. No special knowledge on the subject.
42. No special knowledge on the subject, though
it is generally regarded by Mussalmans as harmful.
43. Yes.
44. The generally-accepted opinion among
Answer No. 23.
20. (a) Combatants—
Brahmans
17
Sikhs
58
Mussalmans
74
TOTAL
149
(b) Non-combatants—
Brahmans
1
Mussalmans
31
TOTAL
32
(c) Authorised camp followers-
Hindus
16
Mussalmans
14
TOTAL
30
Nil.
24. Nil.
Answer No. 24.
20. (a) Combatants—
Sikhs
456
Pathans
228
Panjabi Mussalmans
114
Dogras
114
(b) Non-combatants—
Muhammadans
3
Hindus
3
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Muhammadans
64
Hindus
55
TOTAL
1,137
24. Seventy per cent of the Sikhs and Dogras
drink a little bhang during the hot weather;
but during the cold weather only about 20% do so
Very few Muhammadans (not more than two or
three) smoke charas, but none drink bhang unless
surreptitiously.
25. Neither on the increase nor on the decrease-
if anything it is decreasing, on account of the
decreased age of most native soldiers.
28. About 3 "ratis," costing less than 1 pice.
32. Bhang enters into the ceremony of
worshipping "Shivji" at certain seasons of the
year—this applies only to Dogras (Hindus). None
among other classes enlisted in the regiment.
33. The smoking of charas is against the
Sikh religion, but the drinking of bhang is
regarded as harmless by Sikhs, unless taken in
excess.
Muhammadans do disapprove of charas-smoking,
as they consider the habit grows on a man until
he consumes it in excess. The drinking of
bhang is also considered as against their religion.
The hemp plant is never worshipped.
39. When smoked, the results are felt much
sooner than when drunk.
The smoking of
charas is considered by all natives as the most
injurious form of consumption.
41. Yes; it increases the appetite and cools the
system. Ganja not obtainable,
43. Yes.
44. Refreshing; intoxicating in large doses
only. Increases the appetite. It does not allay
hunger. The effect lasts about three hours; slight
or no after-effects. Charas when not obtainable
Mussalmans is that it is not refreshing, that it pro-
duces intoxication, that it allays hunger in old
men, and creates appetite in the young, and that
the want of it among those habituated to its use
produces great uneasiness and longing.
45. My personal experience of ganja, charas, or
bhang-eaters is very limited, and I have never
known any one who suffered much mentally or
bodily by the use of these drugs.
I can, however, say from my knowledge of these
drugs that they are injurious to health.
There is temporary exhilaration and excitement
of the mental faculties followed by depression and
loss of general health. Should there be any tendency
to insanity in the individual, the use of the drug
would probably bring on the disease and intensify
it, mania (acute) being generally the result.
46. Most decidedly injurious to health, both
bodily and mentally, in excess.
49. Not known.
51, 53, 54 and 55. No special knowledge.