'The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.' [‎12] (23/481)

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PREFACE.
that what was true for the whole could not but
prove true for the particulars of this whole. And
thus, testing his theory by practice, and finding his
assumptions borne out by practical results, he now
claims to affirm these with the authority of a Master.
The foregoing observations apply equally to the
papers upon Civil and upon Military matters. But
it is upon their application to the latter that I propose
to remark ; for it is but too manifest that our existino;
Military System in India has failed; and that if
England still purpose to hold India, she must do so
by means either of undisguised English Military
occupation, or of a Native Army reorganised on
sound and lasting principles.
Choosing the former course, we must be prepared
to maintain, in India, an English force as large as,
or larger than, we were able to maintain in the
Crimea; to acknowledge before all the world that
our rule in India is based, not on the good-will of the
governed, but upon palpable military occupation ;
to maintain our English Army in India, still undi
minished, in the event of an European war; and to
increase this Army in the contingency of our Euro
pean enemies extending their influence into Asia; to
drain (beyond the drain already involved in our
Government as Foreigners) India of that wealth
which is now returned to her in the form of Pay and
Pensions to a vast Native Military Establishment;
and, lastly, to create and provide for discontent