The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-26
psEnG ARMY Os FnsfsRs


bered 1886 officers and 60, ,22i men. The native
army numbered, European officers and staff
CORDS 1898; natives, officers and men, 1913, ATS.
the total military strength being 19O,087'
In the presidency OF Bengal there are a3i8
European officers and 37,7G9 European men.
and native force Of G3,151, the grand total
being 104 1863.
In the presidency Of Madras the European
army has 1478 officers and 1858 men, and the
native army amounts to 33,963, the grand
total being Al. .139.
In the presidency of Bombay the European
army numbers ITO officers and 10,S57 men,
and the native army &c, ,753 officers and men,
the total being 1880.
The natives having almost unlimited faith
in the potency of artillery. the English keep
this branch of the service almost wholly in
their own hands. Every native regiment of
infantry and cavalry has the following
European officers; A co.nnandant, second
in command. O wing officer, two wing sub
atorns, one adjutant, one quartermastor and
one medical officer Each regiment also con-
tains the following natives: Two subadars or
captains of the first cHss. two OF the second
and four of the third class; four jemandars.
or leutcnants of the first and four Of the
second class; ono havildor, or sergeant
major; forty haviIdors, OF sergeants; forty
naic1s or corporals; sixteen drummers, and
600 SepOyS.
In Bengal there are forty-live regiments of
Bengal Infantry, five Of GoOrkha, six OF Pun
jato, four Of Sikh and six OF Guide, DeOlu
and other infantry.
In consequence of requiring the native sol
dier6 to provide their own ratlOnS and cloth
ing. each regiment is accompanied by a native
village called bazaar, in which are to be
found taiIors, shoemakers, groccrs, grain
dealers. dry goods merchants, etc.
The means OF
MILITARY TRANSPORTATION
include the elephant, camel OK horse, mule
and donkey, beside lttcrs, carts and wagons
rnt.1I NTH n n ny irTn nf
1779 sent across from the valley of the Ganges
to cooperate in the Maharatta war, 5000 na-
tive troops, under 103 European officers, were
accompanied by 81 900 camp followers
To facilitate the rapid movement of troops,
transportation for seven days supplies of all
kinds for British troops, two days ratiOns for
native troops forage for horses, sixty rounds
of spare ammunition for Infantry, and twenty
for cavalry, are constantly kept on hand for
movable columns, which aggregate in the
Bengal presidency. tfty-four guns, six squad
rons of British cavalry, nine regiments of
British infantry, nine regiments OF native
cavalry, and twelve regiments Of native in
fantry The movable columns are frequently
ordered out for exercise in order to accustom
them to move with prOmptnes5 when an
emergency arises.
Whatever may be the appearance of
THE NATIVE TROOPS,
whether cavalry or infantry, their value al
most wholly depends on the European officers
VINO lShu biltLll Ihb bDt LlllIt vi bllb ,
which was confined to the Bengal army, the
native regiments were almost helpless with
out their English officers. The different races
| of India have always manifested q stronger
desire to fight each other than to fight the
! English The native troops are scattered
about in small numbers at different points.
| This keeps the military power constantly
before the people, and is an obstacle in the
| way of Il general mutiny. No large masses
| of native troops are brought together unless
Il large English force Is also present.
GEN. UPTON.
| of our army says of the invasion of India:
"If an army enter by the north the five rivers
| Of the Punjab form as many lines of defense
| If deemed preferable to leave an enemy to the
| southwark, and allow the climate to do Its
| fatal work, the strategic points of Lahere
| Agra, Or Allahabad can be succesSively aban-
dOned and communication still be maintained
with Bombay by way Of Madras; while from
| Kurrachee an army moving by way Of MOOl-
tan could cut off retreat. Should an army de-
scend the Indus, a pursuing army from the
GangeS might drive 1t into the sea, or into
the deserts of BeloOchistan.
According to Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley,
| THE sEPOY
possesses many of the highest military vir-
tues. The honor of O. soldier iS common to all
ranks, and not, as is too frequently the case
in the west, confined to the hierarchy of the
officer class.
After the mutiny of 1857 the three armies
were reorganzed, and the native officers were
made of some use. In making them com.
pany commanders of course a risk was taken
INT the old system with native officers ac