"وجهات نظر وآراء العميد جون جاكوب، قائد وسام الطُهر. مساعد النائب للملكة؛ مساعد النائب لحاكم الهند العام، وغيرهما؛ والقائد الراحل للقوات البريطانية في بلاد فارس؛ والقائد الحالي لخيالة السند غير النظامية، والمشرف السياسي على الحد الشمالي الغربي للسند." [‎١‎١‎٨] (٤٨١/١٤٩)

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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