122
[Questions 45 and 46 answered by Medical
Officer.]
49. No.
51. No.
There is no connection.
53. I do not know.
I know of no cases.
54. No case has come under my personal observa¬
tion.
55. I do not know.
Answer No. 180.
20. (a) Combatants—
Mussalman
1
Rajput
1
Parwaris and Pardesis
6
TOTAL
8
(b)
Non-combatants—
Mussalmans
5
Hindus (various)
24
TOTAL
29
(e) Authorised camp followers—
Mussalmans
4
Rajput
1
Other Hindus
83
TOTAL
88
In the Combatants—None.
" Non-combatants
5
Fakir
1
Pardesis
2
Dekkhan Hindus (Mahrattas) 2
TOTAL
5
" Authorised camp followers—
(Composing all Pardesis )
4
All the above smoke ganja, but do not use bhang
or charas in any form.
24. None of either.
25 On the decrease in the battery, I hope, as if
I know of any man who is affected by it or takes
these drugs in any excess, 1 at once discharge him
if a syee.
28. About 12 annas a month.
32. Ganja and bhang are the most usual drugs
in the offerings by Hindus to Siva, and worship¬
pers at the shrine of Siva usually, I am told, also
take these drugs.
I am not sufficiently acquainted with the social
customs of my syees nor sufficiently acquainted
with their domestic habits to give a reply to this
question.
33. Ultimately harmful; temporarily strength¬
ening.
Opinion as above.
To the accepted idea that if used it is an increas¬
ing habit until constant excess is attained.
I cannot say for certain; but I believe on certain
occasions certain classes of Hindu women led away
by imagination reverence the plant.
39. I do not know.
41. I cannot say that it might not in certain
rare instances.
42. No, I do not consider the use harmless, as
usually it leads to excess.
43. I can neither give nor obtain any definite
opinion on this point.
44. I do not know, and I have twice sent it to
the Medical Officer, who says this question need not
be answered by him and therefore has not done it.
45. The habitual moderate use of these drugs is
harmful to the mental faculties.
I cannot say.
Yes.
The old men who generally use these drugs are
asthmatic, but I am not in a position to definitely
state whether their asthma is traceable to the use of
these drugs.
Yes.
The moderate use deadens the intellect, but I am
not aware of its producing insanity.
Vute above.
I am not able to trace information on the subject
from the medical history sheets of the regiment.
46. There can be no doubt that the excessive use
of these drugs is injurious to physical, mental and
moral facilities.
[Questions 45 and 46 answered by Medical
Officer.]
49, I believe ganja and bhang are.
51. I have no experience and can elicit, no opini¬
on.
The excessive use of these drugs has the same
connection with crime as drink in excess has, and
is more lasting in its effects and more violent.
53. I do not know, and am unable to ascertain
anything definite.
54. It is believed so.
55. It is believed so.
I believe so.
Answer No. 181.
20. (a) Combatants—
Muhammadans
235
Hindus
236
Sikhs
136
TOTAL
607
(b) Non-combatants—
Muhammadans
19
Hindus
20
TOTAL
39
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Muhammadans
152
Hindus
348
TOTAL
500
It is difficult to arrive at the actual numbers, as
none will confess to the fact. The camp followers
smoke it, especially in cold climates.
24. Sikhs generally eat bhang on the occasion
of the Pooran Mashi festival.