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'Russia and India in 1903' [16v] (32/68)
The record is made up of 1 volume (31 folios). It was created in 1903. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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30 RUSSIA AND INDIA IN 1903.
The Native Officers .—These are nominated by the
colonel and rise from jemadar at ^5 a month to
risaldar-major at £20. The risaldar-major is practi
cally the medium of communication between the
colonel, the adjutant, and the native officers. They
spend their lives with the regiment. The length of
the service of the non-commissioned officers and men
also frequently extends to 2 5 or 30 years. Then they
are entitled to a pension, and take back to their farms
not only the initial capital, but the
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, often 500
or 6oo, standing to their credit in the treasure-chest.
The interest in the regiment remains unbroken. Many
pensioners travelled hundreds of miles to be with their
old corps at Delhi, some bringing grandsons, with the
ambition one day to be allowed to wear the Emperor's
uniform.
Leave and furlough are entirely in the hands of the
colonel. In some regiments men join for three years
certain, in others there is no fixed time. Let a man
take his discharge if he likes. There are plenty willing
to take his place. Leave and furlough are upon a
liberal scale. A well-conducted man is often allowed
six months’ furlough, and perhaps may be permitted
to take his horse with him. He will return to the
minute. A fixed proportion are entitled to live in the
married lines, and if the regiment is to march, a man
may ask permission to take his wife by train to the
new station. His horse will be led by the syce or
grass-cutter, whom, as well as the pony carrying forage
and baggage, he shares with a comrade.
In point of mobility a regiment of Indian cavalry
leaves nothing to be desired. It is complete in itself,
ready to move away at any time, the only necessity
being a telegram along the line of route to have forage
available at the halting-places. The physical con
dition seldom leaves much to be desired. There
is scarcely any crime and practically no drunkenness.
A court-martial is almost an historical event. The
regi
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A short book on Russia and India by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent. The volume includes sections on the Russian Army, the Indian Frontier Question, the Indian Army, Indian Princes and the Empire, British Trade in India, and Fighting Plague at Bombay. The volume was published by P S King & Son at Orchard House, Westminster, London, 1903.
Inserted into the volume, probably for promotional purposes, is a flyer advertising a book from the same publisher, entitled 'Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its Pathos' (folio 17).
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- 1 volume (31 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Mss Eur F111/379
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- 'Russia and India in 1903'
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- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 17ar, 17av, 18r:32v, back-i, back
- Author
- Vincent, Sir Charles Edward Howard
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