'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.' [‎194] (225/481)

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attachment to the service, which no other corps possesses.
It makes the commandant the patriarch of the regiment,
as he should be. The success which has attended the
introduction and maintenance, during many years, of this
system, with the two regiments of Sind Irregular Horse,
affords a safe ground for recommending its adoption on the
proposed military reconstruction of our native army. De
pend on it, that where this security is enforced, we may
readily increase the numbers of our 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. without risk of
adding to those of the mutineers.—(1857.)
THE OBEDIENCE OF SOLDIERS NOT TO DEPEND
ON THEIR OWN PLEASURE.
It has been said that Government can supply the places
of the mutineers with Goorkas. This measure may be
\v ise ; but it is not wise to allow the discipline and obedi
ence of your soldiers to depend on their good will and
pleasure ,• and it is certain that the Goorkas would soon be
as bad soldiers as the Hindoos of the Bengal army if treated
in the same way. The Hindoostanee Mussulmans are the
best materials for our soldiers in proper hands. —(1854.)
ON THE PURCHASE OF HORSES BY GOVERNMENT,
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.
tandm & that it is in contemplation to purchase, in
the valley of the Euphrates, a large number of horses for
military service in India, I venture to submit a few remarks
upon this subject, founded upon a long and somewhat *
extensive experience of the horse market, and cavalry
requirements.
And it seems to me, that if Government sends its own
agents to purchase horses, whether in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. or