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'Russia and India in 1903' [19r] (39/68)
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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VOLUNTEERS IN INDIA.
33
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British
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n say
when the need may not arise in some district or
another. No doubt improved communications may
bring more speedy help than was possible fifty years
ago. But the need may be immediate, for European
interests are now scattered far more than formerly.
Lord Roberts, with his forty years’ experience, was
anxious when Commander-in-Chief, to prepare camps
of refuge for women and children in case of need.
He was frustrated by the advocates of the ostrich
policy.
Happily an Inspector-General of Volunteers in
India has lately been appointed in the person of General
Hill. His report for 1901-2 has been recently issued.
It shows not only complete grasp of the matter in all
its bearings, but just that sympathy with, and appre
ciation of, the efforts of Volunteer corps, which does so
much to encourage and lead them on to efficiency. It
is, however, melancholy to read his statement :
“ The percentage of Europeans who are Volunteers
varies very much in different localities. In Calcutta,
there is probably a larger percentage of Europeans
who are not Volunteers than in any other place in
India.”
Again, the Inspector-General instances the Poona
Volunteer Rifles with “no Europeans in the ranks,”
and says :
“ With the exception of the residents in Bombay,
Poona, and Karachi, Europeans in the Bombay Presi
dency cannot join any Volunteer corps for the want of
any suitable organisation.”
These statements of fact are an unanswerable in
dictment of the patriotism, public spirit, and common-
sense of the European community, not less than of the
want of forethought and preparation on the part of
the Government.
A noteworthy exception to this condition of things
is found upon the railways. General Hill says :
“The large majority of railway employes have to
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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
- Title
- '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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