'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.' [‎188] (219/481)

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From this cause chiefly results the deplorable ignorance
regarding Indian affairs w hich prevails, even among edu
cated gentlefolk, in England. How easily might all these
evils be rectified !
Let us have recourse to a principle as old as the history
of man—the institution of the sabbath. This at once
satisfies all our wants, and meets every difficulty in every
single point; while no objection whatever can be brought
against it, save by those who would wish, if possible, still
to retain a dark veil between India and England for their
own supposed private advantage, but to the grievous injury
of both countries.
My proposal is to give every officer, civil or military,
every seventh year to himself, if he wished to avail himself
of the indulgence; to allow him, during that period, to go
wherever it might please him to go, whether in India or
any other part of the world; to allow him, during that
year, to receive ins full Indian allowances , to retain
his staff appointment if he held one, but during his absence
not to receive the staff salary, which should go to the
officer who might officiate until his return. If an officer
should wish to remain in India, even in the very camp in
which he was serving, and there to enjoy his sabbatical
year, he should be allowed to do so. The year should be
his own, to employ as he pleased.
If an officer chose to allow his sabbath to pass by,
and to w r ait till he had served twelve years, he should
be allowed two years' rest on furlough; after eighteen
years' uninterrupted work three years should be allowed,
and so on.
The consequences of this arrangement would be great
and numerous, and all of them good,—good for the Go
vernment, good for the people, and good for the services.