'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.' [‎103] (134/481)

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he may have, has one ^reat excellence, which is, that he
looks on the European soldier as his model in all things
pertaining to soldiership, and endeavours to imitate him.
Like the European soldier, the native sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of Bombay
will turn his hand to any labour which he may be ordered
to execute.
If the lines require cleaning, See. (fee. a working-party of
sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. is ordered out as a matter of course, with pickaxe
and powrah, and the work is well done. The technical
term " working-party" is as familiar in the mouth of a
Bombay sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. as "shoulder arms." Nay, I have known
more than once the men of a Bombay regiment to volun
teer for such work as building their officers' houses, mess-
room, kc., and to do the work well too, making the bricks,
mixing the mud, &c. &c. entirely by themselves. This
would not be credited by the greater part of the Bengal
army ; and to such a state of helplessness has the recogni
tion of caste in the ranks brought the Bengal sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. , that a
regiment of native cavalry, as I have repeatedly witnessed,
is unable to picket, unsaddle, or groom its horses, until the
arrival of its syces and grass-cutters,—sometimes, as I have
seen, for several hours after the arrival of the regiment at
its ground. In a Bombay regiment, before that time had
elapsed, the horses would have been picketed, groomed,
fed and watered, stables would have been over, the tents
pitched, and the men have had their breakfast. To such
an incredible extent has this helplessness been carried, and
recognised by authority, that a Bengal sentry cannot think
ot striking the gong at his own quarter-guard, and men
his pity and regret, the sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. endeavour to keep all such caste preju
dices, &c. as much as possible out of sight, will never allow them to
interfere with duty, and will ne\er willingly obtrude them on notice
at all.