Date: 1822
A native soldier, of whatever rank, has no heroism, and he is ignorant of honour in every acceptation of the word.  Without owing na tural allegiance, or having any incentive to serve us, less ignoble than his pay, he is in our hands no better than a living machine .  What the men do not possess within themselves must be communicated by the officers : and to effect this important object an addition of Europeans to the native regiments is indispensable.