!['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.' [‎118] (149/481)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023512204.0x000001/8023.d.37._0149.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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.' [‎118] (149/481)")
'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.' [118] (149/481)
The record is made up of 1 volume (446 pages). It was created in 1858. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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1 ] 8
The example of the idle, the evil-minded, and the indif
ferent, does more harm than the good can remedy. To be
in a healthy state, the native soldier should never see his
European officer living an idle, useless life, or holding a
degraded or unimportant position. While the European
officer should be proud of his men, and, as Sir J. Malcolm
most justly observed (" Government of India," Appendix
E, paragraph 25), it should be arranged that the command
of native corps should be the most sought after of all
existing appointments.
A most unwise adoption of every useless form of office,
paper-work, style of dress, and accoutrements, has accom
panied the excess of indifferent European officers with the
native Indian army. Real efficiency has been in all things
sacrificed to appearance. Voluminous "returns," &:c. on
paper, pervert the attention of commanding officers and
adjutants from their really important duties, while knap
sacks, basket-hats, stocks, tight clothing, pipeclayed belts,
and other unspeakable absurdities, introduced in imita
tion of European follies, are quite sufficient to crush and
cripple the soldiers, without much effort on the part of
an enemy.
But it is not my intention at present to enter into minute
details. My wish is now only to set forth the true princi
ples on which the efficiency of our native Indian army
depends.
I will, therefore, now briefly endeavour to show how, in
my opinion, all the defects now existing in our native In
dian army may be remedied.
The principles I contend for have proved true in practice.
The presence of a great number of European officers,
and the assimilation of everything to an European model,
however absurd that model may be, has enabled the native
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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 Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. of Sind.
Collected and Edited by Captain Lewis Pelly, author of 'Our North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. '.
Publication details: Bombay, Smith, Taylor and Co. 1858.
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There is an alphabetic index at the back of the volume.
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- '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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:6, 6a:6b, 7:20, 1:258, 260:446, ii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Jacob, John
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