The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-09
THE WARLIKE RACES OF ASIA.
Millions Of DuSky Warriors Awaiting
the Bugle Call.
BEFORE AND AFTER THE MUTINY.
An Army That May Prove a Franken-
stein Monster.


England do with SO much linty She must expect TO
bury good many dead when she makes such prepare.
tions Tor comfort the manned executioncrs Of
her will The First Army corps and the Second
Army corps could well do with less than one million
POUNDS OF lint. The explanation probably Is to be
found the TACT that II there liz waror, when there
Is waI-England Will call on India for lighting mon.
They are there in millions, born TO arms, trained TO
weapons from tho day they walk-dcrce ,urbu-
lent mon OF many races, but amenable to
discipline and, when well lcd, worry formi-
dabe Por the first tmo in modern
history havp any OF these warriors been found in
Europe. EhRoIogiss have traced an intimate con-
nection petween The saronclad Gallowgasscs OF Ire
land and tho .alron-clad Rajputs OF India, but no
record exists os their actual migration. Now, how
ever native troops from Indiacavalry infantry and
sappcrs and min ers-sre actually ahoat en- route to
Malta mere al vanccd guard. IL is supposed.
~ PEDlMESr CASTE
Tho movement IS very significant Since the days
when Sir sydney Smith with MS scamcn and
baltalions OF Ind. Sepoys helped to boat of the
great Napoleon fro Acre the native soldiers OF India
have never encountered Europeans except their
own soil Their very religion forsads any but those
OF the castles from crossing the sea- the kila
s1ni or .splack wafer" But tho railroads-whcrc
high and low thrown together, and Anslo-vernacu-
lar education ana employment by government and
The commercial interests, have OF late years broken
down these Brahminical barriers. Holy men, who
twenty years ago, shuddercd with horror
accidental contact with European,
and bathed from head to foot 10 cleanse
themselves from the alleged pollution, now, clerks
and officials OF every degree, in constan: commu-
nication with the impure of lower crtss and other
races and content themselves with dipping their nm
gers in finger glass after he days work
by way of ceremonial abluum Caste Will
M onp prpy adj
20 any expedition which promises 9 bry and plumber
Time when regiments muuned % being ordered
10 cross tho Bay OF Bengal TO Bunnsh. Since then
Burmah has been manly garrsoncd To- indosances;
they formed tho chIcf part Of the force employed
In the Persian war, In garrison In China
now, and in the Abyssnian war, which raised
their commander 10 tho pearage Lord Napier or
Magdala, not Inc least Efficient sol aicrs were the
Madras sappers and Miners battalion OF whom. I'M
der Major Prendergast, Royal Engineers, Victoria
cross Ger, forms portion OF tho contingent now
ploughing the waves toward the Mediterranean.
FROM.
England can in six months land 1O0O, 900 Of fight
Ing men Of an excellent class the shores OF tho
Sea Of Marmora. IL is merely queftion OF money.
How can this DO done? Statistics show that
tho total army under pay In India, In
Guiding nearly 10, 900 Europeans, is under
200 600. Where the rest oi the million
10 come from. or where are The supporting mil
lions which could also be raised, 10 come fromy A
glance the history OF the English occcuDaton OF
India WIN show ms: Inc nonoraae las. lnoia Com
tue heel OF tho Mo5uJs and Their satraps. with
a few independent Hindoo governments 10
Gcicnd their factories aud night the Fronch
VINO gave them considerable annoyance,
in.y recruited small numbers OF Scpoys ana HAVING
drilled them after European fashion, found thom
very cllccnt Then they drilled moro as they grad
uaIly "iound themselves obhgca" to extend their
pOsscSs till, when the mutIny OF 1857 broke out
there nearly 100000 troops 10 the three
great armies OF Bengal Mairas ana Bonn
hay nd
engineers. Tho regiments were orgarizcd with len
companies, with the fun complement Of European
officers thirty-scvcn cas Though from the mum.
bers absent on leave or iurlough and detailed In
rious civil and military stan appointments, there
were rarely more than n.iscn with the coors) and
further supply OF native officers up to The rank OF
subadar or captain VINO dressed IN the same UNIFORM
tEci. white brothers, out got much Iower pay
and had no moro 60 do WITH tue command
OF their companies than Now York newsboy. rhsy
were fifth wheels in the coach and not
mental Tor, having risen to ihcir anomalous position
by SENIORITY they were chiefly remarkable tor the
usual weakness attending nnEth OF years; and the
peculiar sight was presented at reviews aud IN action
companies being led ny young ensisns fresh from
old boys with white heats and thc commissions OF
captains and heutcnants toddiing painfully under
their guidance in the rear
CURIOUS RIVALRY.
The three armies Of liengd, Madras and Bombay
had however. very different arrangements. fhey
were enurey separate, anu pcioie 'ho lnlereom-
mupicatiOn established by steam OF late years they
MS well different planets. The ''Qui Hyes"
OF Bengal rarely saw sho "DocSs' Of Bonn
asting ushed by iudcrous assumption OF superiority
TO the other. The Bengal officers Dragged Of the
stature, discipline high caste ndclity Of their
sepoys TIN slaughtered by their own men ~ 1857
tns iatuoug iaIih III them was held 10 tho ast butter
moment These Bengal sepoyS were all grass
widowcrs, unlike the troops OF any other nation. Al
married, Of course. as every AsiatIc mast be-
unless he TO live and die cisnonorcd; their wives
families were hundreds 81 miles from them. and
they got long leave every year TO repair TO their
homes. In iuer cantonm.nts they were Prntorans
aud as arrogant thcir prototypes Very
many OF the highest caste, aud wncn private
happened be II rahmii- aud ms Subadar. or jenna
Oar, or havndar, or Nhik man oi iower caste, the
superiority ~ rank conferred ny BRUSH commanders
bad no effect IN inducing ooeuiencc. Tue discipline
oi the Bengal army WIS rsttcn TO the ccre. 1t
composed almost uniformly u pure hind0o-
The Bombay army haa similar matrimonial ar
ranGcments. but ~ u were nrsi formed thos, so
called irregular regiments, which have furnished the
type Tor the existing organization 81 thc native armies
throughout India to.day Ana there was larger
variety ot race among tncnl s1khs hahrattas and
others easily enrolled, and, perhaps OF continu
Gus hghing. on the rontors ano elsewhere, They saw
Tnc Madras, or faithful "old Coast Army" witch
aid not mutIny, but furnished thousands VI men
help suppress tho insurgents. had the peculiar
rargcment OF demonstrating tho men. The wives aed
children all live IN the Inca WITH Inc Scpoys ami,
TIL after tho mutiny anu the reductions of
i've troops ~ over the peninsula, which
even affected Madras. though 10 bengal doz.
ems OF the dsDanded regiments wero never raised
again, tue children were devoted TO John kumpanln
from tneir birth IL WAS touching sight pay
dpys to SEQ babies their mothcrs' arms or
astrido their mothers hips, winch tho usual
method OF maternal carriage practscd lnGa, with
hilo fcgmcnta caps. coming ior Their pennies. As
soon they could walk they were put to arm, ana
when the MT paraded the squads Of ncboys in
black falcons ana white jackets paradtd too
The larger boys we're and are used as messengers,
each officer having AZ least ono deiaed Tor duty every
day. This huge family party plan too advan.
tagcous TO al concerned Tor any rupturc on
light considerations. The propaganda oi the
mutineers preached Ia the lines Of tho
Madras troops, but the women kept them
sianch. England to-day owes tue preservation Of
India 10 the wives OF tho Madras sepoys. Had Madras
gone Wild. as did Bengal anu part OF bombay, hu-
mao power could have proven tho expulsion
slructioD Of every European between tho Himslayas
aud Cape CONFORM.
AFTER the MurlNY.
After the muttny came reductions. The Bengal
regiments were only partially rchsbItated, and srlct
inunctiOns gwen not to recruit high caste Thcy
all put the irregular footing, that u, the
Der OF European oDcer was rehnccd onvc command
ant, two wing cVnmandahts, aGJutant and
surgeon Or assistant surgeon, these were SIAN
nI.nnInIIpcn lE. nna u not uhcOnlmOn nnd a